Kiwi-gal

Thanks everyone for your useful information. I am now doing research into Avalon waterways as they have a smaller number of people than Viking.

Have been looking at different cruise lines and reading about different types of rooms. I have always imagined a river cruise to have a balcony/large window to sit at drink wine and watch the beautiful scenery as you sail by. However in saying that I been reading about the following: a few cruise boats being moored close together in port so if you are sitting outside or at your window you could be looking directly at another person on that cruise boat. a few cruise reports where they have said they mostly sailed at night and woke up in the new port in the Morning. (is this the norm?) That you aren't in your room long enough to enjoy the view. So question is it worth it to get a room with a view or save a lot of money and get a room with no view (just the little high up window).? Any thoughts or feedback would be appreciated 🙂 There is a $5,712 New Zealand dollar difference in the price for the room with a no view and the next price up which has the Wall-to-wall Panoramic Window measuring 11" - 50% larger than the industry standard Wall-to-wall Panoramic Window that opens to transform the living space into a large Open-Air Balcony. That price could go towards the cost of flights.

Hi all I have been looking at different river cruise companies and the Itinerary they offer over the this weekend \ I had found the other day a 'Comparison of top River Cruise Companies in Europe' list which I thought was helpful however it is very old. Has anyone seen or made one themselves? Eg. I was looking at bikes included or not included in one list and it said it said no but cruise line site says yes. The list I was looking at I thought was good as it compared things like All drinks included Wine/ Beer/ pop Bikes On- board Excursions included in every port Extra fee optional excursions in some ports Port charges included in cruise rate transfers from airport without cruise line air Gratuities included Wifi Included Number of ships In Europe

Thank you for this have found this very interesting and helpful.

Hi Everyone New here to river cruising and doing a lot of research at the moment. In regards to Viking river cruise excursions I have a couple of questions. I see that they have an included excursion at each stop. I also seen other excursions that are available. Do you get time to do more than 1 excursion or is time only available for 1? Can anyone tell me roughly what I should budget for these tours as there is no price on them? Thanks