Funtrips300

Hello Funtrips300,

 

so glad to hear you are having a great time. Passau is a beautiful city I am sure you have enjoyed exploring by now. I hope your journey down the Danube continues without problems. Sunsets on rivers are so often magical, I never need Africa or a sandy beach for that, I always say. :)

 

 

Have a great time.

 

notamermaid

Thank you notamermaid! Yes, Passau is a very beautiful city. We had a marvelous time on our river cruise seeing the lovely villages and cities along the way. It was the trip of a lifetime for us! 😊

We just received word we are sailing tonight from regensberg to Passau!! It was announced at dinner and the entire room clapped and cheered. (There was another gentle rain around 8:15 pm as we finished our dinner.) We are having the time of our lives and are only beginning our lovely journey! We are grateful and feel blessed beyond measure. PS even if we were not able to sail from Regensberg to Passau they were going to bus us to Passau, where we would explore the town. If we had needed a ship swap we would have then left from Passau to finish our journey. We have had the most beautiful experiences in Nuremberg, and today in charming Regenberg as well as onboard our ship. After having experienced the beauty of the the past two days and looking forward to what lies ahead, if we knew in advance we would need to be bused to Passau from Regensberg we would still choose to go, hands down! We have been watching the sunset from our ship in regenberg as we listen to the birds and wildlife near the river. Now the lights from the homes are reflecting on the waters of the Danube. We wouldn't be anywhere else!

Hello,

My husband and I are taking our first River cruise on Avalon's Vista August 8th. The route is Budapest to Amsterdam. Are there still low water levels on the Danube that are affecting the ships cruising?

Hello. How exciting for you! We are having a wonderful time on our first River Cruise! The water levels have been iffy however around 9:00 pm a gentle rain began to fall. We arrive in Regensberg tomorrow morning and are hopeful we will be able to sail to Passau.

This is a trip of a lifetime for us and we are enthralled! Enjoy your cruise!

That is very good news! Thank you for sharing!

Hello FT300 we spent a 2nd day in Regensburg and they offered a day trip by bus to Passau, we stayed in Regensburg as we had arrived on the Sunday when everything was closed. So you can go to Passau but it's not by boat and you don't get to cruise the Wachau valley or go to Krems or Melk. You do have a choice then (if it is the same as us) of a non stop bus trip to Linz or an all day bus trip to Linz stopping at Salzburg for a few hours.From Linz you go to Vienna then to Budapest but because you arrive in Vienna later than scheduled all the excursions have to be fitted in so make sure you don't miss sailing into Budapest. Best of luck- at least you have been told unlike us!

Thank for taking the time to reply! This has been very helpful to us. We would love to see the wachau valley in the daytime and also are hoping to see all of the towns on our itinerary. We looked ahead at the weather and see rain in the forecast for the 7 th and 8 th in regensberg and passau as well as Vienna.

Who would think we would want some rain for our cruise-- but we do! Thank you again for taking the time to reply to my question. It is greatly appreciated.

We have just completed our first "river cruise" with Viking. There wasn't much cruising at all owing to the low level of the Danube. We left Nuremberg and sailed to Regensburg and not much more than 24 hours later (after you can cancel if the cruise is not right for you) we were told we were staying another night in Regensburg then ultimately being bussed to Linz from where we continued having swapped ships to Vienna then to Budapest. I know the river levels are down to nature but surely such a professional and experienced company would have known about them? If we had been told we would miss the Wachau valley we would have cancelled and gone at a later date. As it is we feel let down, not by the river levels but by the lack of communication from Viking. It doesn't look like much is getting to do the whole Danube so beware as the levels are still low- check with your operator whether you will be cruising or on the bus!

I'm sorry to hear about your experience. That can be very disappointing. We are going on our very first Viking river cruise and are scheduled to embark from Nuremberg July 7th. We just received notice we might need to have a ship swap as the water levels are low between Regensberg and Passau. We were wondering if the bus stopped in Passau and all the cities that are scheduled until you were able to reach the other ship and continue on to Budapest? Thank you!