I just came back from this river cruise a few weeks ago, so I can share my experience and viewpoint. Before I start, I need to provide some background. My husband and I took our first Viking river cruise, the Grand European, two years ago. We love the relatively small group of passengers, long port time (hours of fun stop and only one “sea/river” day), convenient/easy access to town/city, modern/comfortable cabin (although small), and no casino/boring onboard shows. In fact, we love first Viking river cruise so much that we booked both the Russia river cruise and an ocean cruise shortly after. Before we started our Russia river cruise, we were planning to sign up the Southern France and Portugal river cruises.
Unfortunately, our experience onboard the Russia cruise was so disappointing that we changed our mind about booking the new river cruises. To keep things brief, let me list the most important shortcomings.
1. The ship is quite old. The sound insulation of the cabin is almost none. I could hear our neighbors cough and chat ( in addition to TV) as late as 2AM and as early as 5AM. I had to take a sleeping pill every night to help me get a few hours of sleep. Once the medicine wore off, I had no choice but to stay awake till breakfast time.
Has anyone done the "Waterways of the Czars" with Viking?
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Hi Dreamercruise -
What is the name of the boat that you sailed on?
Thanks