Mooneydiva

I just booked a Viking Amsterdam to Basel and extended at both ends for $100 per person. The agent told me that the cost was $100 pp for any deviation....just an FYI

Cindy, the tour of Paris is basically included. When you get off of the ship, you board a bus, and they take you all over the city. The museum is the last place you go before they take you to the hotel.

We did not do any of the other post-cruise excursions. The only one that actually went was the cabaret dinner/show. They didn't have enough sign-ups for the other two places.

Friends who did do the cabaret said the food was not very good. The show was interesting, from what they said. We didn't go to that because we live in Las Vegas and have been to similar shows here.

We liked the Musee d'Orsay best of the tour after the cruise. Beautiful museum.

BTW... The Montparnasse is a nice hotel, and the breakfast selection was excellent. Unlike some people on tripadvisor, we found the staff at the hotel to be very, very accommodating and pleasant.

Have a great trip!

We were on the maiden voyage of this itinerary, and I blogged about it and our entire stay (9 weeks) in France and Italy. If you are interested, the part about our cruise starts with this post:

http://coldpastaandredwine.blogspot.com/2013/03/wasting-time.html

It's about trying to find where the ship was docked. The following 7-9 days deal with the cruise and our time on the Ama Paris extension.

We were not wild about the fact that they didn't give us much time on our own on included excursions. Other friends who were on a later cruise (same line and itinerary) didn't mind it.

I will say that the wait staff and room stewardesses were wonderful.

Go and have fun.

Ama includes alcohol only at meals. If you want it at other times, you pay. That is, by the way, the same with soft drinks.

Thanks YDF and WM for your wonderful reviews. I've been debating this trip on Avalon and you may have pushed me closer to it.