newbrunswicker

We did this cruise on the Idi in November 2022 and stayed at the Pullman Montparnasse. It was a beautiful hotel across the street from the train station.

We are just recently off Viking Idi and stayed in cabin 100, first on the right. We had no problem with noise from the reception area. It was a great location.

We disembarked on Sept 2nd and it was credited to our MasterCard on the 17th. I thought it would come as a cheque in about 6 weeks but they must have changed that procedure.

Hi, recently off the Sky Princess to Norway. Being Canadian, purchase of on board credits was offered at a rate of 20%. I purchased the maximum allowed and after purchasing excursions and drinks had a fair amount of OBC left. On my last 3 Princess cruises the left over OBC was sent by cheque in about 6 weeks and was in US funds. I use this refund as I spend 3 months in the US in the winter. This time the refund was credited to the Mastercard it was purchased on. It came through in about 2 weeks. It was converted at the current exchange rate although the bank would take their usual 2.5%. Is this a change in procedure as it has been 3 years since sailing on Princess.

We too just did a Christmas Market cruise on Monarch Queen in December. This is our 3rd river cruise with Gate 1 and all were excellent. I haven't cruised any other river cruise lines so not able to compare but I have found level of service to be on a par with Celebrity or Princess for ocean cruises. As Honey-Jan said, only free wine or beer at supper but your glass never goes empty.

Glad to hear POD49, we have a Christmas Market cruise booked for Dec 13th. It was supposed to be on the Monarch Empress but was changed to the River Voyager. It looks like it is a fairly modern ship.