Considering a Viking River Cruise? Watch this first! Our COMPLETE GUIDE to Viking Longships!
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Welcome to our COMPLETE GUIDE to Viking Cruises river Longships. The Viking Longship fleet is the largest river cruise fleet in the world and all 55 of these beauties are virtually identical so we thought we'd do a video that covered every single one of them. this video covers:
What is a Longship?
What's it like inside?
What's the accommodation like?
What's the food like?
If you're considering a Viking river cruise, then THIS video will definitely be worth a watch to familiarise yourself with what to expect and what NOT to expect.
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We were invited on board as guests of Viking. We received no fees or remuneration for producing media during and after this voyage from Viking. Any resulting videos have been produced without influence or expectation from Viking and we had complete editorial and artistic freedom. Viking have had no prior preview of this content and are watching for the first time along with you. All our videos contain our personal and unbiased opinion. Please ask us if you want to know more or visit www.asa.org.uk for more information on blogger/vlogger disclosure requirements. Thank you and we hope you enjoy the content as much as we did creating it. Rich and Helen.
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I loved my Viking cruise. 2022…Basel to Lucerne. Do it!,
I was considering Viking for a Nile cruise, but the ship is very homogenous with their European fleet. After watching your SS Sphinx journey, it just has so much more personality. If I could get on SS Sudan (Death on the Nile), I'd die a happy man.
On a separate note, your videography is stunning, I love how there is movement in every shot. It makes it so much more compelling than people who just talk in to a camera constantly. The best cruise channel on TH-cam by a mile. How you haven't got more subscribers is a complete mystery.
Loved your accent--perfect for narrating a European cruise. Our first river cruise is coming up and your professional video gave us a perfect preview of everything we can expect. The flow of your video and all amenities was perfect. We're very excited!
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We hope you get to do it one day 🤞
Thanks for watching.
Ocean cruises have never been my dream vacation. Being stuck on a ship for 2 or 3 weeks with 4000 passengers, or even more, like the Wonder of the Seas (with around 7000 passengers and more than 2000 crew members) would be an absolute nightmare for me. No way! My son convinced me to try a river cruise. So I booked a trip on a long boat on the Rhine River with Viking River Cruise (Basel-Amsterdam). A memorable trip of tranquillity, excellent service, excellent food, good organisation, a delightful crew, and very interesting excursions. We had sunny weather all the way to Amsterdam and I spent much time on the upper deck admiring the superb scenery on either side of the Rhine. A surprising experience, the daunting and impressive passage in the middle of the night of a huge lock. The abnormal noise of the boat's engines woke me around 3 pm. I got up to see what was happening, opened the door to the veranda and found myself facing a huge wall, while the boat was at the bottom of the lock. WOW! All I can say is thank you Viking River Cruise.
So glad you enjoyed your time on board and maybe had some of your preconceptions changed 👍
@@visitwithus On river cruise certainly 😂
Ocean cruises are delightful. You just have to know which cruise line to cruise. NCL Haven Suites only have about 200 guest max and lots of private areas away from the crowds. Private restaurant an your own butler and steward. River cruises are too restrictive. Not much Entertainment on river cruise and it is like a never ending tour bus. And you eat with the same people everyday at the same time. Much more choice on ocean cruise.
Most ocean cruises are only 6 or 7 nights and usually only have one or two days at sea. The rest are port days where you get off the ship
Just home from a Viking ocean 15 night med cruise - 930 people capacity boat but never felt even a little crowded even on the one day at sea. On that day went to the spa / steam room area mid morning and only four other people there! So much refined, elegant space on board.
One tip. We had business cards printed before our Viking Cruise. One side my wife, the other me. Small picture, email, cell and city. Even at our young age, we can’t match names and faces ten minutes after meeting. Great idea as we live in a Florida resort area and have heard from many cruise mates.
Great tip 👍
Thanks for watching 😊
Having sailed on at least 4 Viking River Cruises people watching should know that your presentation of the ships was spot on. They really are that beautiful and the food was wonderful. The Silver Spirits packages are worth the money especially if you enjoy finer wines.
Thank you Rebecca, very kind of you to say 😊
My wife and I went on 5 Viking cruises. China, Russia, Central Europe, France x2. We loved every one of them.
Thank you for watching 😊
Gosh, these ships are just absolutely stunning - you’ve done this ship an absolute treat by producing this video!
Thanks Fraser 👍
you are being truly ridiculous by calling these boring barges "stunning" Where are you from, Peoria?
@@anastassiosperakis2869 Have you been on one? How do you justify that they’re ‘boring’? 🙂
@@anastassiosperakis2869 This comment is a good example of unnecessary nastiness for which the the internet is infamous. We all have different likes and opinions. How did you think insulting content creators who spent hours making this for us to enjoy gratis would be helpful?
My wife and I are doing the Viking Basil to Amsterdam June 15th of this year. Your review was excellent and now we can’t get to go! Thanks again for such an informative review.
Glad it was helpful. Thank you for watching and commenting 👍
did the Elbe trip a few years back...absolutely fell in love with river cruising and Viking in particular. My bucket list is to take every single river cruise offered by Viking one after the other...all I need to do is win the lottery!
🤞for you 😂
Thanks for watching 👍
We went on a Christmas Cruise last December. It was absolutely marvelous. They definitely will meet any food allergies. I highly recommend them.
Thank you, we agree 👍
We did the Grand European Cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam in September 2023. It was excellent. We have nothing negative to say. The fact that they have so many identical ships is a huge advantage. There was not enough water between Passau and Nuremberg so we had to be bussed between. We then boarded an identical ship and had an identical state room. Another company’s ship in Passau did not have a second ship for her passengers to board, so their cruise ended prematurely. Our cruise director came with us. The food was fabulous.
It's only August now😀
Think you might have meant September 2022 😂
This is always a risk with river cruising but good to hear it was managed so well.
Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
We did the Amsterdam to Budapest in Sept 2023 and loved every minute. Have booked another Viking river cruise. Won’t have a balcony next time as didn’t spend any time on it at all! Going for a French window that opens on 2nd floor next time. Great video, true representation. Very helpful.
I hated being woken up going through the locks. Not for me being crowded in the lounge room in the evening. I would not recommend it as a holiday.
@@anitastanley8986which cruise line were you on?
Oh my goodness. My husband today put the idea of a river cruise in our minds to start to get a taste of France for our very first trip there Lord, willing, in May 2024… It will be our 32nd wedding anniversary and his 60th birthday! Your video is extremely helpful. And I think the pluses and minuses you pointed out were fair… I’m only halfway through so far, but this is looking like a very good option!
Thank you for watching Lisa! We hope you make the right choice for your first ever river cruise. We've also got The AmaKristina in Provence, France and Uniworld SS Bon Voyage in Bordeaux on our channel if you want to see other French river options in a bit more detail! Please let us know if you have any questions at all! Rich :D
We are planning a river cruise on the Seine in April of 2024. This video is helpful to prepare.
I find this so appealing. It's like the bed and breakfast of cruising.
Wake up every day to somewhere new. You can’t beat it. 👍😀
@@visitwithusunless of course the river gets low…that’s what scares me about a river cruise. No refunds if it turns into a bus tour. Are there any rivers that are immune from low water disruptions? Or any seasons that are better (or worse) than others?
My favorite Viking River Cruise we took pre Covid from Budapest to Nuremberg in early December visiting Christmas markets. We loved it.
Thanks for watching 😊
This was perfect timing for having this video as my wife and I are on a Viking River Cruise June 2nd 2024. It was GREAT!
Thank you ☺️
Hope you have a great cruise.
Which cruise? Us too!
About the onboard swimming pools - I have never missed one on a Viking European River cruise but then again, I have always done those in the fall or winter months. I recently sailed the Mekong on the Viking Saigon and let me tell you, the pool was much appreciated in that hot climate. I used it frequently as did many other guests. BTW - that is a fabulous ship. Much smaller than a traditional long ship but oh so elegant. There is a gym (very small) and a spa (2 treatment rooms and so divine) as well as a Sky Bar where we ate breakfast and lunch every day. It is a very special ship.
Thanks for watching and commenting Christine 👍
We would love to do the Mekong, it sounds amazing 🤩
I spend almost a hundred hours a week on TH-cam (Business & Pleasure) and I see a LOT of material here, including countless reviews. THIS was by far the best experience that I have ever had watching a review! I couldn't find one thing to criticize! (That is my job) If you had presented this to my company we would have had to refuse the contract simply because we couldn't improve your video!
Wow! What an absolutely LOVELY comment! We try our absolute best with every single video and it's so affirming when we get comments like yours. Thank you SO MUCH! ❤️
This is the ABSOLUTE best Viking River tour video I’ve ever seen! Thank you a ton, for what must have taken days to shoot and edit! I’m saving this link, so I can send F&F here as enticement to join us in our next sailing.
Thank you 😊
We are going on Viking this November, Danube to Budapest. Your video presentation was truly excellent and has raised our anticipation to new heights. We normally do ocean cruises and this will be our first river cruise. We review a lot of cruise videos and I can honestly say yours was the best I have seen. Professional, high quality, informative and inviting. Thank you.
You will love it! We did the same cruise in November of 2022!
Thank you for watching and your kind comments Tom 😊
We hope your enjoy Viking, the Danube and Budapest as much as we did 👍
Vastly improved from 2005. Smaller ship with 130 passengers. Enjoyed it very much and our trip from Budapest to Amsterdam was well worth the time and money. Bratislava, Slovakia became a memorial place to visit because of a dental emergency my wife had. A dentist was found who saved my wife's tooth and made the journey well done, thanks to the hotel manager who was very competent. Sorry, I do not remember his name. Time and money well spent. Bob Hoyt
That sounds like a memorable trip 😁
Thanks for watching 😊
My family and I had recently took a trip with Viking across the Rhine River on the Viking Einar and it was a great experience. I definitely recommend Viking and those longships to anyone who's interested in traveling onboard a river cruise.
Thanks for watching Kyle. So glad you enjoyed your Rhine cruise, we’ve yet to sail in the Rhine. Happy cruising 💙
No pool needed for me! Love Viking River Cruises and plans for couple more.
Thanks for watching 👍
We just returned from spending two weeks on Viking's Longship "Vidar" (June 2023). This video presentation is accurate in every detail. Everything about our cruise was WONDERFUL. This Viking vacation was well worth the money spent. We were on the ship for fourteen days on a cruise that started in Budapest and ended in Amsterdam. On that specific cruise we lost the ability to use the wonderful sundeck for a significant part of the cruise due to the fact that the crew had to strip it down to it's lowest height (by design) for the ship to fit under the low bridges along the journey. I would be hard pressed to offer Viking any suggestions for them to implement in an effort to improve the experience. It seemed to me that Viking has already figured it out and offers a exceptional guest experience in every category. This Viking cruise was the best vacation I have ever enjoyed. I suspect I will return again as a Viking customer. As well designed and maintained as the ship was and as beautiful as the surrounding river and geography was all of that was outdone by the excellent crew and the effort they all extended to make our journey memorable. Magical-Really!
Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Sounds like you had an amazing couple of weeks 😍
Probably the rivers had high water level!?
@@arnodobler1096 If I remember correctly, there are some lower bridges between Regensburg and Mainz. However, water levels would have been to blame if the sun deck was out of use on the Danube between Budapest and Regensburg, the Rhine between Mainz and the Netherlands, or the various Dutch waterways used to reach Amsterdam.
I live in Mainz, Germany on the Rhein River. Every evening ships arrive for a one or two day visit. I have always wondered what life is like onboard. I've noticed that organized tours of the city are available in various languages. I get the impression that the passengers get a good introduction to things and generous time to explore on their own.
Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
I'm a former travel agent, and... wow. This video covered everything you would want to know about a Viking River Cruise. Absolutely fantastic production. I loved how you filmed most areas of the ship in a tasteful way, and not too rushed. I think featuring the menus and sample meals was an excellent idea --- I myself can't stomach enormous meal portions after a long port day so I am thrilled to see the smaller meal samplings. I also appreciated the overall positivity while still being objective (i.e. the toilet paper holder, the lack of 2-person dining in the main dining room). I'm excited to check out your other videos --- you just earned yourself another subscriber!
Thank you so much 😊
Thank you so much for posting a video of your holiday on Viking Longships. We found it extremely informative and unbiased which is very refreshing to see.
Thank you for watching and for your kind comment 😊
It’s been 10 years since my last Viking cruise and you have inspired me to book another! Cheers 🥂
Thanks for watching 👍
Happy cruising 💙
Thank you for this look at Viking’s current state of affairs on the rivers. We took a one-week cruise from Budapest to Passau/Munich in August 2019, and there have been some changes - some, of course, from the pandemic. As ever, your visuals and narration are completely delightful!
Thanks for watching and your comments Deb 👍😊
Thanks so much Rich. We've actually been waiting to see this since your "chat with us" where you mentioned you were going on a Viking cruise. Viking should hire you to do all of their commercials. You and Helen are the best travel ambassadors. Love visiting with you.🤗
Thank you Deborah, and thanks for following us on our travels 😊
I have been on 2 Viking river cruises and found them both lovely, enjoyable, interesting and informative. The food was incredibly delicious. The captain talks, entertainment and chef discussions were wonderful. I have nothing at all negative to say about them. One we stayed in a room with a veranda and the second time we stayed in one of the two exe ytive suites.
Thanks for watching and commenting Carol, we couldn’t agree more (but we didn’t get to stay in an executive suite, they did look lovely though 😁) 👍
What about the price? I expected river cruises to be a better deal but holy cow! The ones I priced were 5 times as much as an ocean cruise. I suppose it's because the ships are smaller and carry less passengers but Holy Cow, $10,000 for a 7 day cruise seems kind of crazy.
@@lennybuttz2162 We never put specific prices on our videos because they are so subject to change and deals and the power of your travel agent to negotiate. There’s so many variables. 🙂
@@lennybuttz2162 think that is why we had such high expectations. A Veranda Suite, including trip insurance, cost us $12K a piece. We have had far better experiences for a third of that on Princess Cruise lines. Will not do Viking again.
Excellent video. Rich really worked his magic on this one. Loved the graphics too, they made understanding the layout of the ship so easy to understand. The ship certainly looked lovely too
Thank you Robin.❤️
I have to say, this is the most professional and well filmed review I have seen about any cruise ship (and I have seen hundreds)! It is very well detailed around all the ship and you have done a great job with the narrative. I have subscribed because I believe you will give an honest, educated account of a ship, and it saves me having to trawl through other presenters on You Tube, explaining about any future cruises I am thinking of taking. Thank you.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for subscribing Sally, we really appreciate it. Hope you enjoy some of our other videos too. ☺☺
Loved our Viking River trip from Budapest to Amsterdam. Reflecting back we should have taken the Bucharest to Amsterdam cruise which was 21 days. Met several interesting fellow cruisers from Australia. The staff were professional as well as engaging if you chose to chat with them. Viking river cruise is one vacation I will remember as being a total pleasure.
We agree that seven days is definitely not long enough 😁 21 days from Amsterdam to Bucharest sounds amazing 🤩
Just complete a Viking cruise and Yes the Boat and crew and selected tours were great. Food and drink onboard was perfect. Had some bad weather a couple of days but that was handled perfectly by the guides and crew. Excellent !
Great to hear!
Thanks for watching 😊
Have to tell you, watching this video is like ASMR. I absolutely love how calm cool and collected every explanation and footage was.
Thank you! 😊 Glad you enjoyed it.
Well done! I’ve taken 4 Viking Ocean Cruises & am looking forward to my first VRC this autumn on the Douro. While I know I’ll miss the Mamsen’s waffles & Afternoon Tea, I’m sure I’ll enjoy what the river cruises have to offer. Thanks for all of the details!
Thanks Robin. We hope you like the river cruise as much as the ocean, the scenery on the Douro river is stunning 🤩
Beautiful videography, high quality images, comprehensive narration, sublime musical selection. Always a wonderful viewing experience.
Thank you so much François. We really appreciate your kind comments.❤️
This is a first class video from start to finish. Well done 👏
Thank you so much for your kind words. ☺️
Very nicely produced video - than you for that. We've done I think nearly 40 cruises to date, although we have been contemplating doing a river cruise. What I liked about this one, was the normal-ish sized balconies, it's not too small a passenger capacity, and the food presentation looks beautiful, akin to a luxury cruise ship. Very interesting.
Thank you 😊
We will be going on our second Viking river cruise this summer. This time on the Danube. Your vlog was spot on. The service you receive is impeccable. Looking forward to new adventures. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thank you for watching and for your kind comment. Hope you have a great cruise 😊
Professionally documented with top-class videography and editing. Soft serene background music with nicely worded commentary. The Mrs and I have done Amsterdam to Budapest with Evergreen, but Viking is definitely on our bucket list.
Thanks for watching and your kind comment Behram 😊 Happy cruising 🚢💙
A super video that encapsulates all that is good about Viking river cruises. We did a “duck view” room late March and was pleasantly surprised when our welcome pack didn’t include a pair of flippers and snorkel! OTBC! 🙏
Haha! At least the rooms aren't as low as where NCFC finished this season! You need a full aqualung for that!😂
I highly recommend Tulips and Windmills. The only problem: not enough time to see and visit all the beautiful places we docked.
That’s always the dilemma - to visit more places for less time or less places for more time 🤔 Nice problem to have though 😊
Thanks for watching 👍
There are so many great itineraries on the European rivers with Viking. I haven't done Tulips and Windmills, but I have done Holland and Belgium (which has some ports in common with Tulips and Windmills but runs all year round). I'd also recommend Paris to the Swiss Alps (especially with the extension to Zermatt and Geneva, which I recommend doing at the end of the cruise) and Elegant Elbe.
@@DavidWood2 Thanks for the suggestion.
We had a wonderful trip from Basil Switzerland to Amsterdam on Viking. Thank you so much for helping us to enjoy a beautiful part of Europe as well as to make lasting memories for my husband and me.
Our pleasure! Thank you so much for watching. We hope you’ve subscribed as we will be releasing more from this trip. ❤️
This is such a great video. Well made! Thanks so much :)
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching 😊
Thanks for the videos Skol !
Thanks for joining us Christine 👍
I have taken Viking ocean cruises but am now taking my first Viking river cruise next month, and have found this video really helpful. Thank you. Barbara C
Thank you Barbara 😊
Hope you enjoy your river cruise as much as we did 👍
Looking forward to my first river cruise (Rhône) on a Viking longship in June of 2024. Your video left absolutely drooling with anticipation!
Thank you, so glad you found it helpful 👍
Thanks for watching and hope you have a great cruise.
There is only one word I can use to describe this video... excellent!
Thank you Jim 😊
And thanks for watching 👍
Your vids are very clearly a cut above and most enjoyable and informative. This is making me consider a river cruise after about 50 big ship cruises. Looks wonderful!
Thank you so much ☺️
Thanks for posting this great video! We’re taking our first river cruise, and this was very helpful. 😊
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching 👍
My husband and our friends just got off the Skadi in May and we miss the staff/crew so much. Our room steward Jeffery spoiled us. A full ice bucket every afternoon and making our rooms up perfectly. I laughed about the toilet paper holder…. Our only complaint. A shout out to the dining room staff who worked so hard to make everything perfect from early morning till nite. Milo, May, Bello, Sorin, and all the others who were mostly Filipino or Serbs. When I especially miss the ship, I’ll watch this video. Truly, of all the TH-cam vids about Viking cruises, your does the best job of making me feel like I’m back aboard.
Thank you Mona, so glad you enjoyed it 😊
And damn that toilet roll holder, which we swore at at least once a day 😂
We did the Basel Switzerland to Amsterdam cruise on Viking about 6 years ago. Food and service was excellent. We even made new friends we are still in contact with. We are doing the Viking Barcelona to Rome cruise next September...
Thanks for watching Mark and have fun on your upcoming cruise! :D
Wow this was absolutely wonderful and informative. Thank you so much!
Thank you for your kind words Barbara and thanks for watching.❤️
Amazing video. Very well explained.
Thank you Yathendra 😊
And thanks for watching 👍
Your videos are comprehensive and classy. Please keep cruising and add other cruise lines, like Tauck, and I promise to keep watching!
Thank you very much. 😊 Uniworld next. Please subscribe to our Insta for daily updates beginning tomorrow.
Outstanding video. Wife and I have a Grand European Tour on Viking Skadi next year, now I know precisely what to expect.
Thank you ☺️
We just booked our first Viking river cruise! We are so excited
You’re going to have a lovely time! Thanks for watching. ☺️
Wonderful video Rich! Brought back great memories of my 2 Viking river cruises, one on the Rhine and one on the Douro. If your looking for a small pool there is one on the Douro ships. The downside is the terrace at the front is only seating, no dining there, missed that! BUT both trips were outstanding!!
Thanks for watching and your kind comments Kathy. We loved our Douro cruise (not on Viking) and have yet to sail on the Rhine 👍
Great vid, thanks for the reminder of our first Viking river cruise on Viking Idi. Amsterdam to Budapest was fantastic, the ship, staff, food, tours etc. are the benchmark now.
Thanks for watching 👍
I’ve never been on a cruise ship of any kind. But ever since I saw the first Viking cruise commercial over 30 years ago, I knew one day I was going to take one of these. I plan to make that happen soon.
We hope you get to try one soon 👍
Thanks for watching 😊
What a lovely tour.
Thanks for watching and your kind comments 😊
Your videos are so relaxing. Thank you!
Thank you ☺️
Excellent video and review!
Thank you kindly 😊
Great review, thanks!
Thank you, and thanks for watching 😊
Great video. Thanks for all the information.
You're very welcome. Thank you for watching. :D
Great video!! You have a wonderful voice to do the narration. The music was spot on for the various scenes. Cheers from Florida.
Thank you kindly Brian. ☺️
Outstanding review thank you. We’re excited to be going from Avignon to Lyon with Viking in September. Greetings from New Zealand.
Thank you for watching Louise. We sailed from Lyon to Avignon last summer (not on Viking), it’s such a beautiful part of France 💙 Hope you have an amazing time and enjoy Viking as much as we did.
Loved your video. I'm trying to persuade my husband to do a Viking river cruise and your video certainly helped my cause!
Thanks for watching and for your kind comments Shirley 😊
Here’s to future river cruising 🥂😁
Beautifully produced video. I'm taking my first VRC soon. Since I do not have an adventurous palate at all, I'm glad to see the "always available classics" dining option. If that's not available on the "themed dinner" nights, I'll be sure to have a large lunch. Now I'm off to binge watch more of your videos.
It can be worth trying some of the regional dishes, as they tend to be not too extreme. If you really don't get on with a dish, you can order again.
The themed meal (which is usually dinner, but can be lunch on some itineraries) has two options: buffet style, where you take what you want, or a tasting platter brought to your table (if you don't want to join the queue). The card you saw at 21:49 shows the two tasting platter options for "Taste of Austria" (Danube Waltz and Romantic Danube). The Rhine itineraries typically have "Taste of Germany" which is fairly similar only there's more sausage. I'd be surprised if you don't find something you enjoy from amongst the spread, but if you think you will struggle with it, have a word with the Maitre d' earlier in the day to see if anything can be sorted out for you.
Thanks for watching and your kind comment Debbie. Like David said in his reply the themed evening always has a buffet alongside the regional menu which we’re sure you would find something to suit you. We loved that there were always regional wines and meals and were often pleasantly surprised how much we enjoyed them (especially the desserts ❤️)
Thank you so much for this review.
You’re very welcome. Thank YOU for watching. ☺️
Thank you for a very well presented video we went on a fifteen day river cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam last October. It was very enjoyable. The excursions were excellent but used up a lot of free time. We found the service in the dining room average and did not really enjoy many of the main courses, although breakfast and desserts were good. The cruise director was excellent as was the ship. Transfers between airports, hotels and ship were excellent and well organised.
Thanks for watching and commenting Scott. We too opted out of one or two of the included excursions to do our own thing and that’s one of the things we love about river cruising, you’re often docked in the heart of a town or city making it easy ti explore on your own.
We have ti say the service in all areas of the ship was outstanding and we enjoyed trying some regional food in the main dining room, and as for the breakfast pancakes…. ❤️❤️❤️
OUTSTANDING.. Love this video..thanks
Thank you for watching and your very kind words Ronyn. ❤️
Glad to see plenty of positive comments. However river cruises are definitely not for everyone. The pricing is shocking to us. We prefer traveling by train throughout Europe, we travel at our pace at a fraction of the cost. Enjoy your choice of traveling.
Indeed, each to their own.
But hopefully this video helps people to make an informed choice 👍
Thanks for watching 😊
7:25 The tea, coffee and hot chocolate are available 24/7. The cookies are not 24/7 on any of the Viking river cruises I've been on (eight and counting). Breakfast pastries are put out an hour before the restaurant opens for breakfast. The pastries are replaced with cookies once breakfast is over - but in the evening, any cookies remaining are removed. If you want a late-night cookie, take one earlier in the day and leave it in your cabin.
Thanks for the clarification David. We were never up late enough to see the cookies removed and when I got up early (5:30am most mornings) the pastries were already in situ. Hence my assumption there was always something available. 🙂
Taking cookie to reserve for later is wise decision. Should you decide do ocean cruise you may want to use this same practice for a night time snack for after late night show you will find buffet line is shut down except for pizza, which I find this to be 2 heavy to sleep on .
you should not eat those god damned cookies anyway, at all, if you have A CLUE about healthy eating. Much better to eat a nice red APPLE, WITH its skin.
Get a life!
@@weekendwet1 I have a perfectly good one, thank you. I was only making a suggestion that others have welcomed (both in person and online).
Perhaps it says more about you than me that you chose to publish your judgment of me, rather than dismiss my comments without posting a response if you found them unhelpful. Best wishes.
WELL DONE. Cannot wait to one day also experience one of their Longships. Thank you guys....
Thank you for watching.❤️
Very well done. My wife has relatives in Holland and Switzerland so she wants to stay a pre and post week with a cruise in between. We have done many ocean cruises to this glimpse into the river ships really helps us decide what cabin to book! !! !!!
Wow, that sounds like an amazing trip - a river cruise sandwich 😂
Thanks for watching 👍
This is a wonderful video. You've pretty much convinced me and I cannot wait to book.
Thank you for watching 😊
Your voice is soothing. Thank you
Thank you 😊
And thanks for watching 👍
A brilliant tour!
Thank you 😊
Delightfully detailed presentation with just the right touch of humor!
Thank you 🤩
This was excellent...I've been on 3 Viking cruises now, including the one you featured and feel they were all exceptional....hopefully there will be another in my future.
Thank you ☺️
Let’s hope so 🤞
Thank you. Always enjoy traveling vicariously
You’re very welcome. Thank you for supporting our little channel. ❤️
Awesome video like always
Thank you. ☺️
My travel buddy and I are going on our first Viking Cruise come October…on the Danube. This video helps us immensily!Very nicely done.
Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching 👍
Thanks so much for doing the video. You are very talented in videography as it looked as if a professional had done the video. It answered a lot of questions we had as this is our first Viking cruise. It was very thoughtful of you to think of other travelers and we found it very informative as well as beautiful.
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We are going for a 3rd Viking River Cruise. Simply awesome.
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First Viking cruise '22, going again in '24. Your guide & review was perfect, agreed with all the points you made. In fact, it was a pleasure just to see your video to remind me of aspects of the ship and service. If there is one thing I would criticize about our trip, it would be that we had only one musical presentation from "onshore", it was excellent, but I wish we could have had one or two more. But that is a minor quibble when Viking gets so much right.
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Very fine video. My wife and I have only done river cruises on Viking so I appreciate your insights and comparisons.(And we have done a lot of them)
The lack of tables for two in the dining area is a feature.
We have found that we always like almost every passenger, unlike our experience on another line's Ocean Cruise. We make a lot of new friends at dinner and many of those friendships extend long after the voyage. Meeting other passenger and sharing tables is significant part of the trip.
I think Viking's best asset is its customer set. On several voyages we have encountered someone deeply interested in some thing at a port of call. We latch in if they'll let us and they always have so far we get a very deep insight into that fellow passenger's interest when we visit that site.
Also, the sundeck is very good for exercise. I do yoga before breakfast and jump rope on days we are not ashore. I bring a yoga mat and a jump rope for river cruises.
Also we find the included wine and/or beer is more than enough for us. I frequently had to cover my wine glass at dinner.
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Great video! Thanks!
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Congratulations on a beautifully done video. It brings back fond memories of our trip from Amsterdam to Budapest last September in 327. One thing we found was that the WiFi was much better in the forward cabins than further aft. We had good friends in 303 who had excellent signal and TV streaming while we had very spotty coverage.
The current satellite Wi-Fi on Viking river ships isn't great - I use terrestrial 4G and 5G when in coverage. I believe Viking are installing Starlink-powered Wi-Fi on the river ships in the next couple of years.
Thanks for watching and your kind comments David. And an interesting observation. We did occasionally find the internet connection a little patchy (though good enough for what we needed it for) but like David said hopefully this will only get better in the future 👍
Very informative video on Viking Longships
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Well, I just watched four of your Viking videos and I am SO impressed!! We are true Viking fans - have done three 3 three week European river cruises and one 3 week ocean cruise to the Baltic States, which was truly amazing! We are just about to go on the Viking Australia/NZ cruise…we leave on New Year’s Eve. I think your videos are gorgeous. SO well done, from the narration to the actual camera work, which presents everything exquisitely. I am so very much loved the music! So perfect. I am sending the links to my family so they can get to know Viking (and you) as well! Thank you for a lovely viewing experience.
Thank you SO MUCH for your kind comments. It’s worth more to us when true appreciators of the cruise lines like yourself enjoy the content because you are the ones who appreciate the love and thought that goes into these ships. This is one of my favourite comments this week and brightened up my Friday. We hope you’ve subscribed as we will be doing many more Viking videos in 2024. Have a lovely weekend. 😊
Also, have a brilliant time on your New Year cruise. What a gorgeous itinerary. ❤️
That was fun. Thank you
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Absolutely stunning presentation!
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14:30 I've never had in-cabin fruit on my Viking river cruises - and I'm usually in the next-door cabin to the one shown: 305, which is the same category. There is plenty of fruit to pick up at breakfast, though.
Excellent video! Just returned from a Viking Ocean cruise and having done both the Viking river and ocean cruises I enjoyed the river cruise better for the atmosphere of a smaller ship.
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Yes, they are actually quite different experiences. We like them both for different reasons.
Brilliant video and I really enjoy your wonderful voice!
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We went on the European Sojourn last May/June. I was concerned due to neck and back problems, food allergies, and altered taste from long CoVID. I was overwhelmed with how every single person went out of their way to help me out. The Maitre Dei checked on me every single meal. I was shocked. There was a huge variety of all very lovely things. I am not a vegetarian but the energy bowl and veggie burger were outstanding for lunch. I wish I could get those at home. I don’t care for mushrooms, but otherwise every single soup was just delicious. My husband said the mushroom was great. Some days I wasn’t all that hungry and asked for thing not exactly on the menu, like just some potato fries. No one blinked an eye and just gave me what ever I asked for except they thought I was a little nutty and couldn’t understand why I wasn’t eating another lovely big meal. We did the included excursions and they were great for a first time to an area. You got the quick version of the local history, walked past or through major points to see, and there was often some castle or museum or something. I really enjoyed. We were booked for France next year but decided to repeat the European sojourn and instead of the included tours go off to see all the things we missed because we ran out of time after the included tour. It is so great to unpack once. We were lucky that we didn’t have to change ships. The water levels were fine. No one has control over that so just roll with the punches. I am not a big drinker, but we got the silver spirits. I like a brewed coffee or soda in the afternoon, i like a little bit of seven up or coke before bed to settle my stomach I like a couple cocktails in the evening when I am on vacation and it gives you wider variety of wines. A few times I had a nightcap type drink like sambuca, Tia Maria et cetera. It was just easier. Enjoy your cruising. Viking is a great line that takes care of its staff and guests.
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Wow what a great video & have made my decision on going on one so much easier ...!
The way you have presented this is what I would want to see & know so thank you ....!
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