Viking River Cruise Tips for First Timers

Great info. We're looking forward to our Rhine Getaway next October.

Background music too loud and unnecessary.

Looks a lovely holiday. My wife and I enjoyed sailing on Viking Sea around the Caribbean from New York, via Bermuda, but found the entertainment poor. We are in our late 50’s/early 60’s and got bored listening to violin and piano music 🫢

Thank you for this information, I was trying to decide between the middle or the top level.

Thank you for a very informative video. We went on a Viking cruise between Budapest and Amsterdam last October. I did enjoy it and agree with your comments. We had a cabin on the top level with opening sliding doors, not as good as your balcony but a good compromise. We didn’t notice much noise from the sundeck above. The cabin was quite small but well designed. We did a lot of excursions, they were all good, however, I think that we should have booked less and had more free time. Apart from breakfast and dessert the food was terrible. I think that you are right, it depends on the chef. We found that there was enough free table space to eat on our own. Ninety percent of the guests were from the US and we actually didn’t like most of them. However, there were about three couples, all from the US, that we liked a lot. That was good enough for us! We also booked hotels for two nights at each end through Viking. They were very good. Viking arranged all transfers between airports, hotels and the boat, all this was carried out perfectly. Would we do it again? Probably not. Only because we want to visit other places. All the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

A great video, thank you! 
We are booked on our first ever cruise - a viking river cruse - next August and I am really worried about the water levels. August is the only time my husband can come so we're kind of stuck. Fingers crossed the water levels won't be too low on the Rhine.

Thanks for the tips. We are heading out on the Rhine getaway in 3 weeks. This will be our first Viking cruise. We've been wondering how much Euros to take with us. The Viking site says to "take a small amount" as US dollars are not accepted. Of course we will have our credit cards with us. Can you provide any insight into how much might be an acceptable amount? Thank you.

Best video Ive seen so far! Thank you

The music is too loud…

Great video, we’re going on our second Viking cruise in three weeks, and this was still helpful. Although we are very content with the lowest level room, because we were absolutely never in our room except to sleep.

Looking at taking our first Viking River Cruise. Great video. Thank you.

I would have loved to hear what you had to say, but the background music is so overwhelming!

My husband and and I we are old souls 😂I’m 46 him 43 we are homebodies and I was born and raised near to lord off rivers and waterfalls in my home town !!! Always
Swimming in those rivers I adore rives sweet water falls !!! I’m considering do this one day hopefully soon ❤

Loved your music select❤️❤️👍👍

Great job and loved the video. I agree with P though. The audio of your spoken word is being run over rough shod by the music. But a minor detail, I enjoyed it all the same. Thank you for taking the time to produce it, and share experienced information. My wife and I will do Paris to Normandy in November 2023 and for me it can’t come soon enough!! I’m on you tube and everywhere else digging up as much pre- knowledge info as possible. Thank you again for taking the time to put this video out.

Nice channel you two. Your itinerary links, reviews are well organized and informative without over doing it. Celeste, the only criticism I have is how hard it is to hear your audio on this video. you sound muddy throughout it in my opinion. Maybe you can correct that for future videos. I give you guys a solid 9 out of 10. I really appreciate your "keep it real" approach to this kind of cruising.

Sorry for the loss of your parents. Thank you for sharing this we just booked today for our first Viking cruise. Celebrating 40 years of marriage this year. Doing the Rhine getaway with the extra days before and after this coming summer! Appreciate the tips

River cruises are full of cheapskates. All you can eat and drink for a fixed fee? Ridiculous. A magnet for fat drunks!!!

Sounds exciting :) Viking is most renowned in the field.

So sorry for your loss. Prayers for healing.