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Our cruise ends this morning. I have seen many posts criticizing Viking and other cruise companies for the alterations and cancelations due to low waters on the Danube and Elb. We were extremely lucky.

We left Budapest on Aug. 22nd. The crew on Viking was amazing, and the capitan even more so. We were told the morning before reaching Passau that we would have to get off in Linz and be bused to Regensburg (for a ship swap) with a stop in Passau for the normal tours. Four hours later we were told that this was unessary. Our capitan was amazing and we believe we were one of the few ships to make it through the areas of low water during this period.

The situation is still bleak on the Danube. We have had some days of brief light rain, but more sunny periods are expected and higher temperatures

We were very lucky. In addition, Viking has done everything within their power to deal with the low water which is beyond their control.

Our cruise has been excellent; we were extremely lucky with the weather, and Viking was great.

Dennis

Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

Keith

Beach Bum 64 you should post this on their Facebook wall as they have been beat up pretty bad... Glad it worked out and you had a great trip!

Glad to hear about your experience. As disappointing as this year's drought has been for passengers, it's also been a tough go for the river lines. They don't want to do ship swaps any more than we want 'em.

Carolyn

Carolyn Spencer Brown

Editor in Chief

Cruise Critic

Our cruise ends this morning. I have seen many posts criticizing Viking and other cruise companies for the alterations and cancelations due to low waters on the Danube and Elb. We were extremely lucky.

 

We left Budapest on Aug. 22nd. The crew on Viking was amazing, and the capitan even more so. We were told the morning before reaching Passau that we would have to get off in Linz and be bused to Regensburg (for a ship swap) with a stop in Passau for the normal tours. Four hours later we were told that this was unessary. Our capitan was amazing and we believe we were one of the few ships to make it through the areas of low water during this period.

 

The situation is still bleak on the Danube. We have had some days of brief light rain, but more sunny periods are expected and higher temperatures

 

We were very lucky. In addition, Viking has done everything within their power to deal with the low water which is beyond their control.

 

Our cruise has been excellent; we were extremely lucky with the weather, and Viking was great.

 

Dennis

We, too, just returned from our 1st Viking River Cruise....Budapest to Nuremburg. We also did a ship swap from the Tor to the Var, which was very organized and did not effect any of our cruise. We were both extremely pleased with the boat, the crew, excursions, food and our fellow travelers. Viking made it very easy....we have already booked for Paris to Normandy in 2016!!:)