Microman123

What is the "too low" level at Dresden? We board the Viking Astrild on May 17th, so I'm starting to watch the details. Thank-you

Any water level update 10 days later? I appreciate your river watching. It provided useful information and entertainment before our first Viking river last year (Grand European B to A mid May 2023). Thanks

For those doing the May 27th Budapest to Amsterdam cruise on the Gymir, it is very likely that we will be on the Viking Edgir instead. I started watching the Gymir on cruisemapper.com this weekend. I discovered that the Gymir was heading west with a May 27th arrival in Amsterdam instead of heading to Budapest for our cruise. To double check that this was correct I emailed one of the couples shown on the May 13th Amsterdam to Budapest cruise scheduled for the Gymir. They have confirmed that they had a ship change from the Gymir to the Edgir. Not a big deal since the boats are exactly the same layout and both were launched in 2022! See you aboard the Edgir in 12 days!

Since it was late last night, I tried to double check myself last night, but only on one ship. After reading your comment, I checked the detailed report by Ship on Cruisemapper and, of course, you are right. Even though the Cruisemapper map shows all 6 boats still in Passau, their individual location reports are much different: Viking Atla current location is at Europe Inland (coordinates 48.57439 N / 13.43221 E) cruising en route to REGENSBURG. The AIS position was reported 1 minute ago. Viking Magni current location is at Europe Inland (coordinates 48.57418 N / 13.43416 E) cruising en route to AMSTERDAM. The AIS position was reported 15 minutes ago. Viking Bragi current location is at Europe Inland (coordinates 48.57637 N / 13.46075 E) cruising en route to AMSTERDAM. The AIS position was reported 3 minutes ago. Viking Tir current location is at Europe Inland (coordinates 48.50096 N / 13.73728 E) cruising en route to BUDAPEST. The AIS position was reported 4 minutes ago. Viking Tor current location is at Europe Inland (coordinates 48.57408 N / 13.43414 E) cruising en route to BUDAPEST. The AIS position was reported 49 seconds ago. Viking Vili current location is at Europe Inland (coordinates 48.57428 N / 13.43218 E) cruising en route to BUDAPEST. The AIS position was reported 5 minutes ago. I'm not going to spend the time, but anyone else interested in plotting these locations to verify that they are all on the move? 🙂 I board the Gymir in Budapest on May 27, so I'm now paying close attention to your river reports. Thanks for continuing that supply of information!

In looking at Cruise Mapper right now (23:44 CDT USA), there currently are 6 Viking boats docked in Passau. Of those 6, 4 are GE cruisers going B to A (Bragi, Air, Magni & Vili), the other 2 are short cruisers, one Regensburg to B(Tor), the other (Atla) the opposite direction. If the report is correct, then the boat in the accident has to be the Tor, since it is the only one heading to Vienna from Passau. More interesting is that only the Magni and the Atla were scheduled to be in Passau on 5/12. The Tor wasn't scheduled until 5/14 according to Cruise Mapper. The Tir was scheduled 5/9, the Vili 5/10 and the Bragi 5/11 but they are still there early on 5/13! It seems that Viking may be holding up some boats for maybe a Safety conference with their captains? Any comments from anyone currently on those boats?

I will be a first time cruiser on Viking Budapest to Amsterdam, boarding May 27th. I just discovered this forum and thread as I was searching water level information. I’ve read about all the lock issues and became nervous, but now realize I was reading about the transition from winter to spring. I look forward to learning more over the next 40 days or so before I become a Cruise Critic. Thanks for all the information so far.