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That’s awesome! B as in Basil or as In Budapest?

Thanks for the tip!

This is great news!

Hi Rizello, Will let you know how it goes, if it happens. Only plan on doing it if we are being bussed like milling73 was. Since we start in AMS, unless water levels increase significantly in the next two weeks and we can sail the Rhine, we will likely take the train to Köln, stay in the Viking provided hotel, then take another train to Mainz (or wherever the ship is docked that we are meeting). We’ve also booked a Budapest hotel for our last night so we aren’t being bussed back and forth between Kormáron and Budapest, which is what we are hearing is happening at the other end. We certainly don’t mind some bus rides for the regular excursions, but not interested in being on them for full days (plus we enjoy train travel!). We’re also not too worried about missing excursions in those areas, since we have been there before. Kim

Hi Milling73, Thanks so much for all the details of the changes and challenges you have endured. You honest info has been very helpful to us as we made the decision on whether to postpone our cruise or not. We have decided to go ahead, as postponing would likely cost us significantly more money to rebook at another date due to an amazing promo we took advantage of when we booked a few months ago. We will probably take the train instead of the Viking coach some days and then just use the Viking assigned hotels if it comes to that. Yes, it will cost us some money, and we may miss a couple ‘attractions’ but we’ve seen windmills before and have done the Rhine Gorge previously, so not the end of the world if we don’t do the ‘tourist boat’ to see it. From the sounds of things, even paying for a few extra meals will likely be better than hotel offerings. Fingers crossed the forecasted rains in the next week or so will help water levels, but if not, we will make the best of it. Enjoy your Moselle cruise. Kim

Can you confirm that the only hotels you had were toward the end of your cruise for the 3 nights? We start in Amsterdam on the 29th on the Viking Modi, and don’t mind a few hotel nights but certainly don’t want a third or more of our cruise to be ‘land-based’. Thanks!

I think this is the link to the article. Bloomberg is known for blowing things out of proportion, though we can all see the situation is serious this summer. We are on Viking departing Amsterdam to Budapest on August 29 and know that the levels likely won’t increase enough between now and then for us to cruise the Rhine gorge, but 🤞🏻. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-02/europe-s-vital-rhine-river-is-on-brink-of-effectively-closing