gayles

We will be passing you as we leave Basel going up on August 30 (Viking). Let's hope we pass on the river and not on the bus haha!

Was this a Viking cruise that canceled?

Thank you so much for the report! We are doing B to A on August 30. I am curious which excursions were canceled?

You are right about Kehl being the docking place. It is near Strasbourg. I noticed that some of the ships sat at Kehl for 3 days in a row this week.

I have no idea how much freedom you have to do things on your own. My husband and I are going August 30 B to A. I am changing my frame of mind to view the ship as a hotel rather than a river cruise. I didn't want to cancel since we did extensions in Lucerne and Amsterdam and at least I know those will be normal. There might be some hope in that it is raining a lot in Zurich next week.

Hopefully we can meet on the ship! Our friends have canceled so it just me and my husband going.

To clarify for everyone reading this forum, for those using Viking, I just learned that there is a difference between The Grand European tour and the Rhine getaway in how the low river is handled, For the Rhine getaway there are boats going in both directions so there may be a boat change but not a hotel stay. The other cruise does not have multiple boats available so thus the need for using hotels along the route. So my travel agent assured me that if needed we would only do one transfer and that none of the excursions would be missed.

We are on the Viking Sigyn leaving from Basel on August 30.

I see rain in the forecast in Basel, Switzerland beginning August 15 until August 18. Will rain cause the river to rise enough that the Rhine river will be passable? Some people in my party are anxious to cancel our cruise that begins August 30.