Viking Danube OVER Christmas

Can anyone provide some insight into what it is like to be on a Viking Danube cruise between Dec 24-26? I know that many of the markets will have shut down, but we will have a few ports (embarkation 20th) with them available.

Due to my son's likely Christmas break schedule, to take the cruise the week earlier just isn't feasible and I am wondering what to expect in the ports those days and on the ship.

Appreciate any experiences as a search didn't narrow to this time frame!

Thanks!

A&JFamily

While we did not sail Viking - we sailed AMA on the Danube (embarked 12/25 thru New Yrs Day).

As you mentioned - markets were closed and while most towns / ports were quiet (some really quiet and shuttered) other stops Vienna, Salzberg, Budapest were bustling! We had a blast - weather cooperated which was a huge plus. I posted quite a bit if you do a search for AMASerena. While the lines are different - would think the ports would be similar.

Any questions - please ask away.

Would we do it again - in a heartbeat. And what we found was that our sailing was filled with many multi-generational families (high school - college age) like us - great group of fellow passengers - very diverse and ACTIVE mix.

Bob

I am now looking at a cruise over New Years...any thoughts on a cruise departing 12/27?

It seems that Ama and Viking are not offering these for 2018, but are in 2019...

I almost think that would be better.

We found 12/26 and 12/27 especially to be very quiet in the towns/cities we visited - with activity picking up the closer to New Yrs. We disembarked New Yrs Day - but could have used an extra day on board to recover from New Yrs Eve ;). AMA kept the wine flowing allllllllll night.

We have done x2 viking cruises over New Years and one Xmas cruise. Very family oriented .Viking has some nice holiday touches. xmas markets were hit or miss.