Scenic River or Tauck for Danube cruise?

[Cruisegal5]

We have sailed the Rhine with Crystal,so looking for the same level of service. Or is there another place to post this question?

[GeezerCouple]

11 minutes ago, Cruisegal5 said:

We have sailed the Rhine with Crystal,so looking for the same level of service. Or is there another place to post this question?

 

How about https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/115-river-cruising/  ?

 

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https://boards.cruisecritic.com

 

Happy hunting!

 

GC

 

 

[Canal archive]

I’ve never sailed with Tauck but have with Scenic many times. Try deciding which length cruise you would like and make up a pro’s and con’s list between the two as reading on all these threads I think you would be happy with both. Enjoy your research!

Edited January 21, 2023 by Canal archive

[tsukikageran]

I've sailed all three - go with Tauck. The size of the cabins are a bit smaller than on Crystal, but the quality of the tours and crew onboard were fantastic.

[CT Nomad]

On 1/20/2023 at 2:04 PM, GeezerCouple said:

 

How about https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/115-river-cruising/  ?

 

For more browsing, here is the TOC, with all the categories:

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com

 

Happy hunting!

 

GC

 

 

We are doing our first Tauck river cruise (Blue Danube) in September.  We have travelled  with Tauck on land and they do everything right.

[WanderingTravels]

Past Crystal river cruiser here, go with Tauck...they do a very nice job.

[Shoeman1]

We sail Crystal as well; the ship, tours, cuisine and staff all top notch. We just returned from Scenic Crystal, and it was quite the opposite.  Tours were repetitive, cuisine was ok for lunch and breakfast but inedible at dinner.  Meats were uniformly tough, soups watery, composed salads were yesterday's leftovers in a vinagrette, and desserts uninspired.  Wines were ok, and bar service available all day. Staff is exceedingly polite and ship well maintained (just an old ship) The most insulting item was the lack of nighttime travel; the ship would dock somewhere outside the city,, passengers disembark at 8:30 am for tours then ship would  sail around the city and pick up passengers on the other side and continue on the Rhine.   There was no time when we spent a day in a city, hence no time to enjoy the cities.  IMHO the cost cutting measures on Scenic are glaring; by the way the ship holds 160 and booked to 94.  And to add insult to injury Scenic put us on a 6:30 van to Zurich where we sat until our noon departure.  Crystal ships were purchased by Riverside... let's see how this unfolds.