White Nights River Cruise Feedback please

[rubrrick]

My DW and I are headed to the Baltics on the Jewel this May. We are looking for feedback from travelers that have taken in the White Nights River Cruise in St. Petersburg. With 2 days of jammed touring, do we add the 3 and a half hours in the evening?

 

Rick

[dileep]

Some people on our Celebrity cruise did it and they liked it. We opted to relax on our own balcony and watch the ships go by while enjoying a nice bottle of wine.

[Boo's Mom]

We opted to relax on our own balcony and watch the ships go by while enjoying a nice bottle of wine.

 

Dileep.... this sounds like a Celebrity Commercial !

How nice ! :)

[Jill_b]

My DW and I are headed to the Baltics on the Jewel this May. We are looking for feedback from travelers that have taken in the White Nights River Cruise in St. Petersburg. With 2 days of jammed touring, do we add the 3 and a half hours in the evening?

 

Rick

Hi Rick I know about 1000 people from our ship did the evening excursions after the day excursions so it must be popular. I think most of them went to the folkloric shows. I went in a small group to the ballet and loved it. That sure did not take any energy and I would guess a river cruise would not either. A river swim, now that is another story....;>)

Personally I would find a nighttime river cruise in broad daylight a less picturesque than after the lights of the city were on, about 2 a.m.

We did not head off the second day until about 9 or 9:30 and no one in our small DenRus Value Tour group seemed overly tired the next morning. If anything the excitement of being in such a beautiful, exotic and historic place seems to give everyone a lot of energy, even those who stayed out until 2-3 a.m. when starting at 6:30 a.m. on the first morning did not fade the second day. Our guide said it effects local Russians the same way, after a long winter Russians stay up all hours and do not seem to mind the very long days in early summer. Winter is for sleeping and summer is for play.

[Bobbie John]

Is this right? The White Night River Cruise Tour is in the daylight hours? Is there a River Cruise after 2:30am when the lights come on in the city?

 

Is the White Night River Cruise Tour a boat ride that leads to a concert of some kind?

[NancyIL]

My DW and I are headed to the Baltics on the Jewel this May. We are looking for feedback from travelers that have taken in the White Nights River Cruise in St. Petersburg. With 2 days of jammed touring, do we add the 3 and a half hours in the evening?

 

Rick

 

I was on the Jewel last July, and I did that RCI evening excursion. I enjoyed the lovely cruise down the river, followed by a very good concert in a small hall. It was still daylight when we got back to the ship around 11 p.m. Even if you're exhausted after a day of touring St. Petersburg, make the extra effort to do something in the evening. You can catch up on rest the next night!