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  1. Dear Cruzessentials, as for nightly entertainment it is a small boat and all things happen in the lounge after dinner. Some ports they will bring in local entertainment, you will be notified of it, but most nights it is the house piano player. You will make friends quickly as before dinner everyone gathers in the lounge for the daily talk about tomorrow and the first night the crew will have some kind of entertainment (dance contest,, guessing game) but we found most of the people we met to be very interesting, some we are still friends with and vacation with. One cruise (we have taken 4 river cruises with Viking) a younger guy had his harmonica and he and the Russian house piano player would start to jam when most of the people when to bed. He will stay and play till the last guest retires but usually around 11pm people go to bed as the day starts early on the river. Don't expect Ocean Cruise type entertainment as the River Cruise offers more low key type but like everything else on a river cruise it is casual and you go with the flow.

     

    Thanks Chlives60 for taking the time to comment. Being our first river cruise, I didn't know what to expect. Love meeting all the adventuresome people when traveling. We won't miss the "formal" nights on the big boats. Sounds like you have had a good experience on Viking. We're hoping to have that as well. Cheers to cruising!

  2. Most people head to lounge after dinner. Some evenings there will be local folk dancers or singers or musicians. In the summer some sit on the sun deck; not so much in December. On evenings when you are docked some will wander into town. Days are busy with tours often leaving at 8:30 am and breakfast before that so most are in bed by 11 pm.

     

    ENJOY

    Thom

     

    Thanks Thom!

  3. Greetings I am james a 37 year old army veteran from Florida and this will be my first river cruise, This month I booked Christmas in Germany December 22-29 , Cologne to Nuremberg on the Viking Longship Tor. I have a few questions but first I would like to say, I have read the reviews positive and negative an yes I have really read the negative postings of people saying beware. Things can go wrong on any vacation either by act of god, or issues that are the cruise line fault I beat to the tune of my own drum so to make judgment of Viking based off of just reviews without experiencing them first is not how I roll. I have had people say one cruise line is awful, such and such is the best I traveled with these lines and made up my own mind so lets not turn this thread into How I am making a mistake ect and no I am not a rep for Viking or know anyone from Viking ... with all that being said off to my questions.

     

    Itinerary

    Day 1 Cologne, Germany

    Day 2 Cologne, Germany

    Day 3 Koblenz, Germany

    Day 4 Miltenberg, Germany

    Day 5 Würzburg, Germany

    Day 6 Bamberg, Germany

    Day 7 Nuremberg, Germany

    Day 8 Nuremberg, Germany

     

    1. has anyone traveled on the Viking Tor?

    2. has anyone traveled Cologne to Nuremberg? 2A. what month? 2B. if in the months of December, how was the experience

     

    3. are there any hidden fee's, I am not talking about tips or the extra Excursions, I have one included in each port so I wont be buying any extra so I can explore on my own unless I see something that really catches my eye. I am a real history nerd and love culture.

     

    4. Can someone tell me about the meals? I hear its like a buffet style

    5. my Itinerary does not show times so about what time of the evening does the ship set out to the next stop?

    6.. is there any other Info you think I should know?

     

    Thank you

     

     

    Hi Jimmy,

    My husband and I are taking the same Viking cruise the week prior to yours. So glad you started this thread so the experienced ones can have at it. We did book the pre-cruise package in Prague with Viking. I did the math and it's a pricey option but we wanted it all planned out for us this go-round. It does include an entire day on your own so I figured we would have lots of time to see what we want to see. I do have one question for any who sees this since there were some good comments on tipping. We chose the prepaid gratuities as our bonus. Should we have chosen drinks instead? Would that be a better value? Anyway...thanks to all the fellow river cruisers for the fun comments to give me lots to be excited about. It's our 1st river cruise. Retired this year so it seemed like the thing to do. Without all the fanfare on the ocean cruise lines, what goes on at night on a River cruise? Thanks!:)

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