Kinga dweller

Not sure whereabouts on the river we will cross @LTC but if you board on Sunday and us on Monday in Budapest we may both be in Vienna Wed 17/Thurs 18th otherwise I'll wave at every passing Emerald boat, just in case your on it. Have fun. Thanks @notamermaid all great info again and yes, if I can get this forum to work on my phone I will report in en-route.

Many thanks @reeves35 & @Enjoythejourney4 it's good to know what to expect, less than a week to go, getting pretty excited now. Been looking up Jazz clubs in Vienna and Budapest, there's plenty in both cities. Also bike hire, well, e,bike hire for the misses, she won't use an ordinary bike now. As we have an extra couple of days in Buda we will be able to cruise around the place and not worry about the hills so much. Vienna seems to be pretty flat from my Google map street view wanderings. I almost feel like I know the place already.

Just wondering what a typical load of washing would cost onboard a cruise.

I'm a terrible over-packer so must try to avoid that, but we do have a few days in Budapest then after cruise Amsterdam, then Scotland to visit my daughter and a driving tour through England. Our suitcases may be a little smelly at the end of it, - and us!

Having been drawn in to a river cruise by Cruise Critic and reassured as to the exaggeration of water level scares by this very thread we've booked a last minute deal with Travel Marvel, Budapest to Amsterdam as part of a six week Europe and UK tour. I have to express my appreciation of the effort 'notamermaid' and others have put into this very informative thread. We may not have bothered had it not been for the enthusiasm shown here which proved to be quite infectious. We have previously done a river cruise up the Mekong / Ton Le Sap to Ankor Wat, now that was incredible, but surely very different to our upcoming adventure. Also a four-day 'taster' from Singapore along the Malacca Straights which was OK but spoiled somewhat by the trashy casino on-board. Booked just today and leaving Friday next week, it was very uncharacteristically impulsive but we're now excited and looking forward to it.