JulieLL

Thank you for your words of caution, CDNPolar. I thought of the first and called Viking to find out the time we departed from Nijmegen (and, it isn't until ~3am); I think we ought to arrive back in plenty of time. 😉 Regarding the second point you raise, we decided to wait until on board before booking a car (admittedly because I cannot find any rental agency open on Sunday that is nearby)--worst case scenario is that we will have to take a train or UBER.

Hi there, we are booked on the ship embarking on April 4th and have experienced the same change in ports. The ports are not so much the issue for me, but rather the changes in excursions. The change on Day 4 (now Nijmegen, previously Arnhem) had two excursion to De Hoge Veluwe National Park (one that included bike-riding through the park and the other to the Kröller-Müller Museum within the park). I don't understand why those excursions were eliminated. As one commentor noted, the distance is not that great. I made my own reservations for the park, but am struggling with transportation because Day 4 for us is a Sunday (and I cannot find any car rental agencies open that day nearby). Yes--I know I can take a train--but, the train is 1.5 hours each way versus 40 minutes via car. I'd rather maximize the time spent at this amazing place. Another excursion was similarly cancelled (cheese-making) because of a change in port; we ended up combining cheese-making with visit to Kinderdijk Windmills. We originally planned to do bike-riding that day. I can understand changes in ports, but not excursions. Hmmph.