marthalee

On 8/3/2020 at 3:35 PM, Ktwofish said:

@marthalee  How frustrating to not be able to get the same “single” deal when rebooking.  I’m glad you were able to get some discounts, though.  We booked the Danube Waltz for Dec. 2021.

We opted for the romantic Danube since it had two days in Vienna. 

5 hours ago, rcaruso said:

Which ship were you on.  We have booked the Prestige in Nov. 21 and all sailings now say sold out.  That ship had a few single cabins.

 Don’t recall the name but it was one scheduled for this September and that ship is being retired. They told me there were no others with single cabins. Is this Viking on the Danube?

1 hour ago, caripoo said:

CRYSTAL...all inclusive, wonderful....Loved Viking, but Crystal was WAY better in every sense!!!

 

Aw too late now for us, but maybe next time.

On 7/12/2020 at 5:41 PM, texasstar said:

We did the cruise you are wanting on AmaWaterways several years ago.  Prague was an extension.  The cruise went from Budapest to Vilshofen.  We took the transfers from Vilshofen to Prague, but then did the Prague stay on our on.  It is a lot less expensive that way.  We stayed at the old town Hilton, and were able to walk everywhere we needed to go.  It was our first river cruise and we loved it.  Be sure and plan on staying a few days on your own in Budapest also.  In Budapest, book an English tour of the Parliament on-line before you go.

We definitely plan on adding a few days at each end - Budapest and Prague.  I checked out the AMA trip and it looked pretty good - they had a bit of a single supplement - not half, but then it was too expensive for my traveling companions

3 minutes ago, deec said:

Did Viking honor your "single" room payment.

No, they did not which I was not happy about.  The one ship that had a single cabin is out of service.  They did soften the blow a bit by giving us 125% credit and they happened to be running a promotion with a free beverage package, a cabin upgrade, and some onboard credit.  But I still will owe more money.

We ended up booking the Romantic Danube cruise with Viking end of August 2021. 

Viking had one ship with single balcony cabins - that's what I had that is being canceled.  Vantage has single supplement, but they canceled the cruise we had booked!!  Avalon is looking good.

Thanks for all the ideas.  Yes going with a couple.  Budapest and Prague are our main goals.  We'd love two days in Vienna.  But also looking for a better price and a single fare.  I had a single booked with Viking but they took that ship out of service and now will not honor my single fare.  I am going to try once more to get them to honor the price I paid, but meanwhile looking for other options.

2 hours ago, Roz said:

What section of the Danube are you interested in?  I've done Budapest to Passau, and Bucharest to Budapest on Uniworld.  If you look thru this forum, you'll see lots of posts about how different cruise lines are handling cancellations.  What specifically didn't you like about Viking's terms?  You may run into the same thing with another cruise line.  

See my other reply about terms.  We are looking for recommendations on another cruise line.  I had no luck searching for Danube cruises on this site.  We want to go Budapest to Prague or similar.

2 hours ago, mskaufman said:

Didn't Viking offer you a refund when they cancelled?  We were cancelled later this month and were offered a refund.

Yes of course, but we still want to go and next year's prices are much higher.  PLUS I had a single cabin and now they say they have no single cabins and want me to pay double!  We are looking for other cruise line recommendations.

We were going on a Viking cruise on the Danube in September. Now canceled of course. Not totally happy with vikings terms. What other cruise lines can people recommend for the Danube. Hoping to go September 2021. . 

On 12/18/2019 at 10:04 PM, CanadianBurger said:

Edited video of snorkelling in Bonaire, which consists of the most visually interesting highlights. I was really stuck by the amount of dead coral. In the middle you can see some tree-like structures that are an attempt to re-grow some of the endangered coral.

 

Great video - wish I was back there!  I didn't get enough of Bonaire!

This looks like an old post but will try a question. Sailing on the QM2 in September and wondering about getting from the airport to the boarding dock. How have folks gotten from Newark? From JFK?

Is anyone going on the Vantage River Normandy D-Day cruise departing Paris on Sept. 9, 2017? I can't find anything about that cruise here. Can someone guide me? Thanks!

Since you mention US cell phone, you may want to remember that much of the Inside Passage is Canada. That said, it's not as narrow as it may seem in a brochure map - at least not narrow enough for an uninterrupted cell signal -especially one from a US carrier.

If your phone's network search is set to "automatic," you will find it more often than not wanting to connect with whatever the ship has available. If you have an iphone (don't know about others), you can set the network search to manual and have a list if your carrier's Canadian partners handy to select when they're available (or connect to your own carrier in Alaska or from Washington southward.

In Alaska, AT&T is pretty reliable in coastal cities. They also have a Canada/Mexico plan that's not too bad.

But, whatever you do, avoid the ship's cellular.

Can you tell me where that iPhone setting is? I am not finding it. Thanks! We leave Saturday!

Thank you!

We have a group planning a 10 day Alaska cruise and a couple of them are worried about getting seasick. Did anyone get seasick on your cruise and what are some good preventive measures?