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We are on the Avalon Passion and the ship and staff have been excellent. Director Hendrik has conducted special presentations on regional history with WWII and post-era recovery insights we had never heard before. Avalon has been classy and fun. The included tours have been excellent, with good variety of interesting optional choices.

Weather has been great. We've loved the slower pace and smaller cities. We were surprised by the Bishop's Residence in Wurzburg.....the Allies scrambled to protect the structure before winter....no supplies, so they scavenged river wood for a temporary roof.

Lots of fascinating insights....glad we tried this new way of cruising.

Avalon......On the Budapest to Amsterdam cruise, and our weather has been wonderful--sunny in the 70s, light rain only out of Nuremberg.

The Passion is lovely, staff excellent. Bathrooms are great--no entry curb to trip over and no need for a night light.

Not sure where to ask this....we are going on Avalon passion, Budapest to Amsterdam with a CPap machine. It switches 110/220, so no issues there (we have a plug adaptor). I asked Avalon and they sent a standard statement that we are responsible for power failure back-up. We have a battery, but it weighs a ton, and I'm not sure about airline acceptance these days.

My question: Can I leave the heavy battery at home? Did you find power stayed overnight with the many different towns? The Passion is one of the newest boats. Thanks for the help.