Danube closed in Hungary on Aug. 2, 2018?

[kirakat]

Last night the Emerald Star announced it could not sail from Bratislava to Budapest on the evening of August 2 because Hungarian authorities closed the river. Several other ships however departed for Budapest from the same port last night. Is anyone on a ship that sailed into Budapest on either Aug. 3 or 4, 2018? We think there were other reasons we didn't sail based upon some crew errors and comments. Thanks!

[Marjan1]

Saw Facebook post today from passenger on Travelmarvel Jewel with the same info. They sailed from Vienna to Bratislava where they will dock for 2 nights instead of Budapest. Told river is closed to all traffic.

[steamboats]

The Scenic Jasper made it from Budapest to Vienna (where the ship is right now). So I can´t see any closure of the river.

 

 

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[mskaufman]

On August 4 Viking got us as close to Budapest as they said they could and bused us the rest of the way.

[Morgans]

On August 4 Viking got us as close to Budapest as they said they could and bused us the rest of the way.

What was the reason for this? We are due to fly out soon for a river cruise from Budapest so are watching the situation closely.

[mskaufman]

Viking told us it was water levels. There was a Viking boat in Budapest and we were told it was stuck there. The only river boats we saw moving was one from AMA. Otherwise there was very little water traffic in the Chain Bridge area. To a novice the water levels looked OK in downtown Budapest so I am not sure exactly where the problem was.

[Morgans]

Thank you for your quick response. We will keep our fingers crossed that all will go as planned.

[dbteach2]

When we left Bratislava by boat last Saturday there were 10 river boats piled up that couldn’t go any further

 

 

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