erniediane65 Posted May 21, 2019 #1 Share Posted May 21, 2019 My husband and I, along with friends, will be on the Viking Rhine River Cruise beginning May 28th and the weather doesn’t look very promising! Does anyone have any experience with inclement weather on a Viking River Cruise, and did the weather ruin your trip? I’m so upset!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrina651 Posted May 22, 2019 #2 Share Posted May 22, 2019 (edited) That is a real bummer but the truth is that there is nothing you can do on any vacation to control the weather. It will be what it will be and since you have some advanced warning, prepare for it--both physically and mentally. At least you have time to shop for anything you might need. Weather will ruin your trip only if you let it. As another CC member put it: travel with hope rather than expectation. And yes, I have been on cruises where the weather has been less than ideal and no, it did not ruin my trip. Nothing ruins my vacations: I am on a ship; someone else is doing the driving, the cooking, the cleaning, the organizing, the pampering and everything else except packing my bags at the end of the stay. If I never leave the ship, I am still on vacation. Edited May 22, 2019 by Peregrina651 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted May 22, 2019 #3 Share Posted May 22, 2019 I find it does not look too bad. Anything between 16 degrees and 22 degrees is not nice, but o.k. and as I tend to say "it is not the North Yorkshire Moors" here in the Rhine valley, those Moors are only for the hiking fans and sheep in thick wool. Decent shoes against the rain and an umbrella - usually provided by Viking - will help much in our mild valley. There is normally shelter nearby, or a café for a decent warming cup of tea or coffee. You are on holiday and you can trust Viking to take good care of you. And if needs be, the ship is always close by (anything between 100m and 10km depending on where you dock), either on foot or by means of a shuttle. There is not as much rain forecast as we have had in the last three days, so I am sure it will be better than you imagine, looking at the weather chart from a great distance as you currently need to do. The Rhine levels are likely to fall, as well, so the situation will improve on the river. You might not get brilliant photos but I am sure there will be enough opportunities to get decent shots as reminders of a memorable river cruise. Enjoy. notamermaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradara Posted May 22, 2019 #4 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Our last Provence cruise the forecasts were for cold and rain so we packed accordingly. Weather is fickle and we got sunburned! Viking provides umbrellas but they are huge and when walking in a group it is tough. I brought my own small travel umbrella. I suggest packing for the worst and knowing that everyone onboard will be in the same situation so if your hair is ruined, so be it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Got2Cruise Posted May 22, 2019 #5 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Make sure you bring some good rain jackets. Tours go out rain or shine. You can’t control the weather. So enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw1776 Posted May 22, 2019 #6 Share Posted May 22, 2019 1 hour ago, notamermaid said: I find it does not look too bad. Anything between 16 degrees and 22 degrees is not nice, but o.k. and as I tend to say "it is not the North Yorkshire Moors" here in the Rhine valley, those Moors are only for the hiking fans and sheep in thick wool. Decent shoes against the rain and an umbrella - usually provided by Viking - will help much in our mild valley. There is normally shelter nearby, or a café for a decent warming cup of tea or coffee. You are on holiday and you can trust Viking to take good care of you. And if needs be, the ship is always close by (anything between 100m and 10km depending on where you dock), either on foot or by means of a shuttle. There is not as much rain forecast as we have had in the last three days, so I am sure it will be better than you imagine, looking at the weather chart from a great distance as you currently need to do. The Rhine levels are likely to fall, as well, so the situation will improve on the river. You might not get brilliant photos but I am sure there will be enough opportunities to get decent shots as reminders of a memorable river cruise. Enjoy. notamermaid Quick approximate conversion method from Centegrade to F for Americans Double the degrees C; than add 30 " Anything between 16 degrees and 22 degrees" 16 doubled is 32; add 30 to get 62 degrees F (actually 61 F by exact formula) 22 doubled is 44; add 30 to get 74 degrees F (actually 71.6 F by exact formula) This method reads hot as temperatures rise; better at low temps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted May 22, 2019 #7 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Oh, yes, philw1776, forgot to add the Celsius. Thank you for the conversion. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roz Posted May 22, 2019 #8 Share Posted May 22, 2019 1 hour ago, caradara said: Our last Provence cruise the forecasts were for cold and rain so we packed accordingly. Weather is fickle and we got sunburned! Viking provides umbrellas but they are huge and when walking in a group it is tough. I brought my own small travel umbrella. I suggest packing for the worst and knowing that everyone onboard will be in the same situation so if your hair is ruined, so be it! I agree with the suggestion to pack a travel umbrella. Roz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted May 22, 2019 #9 Share Posted May 22, 2019 In addition to always bringing a water repellent jacket with a hood, we always waterproof our walking shoes with silicone spray since 1) we are miserable with wet feet and 2) we don't bring an extra pair (they take up too much room in the luggage) and they take a long time to dry out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lackcreativity Posted May 22, 2019 #10 Share Posted May 22, 2019 We generally travel in April or October to avoid the heat and the crowds of summer. Along with those perks, we have a fair degree of cloudy skies and rain or showers. Of course, I would rather all sunny days, but I don't let that dampen my enjoyment of the trip. (Sorry for the pun - couldn't help myself!) I do take lots of photos, and love looking at them from time to time, so that can be disappointing when the weather isn't cooperative. To compensate for that, on Flickr where I store my photos, I also keep an album of Favorites. In that album, I collect other people's photos who happened to be at my destinations on the perfect sunny day, or just at sunrise, or sunset. That way I can admire their photographic skill and good fortune, and still have my own first hand experiences to recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniediane65 Posted May 22, 2019 Author #11 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Thanks for everyone’s encouragement. I know it will be a great trip, in spite of whatever weather we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted May 22, 2019 #12 Share Posted May 22, 2019 9 hours ago, philw1776 said: Quick approximate conversion method from Centegrade to F for Americans Double the degrees C; than add 30 " Anything between 16 degrees and 22 degrees" 16 doubled is 32; add 30 to get 62 degrees F (actually 61 F by exact formula) 22 doubled is 44; add 30 to get 74 degrees F (actually 71.6 F by exact formula) This method reads hot as temperatures rise; better at low temps That's very complicated. I prefer this ditty: "30 is hot 20 is nice 10 is cold 0 is ice" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkster77 Posted May 23, 2019 #13 Share Posted May 23, 2019 It can rain on ANY vacation. Go with the flow. It rained at some point every day in Ireland and again every day when we went to Iceland. Both trips were AWESOME!! As the Boy Scouts say, BE PREPARED 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djh1959 Posted May 23, 2019 #14 Share Posted May 23, 2019 I totally agree with the above posters - you can't control the weather so just have fun. We tend to travel to Europe in their winter as that is when it is easiest to get leave, plus I get to leave Australia's heat, which I don't really like. We have been snowed in in Glasgow and Washington DC, rained out in Thailand, and pretty well everything in between. Have loved every one of our holidays and wouldn't change a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawtooth Posted May 23, 2019 #15 Share Posted May 23, 2019 We are practically right behind you out of Amsterdam on June 2. Keep posting updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljandgb Posted May 24, 2019 #16 Share Posted May 24, 2019 There's no bad weather, only inadequate clothing. 🙂 We were rained on a few times on our October Rhine cruise, and it was very cold while we went thru the gorge area with all the castles. It was fine. We had rain coats, umbrellas, hats, gloves, and warm jackets. I hate wet shoes, too, and have waterproof hiking shoes. A little clunky, but comfortable, warm and dry goes a long way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pontac Posted May 24, 2019 #17 Share Posted May 24, 2019 I second everything that @Peregrina651 said. I honestly cannot remember if it rained on our previous Viking trips, I suppose it must have done but nothing that spoiled our holiday. As for F>C temperature translations, I was brought up with F but now have forgotten what they mean, but while I was making the transition to C the one thing I used was that 82F=28C. Anything below that is getting cooler, anything above that is getting warmer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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