Anyone leaving on Rhine/Danube cruise in next couple weeks - don’t go
We are on Viking Grand European - now a bus tour.
The Rhine / Danube rivers are too low for travel in many places. We swapped boats at one point and that was fine. But near Mainz river again too low. The last 4 days are via bus and hotels. 2 nights Cologn, 1 night Amsterdam.
If you are expecting a river cruise it isnt going to happen. Viking is a wonderful company, but they can’t make it rain.
They are also lax in telling people upfront that rivers are or may be too low for navig
We started from Budapest to Ending Amsterdam on Aug 12. At Regensburg we swapped boats. But the next notice was traffic on Rhine was restricted and our boat could not go on. We got off near Mainz. The ironic thing is we left our boat, drove 2 hours to board a boat for an hour sightseeing tour on Rhine. Then bus to Marksburg castle, then longer ride to Cologne for 2 nights here at hotel Pullman. A lovely hotel with great food. Unfortunately no spirits pkg.
its not that this is horri
