Avalon Scenery Review

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Grand France, Avalon Scenery and Avalon Creativity

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First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jun 2014

The Grand France cruise is actually made up of 2 separate cruises, therefore 2 ships, 2 crews , just 25 of us did the whole cruise so we had almost a whole new ship of passengers , so you get to meet a lot of people on this cruise, but only the 1 CD which is great, our CD was Jerome he was with us the whole time, he did a great job and we were very happy with him, he was approachable and very well organized. Avalon crew were all fantastic, we found the food and wines very good, the onboard demonstrations were very good too, we had cheese, local foods and wine tastings, a pastry demonstration with tastings, this was a Jazz cruise on the southern part and we had some very good entertainers come on board.

We were on the Scenery from Cote D’Azur to Paris, then the Creativity from Paris to Rouen then back to Paris, These are the 2 oldest ships in Avalon’s fleet, being built in 2008 and 2009, but both ships are very well maintained, layout is very functional and the crew on both were fantastic. In 2015 there will be 2 new ships on the French rivers, I believe they are on the Rhine this season in preparation.

We flew to Nice 8 days prior to our Avalon Grand France cruise, we had a night in Nice and a week further along the French Riviera close to Italy at Menton, absolutely beautiful, we’d go back there in a heart beat.

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Our cabin was on the 2nd level with French balcony, cabins are all the same size, apart from the 2 suites. Our cabin was nicely decorated, very functional with plenty of storage and room to move freely around. The bathroom was nice, compact but had all we needed, plus l'occtaine toiletries which were lovely. We had previously been on Avalon's Panorama and that had a larger bathroom, a window facing bed plus a table and 2 chairs beside the window, but I believe the new ships that will be in France next year are suite ships.

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