Viking Rinda Review

4.0 / 5.0
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Exceptionally Wonderful for our 25th Anniversary!

Review for Europe River Cruise on Viking Rinda
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njpeirce
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Nov 2015

We had a marvelous time. The ship, our cabin, the staff, the meals and alcohol...all of these exceeded our expectations. The town stops and the tours were all excellent. The service was extraordinary; we have never experienced such good service anywhere or anyplace.

The only confusion and downside was that we ended up sailing from Le Pecq which is a port on the far western edge of Paris. I understand now that Viking River cruises are dependent upon the French government for the port placement and the scheduling of the port that they sail in and out of. Apparently this gets shifted around a lot and the company has no control over this aspect of the river cruise business. I imagine that this must be highly irritating for Viking River cruises to contend with in scheduling and in dealing with customers.

Our fantasy had been to sail from Port Alma in central Paris which would have been a grand exit and entry point. As we arrived a week early to explore Paris, this port change meant we had to take a taxi from the 7th arrondisement to Le Pecq which was quite a trek. (Viking River Cruise gave us a substantial shipboard voucher for drinks for our trouble which was quite nice).

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Our suite was everything we hoped for and more. The space was grand. The beds comfortable although it would have been nice to have a soft AND a firmer pillow. The bathroom and closet space was AWESOME.

We loved the suite and should we ever do another cruise (the 23 day trip through Europe from Amsterdam to Bucharest!!!!), we would want the same suite again.

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Rouen

This was a good "getting your bearings" tour.

Rouen

Rouen is a lovely city to stoll through.

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