Viking Osfrid Review

Terrible journey due to mechanical problems

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zhuanghu
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Apr 2018
Cabin: Veranda

My wife and I booked the Portugal's Rive of Gold (booking No 483693). We flied 21 hours from Australia to join the river cruise. On the first embarkation day, we were told that one of the engine failed. As a result, the river cruise turned into coach tours, and the ship Osfrid became our hotel. At first, a coach took us to Caldas De regos, a Portugal small town where the ship had docked. On the following days, we had to travel on the winding hill road 4 to 7 hours a day, and hurried back to sleep in the vessel. One day, the coach's air-condition stopped working at the inside temperature as hot as 84'F(29"C). We were very sick while one guest started vomiting. Meanwhile our veranda cabin 203 was on the middle deck, diesel stink and engine noise annoyed us all the times. We are totally dissatisfied with this cruise, and request for compensation. Although the manager promised at the meeting that their customer relations would contact us on this issue soon, we have not heard from them. We sent an email to Viking, there is no any response.

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We appreciate the opportunity to respond to your review, zhuanghu, and are sorry to learn of your displeasure with your recent voyage on the Douro river. We hear your disappointment with your...

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Veranda

Cabin A

The cabin is filled with diesel smell and engine noise. The balcony door is too old to lock properly, that causes the air-condition stopping.

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