Avalon Impression Review

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Exceeded our expectations

Review for Europe River Cruise on Avalon Impression
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rndkhenry
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Jun 2018
Cabin: Panorama Suite with French Balcony

Had never visited these countries and the Danube River was recommended by friends. River cruising was definitely a unique way to travel. Embarkation and disembarkation went very smoothly. We loved the time spent on land beforehand (Budapest) and afterwards (Prague) also. The hotel we stayed at in Budapest (New York Palace) was much nicer than we expected and the hotel afterwards in Prague (Hilton) was not as nice as we expected. The ship and all amenities were very nice. The crew were really helpful and went out of their way to make us feel welcome. Food was varied and very good. We enjoyed the local food and wine selections. Always had good wine. We enjoyed the excursions. We could've stayed some places longer but knew it was not possible to cover more ground in the days allotted. Our tour director, Christine, was the best. She really made our trip memorable and was very thorough in all her explanations of how things worked. The local guides were very good, too. We were able to use bicycles 3 different times and we really loved that (it was one reason we chose Avalon, knowing that they have bikes on board for guest use). The one thing we wished we would've known more about ahead of time was concerning the optional excursions. We didn't know if we would have the chance to sign up once we arrived so we signed up ahead of time not really knowing which ones we wanted to do for sure. We knew that some of them might be "sold out" but weren't sure which ones (it seemed that none of them were sold out when we got there and we could've waited). We felt like we didn't have enough information about this beforehand. Not sure we would do another river cruise because of the cost and desire to do more varied travel but we wanted to have the experience.

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Panorama Suite with French Balcony

Cabin B

Everything was fine except for the engine noise seemed to be very loud at night. Maybe it is the same for all cabins. The crew really did a good job to make sure everything was clean.

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