Viking Idi River Cruises Reviews

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Our Viking ship Idi from the hike we took in Bernkastel
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Sanela and Lesley.
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Our dining companions, Lesley Wesley, Luanne, Greg, and Mellina.
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Our first Viking tour and definitely NOT our last!
"We chose to cruise with Viking because of it's excellent reputation.Some of the locations on the cruise were to places we had visited 40 years ago when I was conducting an orchestra on a month long tour through this region of Europe...."Read More
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Covid Cruise

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Trent0n1
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

I cruise about 2x/year. Over the past few years, half of my cruises have been on Viking. The Christmas market cruise was my first Viking river cruise. While the Christmas markets were interesting, the cruise was hampered by the high river levels that prevented ships from travelling under bridges. (Last year when I considered a river cruise I passed since at the time the rivers in Europe were too ...
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Sail Date: December 2023


Almost crusing on the flooded Rhine River, but not a total loss thanks to Viking's superior management and resourcefulness.

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Hill Country Texas
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

This was our first cruise of any sort and we wanted to experience the Swiss, German, and French Christmas Markets while being pampered on the beautiful Viking River ship Idi. However high water on the Rhine River due to previous heavy rains and snow melt caused flooding and prevented our ship from passing under bridges on the Rhine River. Instead we were bused to Strasbourg, France where our ship ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Cabin Type: Veranda Stateroom


Terrible experience

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Alpha Chan
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

1. Bed is old and small, size like a car seat. 2. The food is terrible in the first three days, a lot of leave off. They cook the leftovers for lunch. Lol 3. A few days need to wake up at 4am, because they request to put the luggage out at 5:30am. Crazy!!! 4. Excursion (included), everyday is church and Christmas markets. Sometimes church is small, Christmas markets is small like only 5 ...
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Sail Date: November 2023


Cruise at your own risk!

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DFW traveling fool
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

This was our Third Viking River cruise and our 6th viking cruise....It will be our last! We chose this cruise because we had done a Viking Christmas Market cruise before and we had a credit left over from covid that was due to expire. In retrospect, I should have let the credit expire! Evidently this was a fairly new itinerary and, for sure, one that Viking new nothing about. In at least two ...
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Sail Date: November 2023

Cabin Type: Veranda Stateroom


Despite the high water levels, the crew did an excellent job.

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Down Easter
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

This was our first Viking River cruise, but surely not our last. We had previously cruised with Vantage River cruises who have now gone bankrupt. We have also cruised on many Ocean Cruises with other lines. I've got to say this was much better. The Rhine and Mozel were both flooded, making a real river cruise impossible but the crew did such a fantastic job, we hardly noticed. Although we ...
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Sail Date: November 2023

Cabin Type: Veranda Stateroom


Wonderful Cruise

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Vacationlove321
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

We really enjoyed everything about this cruise. The ship was lovely and the staff on board was great. The sleeping accommodation was fine and the hotels in Paris and Zurich was perfect. The excursions at each port that were included were well done and gave a nice overview. We were able to cruise during the day and saw many castles along the Rhine river. We took the additional excursions to one ...
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Sail Date: November 2023


First Time Vikings

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HawaiianTravelers
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

Shout out to everyone who helped us book and plan this amazing journey. We also loved that you managed to have perfect weather and river heights too. Every one on board made us feel so at home and pampered. We loved the food and getting to meet so many wonderful people. The pacing of each day helped us not feel rushed or board. We especially loved the time when we drifted on the river spotting ...
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Sail Date: September 2023


A Wonderful Time

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Prince of Moskova
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

My wife and I LOVED our time with Viking. We extended before the Cities of Light Cruise by going to Warsaw. That was amazing to see and experience Poland, my wife's father's family immigrated from there after the American Civil War. The cruise was wonderful, we love how our hotel moves with us every day. We extended after the cruise as well for extra days in Paris to see sites we missed back ...
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Sail Date: August 2023


Days were great, nights were boring

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CruiseBright
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

All the day trips were fun and amazing. Learned a lot, enjoyed the sights and got my money's worth. The room was very cramped, but manageable. Although the adds go on about a lot of crafts and cooking classes there was only one of each...a glass blower that was more of a sales event and one poorly done cooking demonstration. The crew was fantastic, but in the evenings, other than chatting and ...
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Sail Date: August 2023

Cabin Type: French Balcony


Love river cruising

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More_wine_please
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

Our second Viking River cruise did not disappoint. Knowing what to expect this time made packing and expectations easy. Our cruise director, captain and ship manager went above and beyond. Our weather was not up to par yet we couldn’t control that. The ship provided umbrellas for those rainy days and made sure excursions took into account the rain. The cruise was the right mixture of excursion and ...
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Sail Date: July 2023


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