Scenic Luxury Cruises and Tours - UK
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Fabulous but why not 5 Stars?
This was a two week river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest. Scenic could not have done more, so why only 4 Stars? The food was superb, the all inclusive drinks and wine choices excellent and the staff absolutely top notch. The cruise director Renata was one of the most efficient human beings I've met. Excellent choice of land excursions and all well organised by Scenic. But, the cabins are small, we had a deluxe balcony suite but even so there is nowhere to sit within the cabin except on the bed, and the balcony was barely used as it was quite cold when we travelled in early May. There is only one public space on board which doubles as a lunchtime alternative to the dining room and has the bar at one end. Quiet it never was, any idea of sitting there with a book to watch the river slide by was impossible with piped in music and 107 Aussies and 20 Americans on board. Our shower room had a cracked basin which looked as though it was not recently damaged. Reported it but nothing could be done. This 'Spaceship' design is typical of most river boats with the only option to our cabin one of the two or three high end suites that have a lounge area and which had already sold out a full year ahead. Scenic were 5 Star in all respects but the ship design means we would not travel again unless in one of the two or three top end suites.