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Danube River cruise and booking 12 - 19 June 2024
The booking arrangements for our Danube River cruise went very smoothly thanks to excellent attention from Alfie and Rachel / Rebecca. I have purposely not reviewed shortly after booking in March 2024 for a June cruise because I wanted to include a few words about the cruise. Alfie recommended 2 particular cabins saying one was preferable to the other because of it being on the better side of the ship. He was correct! Very good advice. The cruise itself was outstanding. A very nice ship (Avalon Envision); extremely attentive staff (of many nationalities all speaking English); cruise manager, Ana Gimenez, excellent; all food of a high standard, variable with different dinner menus each day; onshore expeditions well conducted by English speaking guides with amazing knowledge of German, Austrian, Hungarian history; transport arrangements on time. There was an initial problem not attributable to Avalon: the River Danube was fast flowing, very high (having flooded Passau some 7 days previous to our trip) so the ship had to sail from Linz, not Vilshofen. Linz is 2 days / night cruising downriver from Vilshofen. The cruise manager (and possibly others) had to coordinate the arrival in Linz of 147 passengers from various parts of the world at the required time at the ship. This was done, no mean achievement considering that many people had already departed from their homes.