Amsterdam to Budapest cruise
Just had friends return. Thought this information be of help for some who may be contemplating the trip.
Firstly, they could not fault the cruise or the staff itself. Food fantastic and every whim was catered for.
Please be aware that it is pretty "full on"... the whole time and lots of cobblestones.
Not sure if it was APT or Scenic but it was one of the two companies.
(Their flight was 13 1/2 hours from Singapore. They had a 3 day stopover in Singers and they were glad they did. Also had two days on way back.)
On arrival in Amsterday in the morning they were taken straight to the ship. Once there the other passengers were still on board and everyone was milling around together...those leaving and those joining. After a while those leaving were put on one part of the ship and those arriving were put on another. They were not able to go to their cabins until after 3 p.m. as they were being serviced.
Unfortunately, those leaving the ship ALL had colds and within a few days all the newcomers came down with the same thing and this put a dampener on their trip. They went on all the tours etc because as they said "well, we had paid for them so we just felt we had to go".
Both couples suggested that the tour company should advise people going over that to leave a few days earlier and book into a hotel to get over the jet lag. Going straight from the plane to the ship was too much for them.
Also they felt that those leaving the ship should have no contact with those arriving at all. They should depart, the cabins serviced and the new passengers should not be ferried to the ship until it was ready to take them aboard which was mid afternoon.
Apparently this was happening with each cruise; the departing passengers were passing on colds etc to the new passengers.
So there you are....just thought I would pass this on.
Has anyone been on that Amsterdam to Budapest cruise? Would really like some feed back, wife and I are contemplating something like that for an important event next year.
Hope no one minds, but now andthen I'll bump this up so people can see it. More than one reply is more than welcome. Thanks