Hints On Booking Cruises

Sound like a line from a, Keeping up appearances, episode.

 

Careful @waterbut - we are going on a river cruise later this month!

 

Sounds great. Which river?

 

The Danube.

 

I fancy this one…

 

Riviera Travel @shiney. I didn't reply because I couldn't find this thread again. Just found it by accident.

Last day of this cruise up the Danube today. It has been great apart from the awful bout of D&V that started on Monday afternoon. I was in bed all day yesterday, Tuesday. That was the day we were visiting Vienna so I missed it, so disappointed. I am a lot better now, Wednesday, so I was able to do the guided tour in Budapest. Some other passengers have been ill too, yet the ship is beautifully clean.

Apart from that, I can really recommend this river cruise and the guides are excellent. I've posted a lot of photos on the "Wakey Wakey" thread.

 

River cruises are the only type of cruise I would even consider. I'm actually put off by the Riviera Travel adverts. The awfully 'upper crust' accent of the voice over and the pompous looking guy with the puffed out chest, in the check jacket, who looks as if he would bray rather than a normal laugh doesn't present them in a very positive light to me. I actually turn the sound off when the voiceover woman starts. I just wonder where the 'Warld' is.

 

I'm glad someone else has spotted that stupid voice, there seems to be a trend to almost sing rather than talk normally on these ads.

 

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Obviously each to their own, but there's no way I would do an ocean cruise. The thought of being stuck with people in close proximity for days on end is my idea of hell. I realise cruise ships vary in size but the latest generation is beyond belief.

 

I assume an ocean cruise is not just being stuck on a ship, often a new stop each day.
It's just salty water.