Many river cruises, especially the longer ones, start and end with hotel stays in major cities. We might not see more of the interior of a country, but our river cruises have always been culturally enriching, both on and off the ship.
There is nothing more relaxing in my opinion than watching the shoreline of a country go by while sipping a glass of wine on the top deck or in the privacy of our room.
How we travel is a personal choice. The only “right” way is what works best for the individual.
There are smaller ocean cruising ships, but they have perhaps 750 guests, not 100 as you might have on a river cruise.
I've done a number of ocean cruises on small ships and enjoyed them. They are very stable - don't rock and roll unless you get some very rough seas - as you might encounter in the Drake Passage.
My personal choice is not a ship with 750 people either. The Tauck small ships are the perfect size for me. But I’ve experienced rough seas on them a couple of times. My personal choice is to be on the land and land tours while I have the energy to take them,
I’ve taken a number of specialist river cruises lately with lots of friends and opera entertainment each night and I love that, the tours and food have been exceptional at a much better price point for us, two more booked. Not in the summer.
I'm trying to track the Ms. Joy on the Danube as much as possible. It appears to be approaching Bratislava after departing Munich several days ago. Unfortunately, I cannot tell if there were river problems en route but it should be possible to tell if it stops in Bratislava for busing to Budapest, which seems likely.
In terms of Land vs River Cruise, I am in the fortunate situation where I will do both and appreciate the difference. This is not a pick one and you can never do the other situation.
Thank you to KateMossNJ for updating us on the Aug 10th departure and Tauck providing the option to guests to cancel if the modifications are not to your liking. I will keep looking for updates on Aug 17th departure and track this until my mid-September departure approaches.
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Same here......................been there, done that!
Many river cruises, especially the longer ones, start and end with hotel stays in major cities. We might not see more of the interior of a country, but our river cruises have always been culturally enriching, both on and off the ship.
There is nothing more relaxing in my opinion than watching the shoreline of a country go by while sipping a glass of wine on the top deck or in the privacy of our room.
How we travel is a personal choice. The only “right” way is what works best for the individual.
There are smaller ocean cruising ships, but they have perhaps 750 guests, not 100 as you might have on a river cruise.
I've done a number of ocean cruises on small ships and enjoyed them. They are very stable - don't rock and roll unless you get some very rough seas - as you might encounter in the Drake Passage.
My personal choice is not a ship with 750 people either. The Tauck small ships are the perfect size for me. But I’ve experienced rough seas on them a couple of times. My personal choice is to be on the land and land tours while I have the energy to take them,
I’ve taken a number of specialist river cruises lately with lots of friends and opera entertainment each night and I love that, the tours and food have been exceptional at a much better price point for us, two more booked. Not in the summer.
I'm trying to track the Ms. Joy on the Danube as much as possible. It appears to be approaching Bratislava after departing Munich several days ago. Unfortunately, I cannot tell if there were river problems en route but it should be possible to tell if it stops in Bratislava for busing to Budapest, which seems likely.
In terms of Land vs River Cruise, I am in the fortunate situation where I will do both and appreciate the difference. This is not a pick one and you can never do the other situation.
Thank you to KateMossNJ for updating us on the Aug 10th departure and Tauck providing the option to guests to cancel if the modifications are not to your liking. I will keep looking for updates on Aug 17th departure and track this until my mid-September departure approaches.