When Tauck says “ Expect the Unexpected” I doubt they were referring to this weeks tour “Musical Magic on the Danube”. My hubby and I went to Paris for two nights prior to joining the tour in Budapest. Delta/ Air France lost our checked bag on our way to Paris and we spent our one free day running back and forth to the airport to be sure we got our bag prior to flying to Budapest. We joined the boat last Friday 5/31 and docked for two nights. The rains came then and next in Bratislava, and as you may have seen, the Danube flooded, and we rushed to Vienna, and could go no further on the cruise. Not the fault of Tauck, but we spent five nights docked with countless other boats. We saw a beautiful opera and got our fill of Vienna, but it is unfortunate we have not cruised elsewhere. We were taken by bus to Melk ( only those who wanted to go) then yesterday about a dozen people decided to go to Salzburg for a couple hours, riding about four hours each way from Vienna. The tour directors have been trying to do their best with a difficult situation, however this has become more disappointing as about 30 of our group is now lost on our way to Czesky Krumlov. The rest of the group chose to go directly to Prague. We have now been in the bus going on 4.5 hours and still not there.
On top of all this craziness my husband got a bad cold 3 days ago. He is feeling better but had to see a doctor yesterday in Vienna and get an X-ray and ultrasound to rule out some rib pain he was having after coughing so much!!! The tour staff has been wonderful , but what a trip this has been so far. I’m disappointed that we did really did not cruise, but that is just our bad luck and timing on this entire trip. I was determined not to do a land tour but that is what it has turned out to be.
I’m not telling anyone on this board to not cruise the Danube, but be prepared as anything can happen. Some trips are just better than others!
We still have two days in Prague and I’m praying they are frustration free.
