Avalon Waterways - Avalon Expression Reviews

Very good trip.

Amazing trip! Every stop was beautiful and we loved every excursion.

The crew of the Expression were top notch. Confronted with an ever changing set of travel restrictions & requirements they were upbeat and adaptable. They worked hard to make our trip as fun and comfortable as possible.

Loved all the Christmas markets- they were so beautiful. Also all the history tours we took. Loved the ship and Avalon employees were also! Tony was a great cruise director

Overall we had a great time. The ship was very nice, our room was amazing and staff was attentive. The food was generally good but not amazing. Several cabins had issues with no TV and were advised we'd receive an excursion credit. As we'd prepaid for our excursions we were told it would be refunded to our credit card which it has not. You could tell we were the 1st cruise post-pandemic shutdown. Things guests shouldn't see or hear weren't well hidden. There was inconsistency with temperature checks. Hand gel was readily available and staff wore masks although sometimes not covering their noses. Housekeeping was great. Our cruise director Nico seemed very scattered. Loved the itinerary with a few exceptions : way too much time in Rudesheim without excursion options, Black Forest tour referenced a cuckoo clock demo which actually swayed our decision. Unfortunately no one in charge knew anything about the demo. Lucerne was great, wish we'd had 1 more day there. The hotel was nice and well located. Lake Como was lovely, great boat ride, hotel was in a great spot. The excursión dinner at Brunate was better than expected.

The room was very nice, the food was excellent, my fellow travelers friendly and interesting. Highlights were the Strasbourg food tour, the Mechanical Music Museum, castles on the Rhine.

Thank you so much for “gentle walkers” group it was great! There was evening entertainment on two evenings. The other evenings there was a solo piano people and people went to their rooms.

Remarkable! We enjoyed everything from food to excursions. I never thought I would enjoy having my vacation planned out, but I was wrong. It was great not having to worry about planning every move. We would have missed so much had we tried to do it on our own. The other wonderful opportunity was meeting so many wonderful friends. Yes we would do it all over again.

Excellent food, fine attention to detail for the guests, wonderful wait staff, comfortable room and attendant, interesting well explained side trips.. I enjoyed the river cruise.

Avalon Waterways was great. I didn't give them a 10 due to their food which was not always great. This was my first river cruise but I have been on many ocean cruises and the food choices are much better.

the hotels were great. Food on board ship was just fair

Started from Amsterdam, good tour of city, ship was near hotel. Very friendly staff, made us feel welcome. All ports were fun, director of activities gave us plenty of information. All details taken care of, food and wine good, great cruise!