European River Cruises

Will there be more water at night?

We were there when the rivers were too high, and they used busses to get you
to the places the ship couldn't get to, changed some stops around, etc.

They will change the schedule around as necessary, and if they only travel
at night that isn't the worst thing, more time in the stops. It was nice to
stop in places that were not planned, added to the local experience.




"Dick M." wrote in message
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Will river cruises change their schedules to travel
only at night due to low water levels on the Rhine?

Actually, I thought they were only going to travel during the day, which
would give less useful time at the stops.
Dick

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"Mike Cordelli" wrote
Will there be more water at night?

We were there when the rivers were too high, and they used busses to get
you
to the places the ship couldn't get to, changed some stops around, etc.

They will change the schedule around as necessary, and if they only travel
at night that isn't the worst thing, more time in the stops. It was nice
to
stop in places that were not planned, added to the local experience.




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"Dick M." wrote
Will river cruises change their schedules to travel
only at night due to low water levels on the Rhine?

It's been a mix on the ships we were on. The advantage of traveling in say
the morning is you get to enjoy the scenery as it goes by, the castles, the
vineyards, going through the locks, etc. Another plus, and it's a huge plus
to me, is that you stay in the port city past six at night. You can catch a
concert, dinner in town, drinks and dessert, whatever you wanted. You
didn't have to rush back all the time because it was time to move on to the
next stop. For example, when we were on the Rhine, we had dinner (we being
most of the ship) in Rudesheim in a local restaurant, local wine, lots of
fun, and the ship didn't leave until the next morning. In Colonge you get
to see the city at night, get to see the cathedral all lit up, things like
that you couldn't do if you had to be back on by six.



"Dick M." wrote in message
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Actually, I thought they were only going to travel during the day, which
would give less useful time at the stops.
Dick

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"Mike Cordelli" wrote
Will there be more water at night?

We were there when the rivers were too high, and they used busses to get
you
to the places the ship couldn't get to, changed some stops around, etc.

They will change the schedule around as necessary, and if they only
travel
at night that isn't the worst thing, more time in the stops. It was
nice
to
stop in places that were not planned, added to the local experience.




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"Dick M." wrote
Will river cruises change their schedules to travel
only at night due to low water levels on the Rhine?

"Mike Cordelli" wrote in
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In Colonge you get to see
the city at night, get to see the cathedral all lit up, things like
that you couldn't do if you had to be back on by six.


Amsterdam is definitely a must see at night River Cruises will let you do
it.

I am very interested in river cruises or barges in Europe. What company did
you use?
Laura
"Mike Cordelli" wrote in message
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It's been a mix on the ships we were on. The advantage of traveling in
say
the morning is you get to enjoy the scenery as it goes by, the castles,
the
vineyards, going through the locks, etc. Another plus, and it's a huge
plus
to me, is that you stay in the port city past six at night. You can catch
a
concert, dinner in town, drinks and dessert, whatever you wanted. You
didn't have to rush back all the time because it was time to move on to
the
next stop. For example, when we were on the Rhine, we had dinner (we
being
most of the ship) in Rudesheim in a local restaurant, local wine, lots of
fun, and the ship didn't leave until the next morning. In Colonge you get
to see the city at night, get to see the cathedral all lit up, things like
that you couldn't do if you had to be back on by six.



"Dick M." wrote in message
news:74WNb.3574$AA6.2466@fed1read03...
Actually, I thought they were only going to travel during the day, which
would give less useful time at the stops.
Dick

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"Mike Cordelli" wrote
Will there be more water at night?

We were there when the rivers were too high, and they used busses to
get
you
to the places the ship couldn't get to, changed some stops around,
etc.

They will change the schedule around as necessary, and if they only
travel
at night that isn't the worst thing, more time in the stops. It was
nice
to
stop in places that were not planned, added to the local experience.




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"Dick M." wrote
Will river cruises change their schedules to travel
only at night due to low water levels on the Rhine?

Uniworld, December 2002 for the christmas cruise, and then again last summer
for the south of france wine tours. It was great, we were in the vineyards
just two days before they started picking the grapes.



"Timmer" wrote in message
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I am very interested in river cruises or barges in Europe. What company
did
you use?
Laura
"Mike Cordelli" wrote in message
news
It's been a mix on the ships we were on. The advantage of traveling in
say
the morning is you get to enjoy the scenery as it goes by, the castles,
the
vineyards, going through the locks, etc. Another plus, and it's a huge
plus
to me, is that you stay in the port city past six at night. You can
catch
a
concert, dinner in town, drinks and dessert, whatever you wanted. You
didn't have to rush back all the time because it was time to move on to
the
next stop. For example, when we were on the Rhine, we had dinner (we
being
most of the ship) in Rudesheim in a local restaurant, local wine, lots
of
fun, and the ship didn't leave until the next morning. In Colonge you
get
to see the city at night, get to see the cathedral all lit up, things
like
that you couldn't do if you had to be back on by six.



"Dick M." wrote in message
news:74WNb.3574$AA6.2466@fed1read03...
Actually, I thought they were only going to travel during the day,
which
would give less useful time at the stops.
Dick

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"Mike Cordelli" wrote
Will there be more water at night?

We were there when the rivers were too high, and they used busses to
get
you
to the places the ship couldn't get to, changed some stops around,
etc.

They will change the schedule around as necessary, and if they only
travel
at night that isn't the worst thing, more time in the stops. It was
nice
to
stop in places that were not planned, added to the local
experience.




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"Dick M." wrote
Will river cruises change their schedules to travel
only at night due to low water levels on the Rhine?