Viking (Kara) Rhine River Cruise

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  • Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
  • Our Viking (Kara) river cruise from Amsterdam to Basel - Rhine river - August 2021
    00:00 Intro
    00:15 Traveling to Charlotte Airport (Saturday)
    04:20 Flying to Newark, NJ
    05:10 Delay in Newark, NJ
    06:20 Made it to Amsterdam (Sunday)
    07:35 Cruise Director Welcome
    11:40 Boarding the ship
    12:50 Room Tour
    13:40 First Lunch
    18:25 Viking Kara Ship Tour
    23:30 Amsterdam Walking Tour (Sunday)
    25:16 First Breakfast and Cruising (Monday)
    28:30 Kinderdijk Biking Excursion
    42:28 Cologne, Germany (Tuesday)
    48:00 Koblenz, Germany (Wednesday)
    56:30 Speyer, Germany (Thursday)
    59:52 Strasbourg, France (Friday)
    1:08:30 Breisach, Germany (Black Forest) (Saturday)
    1:12:07 Basel, Switzerland (Disembark) (Sunday)

Комментарии • 56

  • @scotthodgin7494
    @scotthodgin7494  9 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to watch my video!

  • @ruta1956
    @ruta1956 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for posting video and for all the information you have included. Thank you!

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  2 месяца назад

      Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching.

  • @user-lf2nl1km6n
    @user-lf2nl1km6n 8 месяцев назад +1

    Taking the Rhine Christmas cruise with my daughters and my granddaughter in 2024. I was on the this cruise in April of last year it was amazing I loved every moment of it.

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  8 месяцев назад

      Here’s hoping you enjoy your future travels!

  • @triciatinker9456
    @triciatinker9456 20 дней назад +1

    Great information! We will travel in April 2025. Hopefully we won’t have Covid restrictions or late flights. Thank you for giving a realistic tour.

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  19 дней назад

      Thank you for watching. I hope your trip is everything you want it to be.

  • @davebaber6662
    @davebaber6662 Год назад +1

    Thank you for posting the best Rhine Getaway video on RUclips. And believe me I've watched them all. I loved all the information you have included. The tour of the ship and the lunch and dinner menus were my favorite part. We sail on this trip next April. Great professional job. Thank you.

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  Год назад

      Thank you for those extremely kind comments! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Here’s hoping your trip next April is everything you want it to be!

  • @chrismckelvey2332
    @chrismckelvey2332 11 месяцев назад +1

    Wow, fantastic job!! Will be taking this tour in April 2024. It will be our first time traveling abroad. You really helped us feel most comfortable and we are looking forward to our adventure. Looking forward to seeing more videos.

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  11 месяцев назад

      Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching! Here’s hoping your trip is everything you want it to be!

  • @recycler60
    @recycler60 2 года назад

    What a great vacation and video. Thanks for posting.

  • @eileencostilow7801
    @eileencostilow7801 Год назад

    Thank you for posting. I've enjoyed seeing your cruise on the Viking Kara, especially seeing the food! Safe travels in your future adventures.

  • @RoadLifePursuits
    @RoadLifePursuits 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great video....One of my dream trips is a Viking tour.

  • @DooWopKing2011
    @DooWopKing2011 4 месяца назад +1

    Interesting video . . . thank you!

  • @mikeross8039
    @mikeross8039 Год назад +1

    Thx for this video. My wife and I will go on same trip this August.

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  Год назад

      I hope your trip is everything you want it to be!

  • @franktozier3184
    @franktozier3184 2 года назад

    We're leaving Dec. 15 for the Rhine Christmas markets. Really looking forward to it. Thank you for posting your trip.

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  2 года назад

      Thanks for watching! I hope you have a great cruise!

  • @richardmcgreal8825
    @richardmcgreal8825 5 месяцев назад +1

    My husband and I did France last Sept and we are doing this cruise this September.Joan. We had better luck flying out of Boston.

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  5 месяцев назад +1

      Here’s hoping your upcoming trip is everything you want it to be.

  • @christophertriola5807
    @christophertriola5807 2 года назад

    Leaving in a few days for our trip and glad you posted this!! Even more excited now!

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  2 года назад

      Thanks. Here’s hoping you have an amazing time. We did 😁

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  Год назад

      Christopher - you should be back from your trip and I was wondering how it went.

    • @christophertriola5807
      @christophertriola5807 Год назад

      @@scotthodgin7494 Thank you for asking! We got as far as Newark Airport, and my wife began feeling sick, over the course of the layover she developed more symptoms and we decided the responsible thing to do would be to turn around. Flew back to Pittsburgh, got her home, and she was positive for Covid. It was a tough call, but we could not risk the health of the other travelers on the plane and ship. Thank you so much for asking. We are hoping to get there this spring.

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  Год назад

      ​@@christophertriola5807 oh no!!!!!! I'm so sorry to hear that! Hopefully your wife is on the mend! It's definitely disappointing when you do all of that planning and get so close to the finish line, only to be dealt a setback. :( My wife and I had a similar experience just this week (although not health related). We were supposed to be traveling for an Alaska cruise out of Vancouver, but our flight from Dallas had problems. We were supposed to fly out a day before our cruise, but that flight was cancelled due to severe weather, so I quickly booked another flight out for the next morning, but that flight was delayed so much due to the same weather problems, that I figured we would never make the embarkation cutoff of 3pm, what with getting off the plane in Vancouver, going through customs, gathering luggage and getting a taxi to the cruise port. So, we got off that plane in Dallas and worked on getting a flight back home. Since our cruise left from Vancouver, there was no way to 'skip' that port of embarkation due to the Passenger Carrier Act, so we would not have been able to meet the ship at a future port. We hope to get to Alaska sometime in the future, but that will depend on whether the travel insurance reimburses us or not. Thanks for replying. I wish you and your wife the best for future travels. If you do get to go on a Rhine cruise, I love to know how it turned out for you! Take care!

    • @christophertriola5807
      @christophertriola5807 Год назад

      @@scotthodgin7494 thank you!!

  • @geograph-ology4343
    @geograph-ology4343 Год назад

    We too will be using the long-term parking at CLT after driving in from Morganton this winter for the Christmas Market tour with Viking. In July, we were going to fly out of Newark back to home but our flight was cancelled and the next one would be two days later, so we had to rent a car and drive back. Great video showing the sights minus the Christmas kiosks. It should be colder, but hopefully there will be...bacon...lol. We did the Grand European tour with Viking in 2019 and they are great. Thanks for the preview.

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  Год назад

      Yep, that bacon was insanely good! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.

  • @nancycronin601
    @nancycronin601 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for this video. My sister and I will be doing it in reverse order in July. Your detail and video quality were just what I was looking for to give me a preview of what to expect. Perfect combination of meals and tours.

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  Год назад

      Thank you for those kind comments. I hope y’all have a great trip as well!

  • @GaryDonaldson-xs3bj
    @GaryDonaldson-xs3bj Год назад +1

    We did it in Jun-2023 in the opposite direction. Lovely experience. Our next Viking cruise will be Paris-Normandy-Paris in July 2024.

  • @Jason-rp4jh
    @Jason-rp4jh 4 месяца назад

    Just watch your guys video my father and I are going to do the same riverboat tour. He is 87. We are going to get a French balcony which side of the ship do you recommend us get for the best views? Thank you, Jason.

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  4 месяца назад

      Thank you for watching! I’m afraid I don’t have an opinion about which side of the ship is the best. There are definitely sights to see on both sides and the ship is small enough so it’s easy to walk around. Since our cabin was below the waterline, we didn’t spend very much time in our room.

  • @BeverlyJC
    @BeverlyJC Год назад

    Hi, I was wondering do you need to sign up for an excursion or any land tour?

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  Год назад

      If you want to go on an auxiliary excursion, other than they included one at each port, you might have to sign up for that, but we only went on the included excursions there at our trip

  • @normasaenz4596
    @normasaenz4596 Год назад

    What did you use to film your videos. I'm debating about getting a camera and not sure what to get.

  • @vcorcoranXXXX
    @vcorcoranXXXX 2 месяца назад +1

    Where did you get your crossbody bag?

    • @maryhodgin4691
      @maryhodgin4691 2 месяца назад +1

      I tried giving you the link earlier, but RUclips wouldn’t let me. I bought it off of Amazon. It’s called, SEEU sling bag backpack.

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  2 месяца назад

      Thanks for watching and for your comment!

    • @vcorcoranXXXX
      @vcorcoranXXXX 2 месяца назад

      In watching the video again, it was the blue print bag you wore for the biking excursion.

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  2 месяца назад

      @@vcorcoranXXXXif it’s the bag at timestamp 28:40, then that is the SEEU sling bag. If that’s not the one, can you tell me the video timestamp where it is showing.

    • @vcorcoranXXXX
      @vcorcoranXXXX 2 месяца назад

      @@scotthodgin7494 28.38

  • @sheilalauffer9004
    @sheilalauffer9004 Год назад

    I'm super excited we're heading that way and the same ship in two months. Did you have any issues with flight cancellations?
    How about mandates mask, vaccines, booster? Thank you

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  Год назад +1

      We did not have any flight cancellations. Masks were optional. And you had to be fully vaccinated but there was nothing about boosters at that time. Thanks for watching!

    • @sheilalauffer9004
      @sheilalauffer9004 Год назад

      Thank you so much for replying. We're super excited.

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  Год назад +1

      @@sheilalauffer9004 hopefully your trip will be everything you want it to be! :)

  • @bobembry6844
    @bobembry6844 Год назад

    Video was interesting but I wonder if they gained at least 20 pounds each cruising down the Rhine. A few meal post would have been sufficient. Evidently their purpose was to concentrate on their meals .

    • @scotthodgin7494
      @scotthodgin7494  Год назад

      Thanks for watching! We did a lot of walking, so not too much weight gain 😊