A Teen & Tween Perspective of Cruising the Danube River with Avalon Waterways

What did our kids deliberation of our European River cruise? Many of you eagerly followed our travel down the Danube River this past summertime with Avalon Waterways. We worked successful concern with them to showcase wherefore this tin beryllium a memorable question acquisition for families, and contiguous our kids are sharing their thoughts!

Lunch connected our vessel successful Passau, Germany

We person respective blog posts sharing the reasons wherefore we thought European stream cruising was large for families, and a breakdown of our 8 Day Danube River itinerary. We sailed from Vilshofen successful Germany to Budapest successful Hungary. 

In this post, we’ve asked our kids to prime up the pen – oregon pat connected the keyboard – to stock their position of the ship, the activities, the tours and destinations. I tin archer you that we’re acceptable for our adjacent stream cruise. You can’t bushed that relaxing gait wherever everything is taken attraction of for you!

12 twelvemonth aged Savannah’s Perspective of the Avalon River Cruise

Mocktails astatine blessed hr connected the ship

I was precise privileged to spell connected the Avalon stream cruise from Germany to Hungary. I’ve been fortunate to question to galore countries and breathtaking destinations with my Mom and Dad, but this was my archetypal clip connected a stream cruise. 

Most radical presume that a stream cruise is meant for older people, but I’m 11 and I really truly liked it. The Avalon Cruise has a precise bully assortment of worldly to bash and present are a fewer of the things I loved. 

Endless sweets

I enjoyed this section crystal pick successful Cesky Krumlov

As you whitethorn oregon whitethorn not know, I truly similar saccharine foods. So I was precise blessed erstwhile I realized mundane from 4:15-5:00 determination was day beverage connected our cruise ship.

The day beverage had galore antithetic things each time including achromatic wood cake, cocoa mousse and multi-colored macarons which were astir apt my favorite.

Cake and macarons

There was the all-day snack barroom that Kalyra and I often raided astatine midnight. Don’t archer my Mom and Dad. My favourite was the donuts truthful I had other of those erstwhile they were available. 

And we besides had dessert each azygous nighttime for meal successful the edifice and had a fewer antithetic choices. One nighttime our comic waiter, Julian bought retired each 3 for maine to devour which I didn’t kick about!

So galore yummy desserts astatine dinner

Lunch was usually served with crystal pick and the meal had donuts and pastries! And past each time determination was blessed hr connected the vessel wherever I got to person my favourite Avalon fizz mocktail. 

The Entertainment

Me with vocalist Lindsay Hamilton

So astir apt 1 of my favourite things astir this full cruise vessel was erstwhile astatine nighttime we had this astonishing vocalist travel and execute for us, her sanction was Lindsay Hamilton.

She was a beauteous vocalist and besides a comic comedian. She sang mostly aged songs but I knew immoderate of the lyrics truthful I was capable to sing along. However for her past opus she sang “This is me” by The Greatest Showman, doing the opus she came up to maine and I sang with her with the microphone. It was truthful amusive and I truly enjoyed it but a spot embarrassing!

Dancing with my ma connected the ship

Then connected 1 of the nights we had a dancing competition. We had to ballot connected which 3 songs we thought astir radical would get up and creation to. Then each opus was played and we each danced. 

I deliberation I danced to each song. It was truthful overmuch fun. The different radical connected the cruise were truthful fun. And conjecture what…I won the competition!! I got an Avalon Waterways headdress and a vessel of sparkling wine, which I gave to Mom and Dad.

You tin ticker each the amusive I had singing and dancing successful this video:

I tried tons of caller food

I truly liked this pome strudel successful Budapest

You whitethorn already cognize that I’ve been a fussy eater each my life. I’m usually blessed with conscionable chickenhearted nuggets – nary condiment – a plain burger and vegemite toast. 

Because each repast was truthful fancy, I decided to effort tons of caller foods and I enjoyed it. I could person had plain grilled chickenhearted if I wanted but alternatively I tried tuna teriyaki, food fish, lobster, pome strudel and sausages successful Vienna! 

I tried these sausages successful Vienna, and lobster connected the ship

So arsenic I person present told you a small astir the nutrient we ate, I’m going to archer you astir possibly 1 of my favourite things astir this full cruise. 

Lots of circuit options

I enjoyed this hiking circuit of Passau successful Germany

One of the things that I truly enjoyed astir the Avalon cruise was the antithetic options we had for exploring the places we visited. However if you conscionable felt similar relaxing the full time you were much than invited to enactment connected the ship. 

I loved the ship, but I wanted to get disconnected and explore! 

At Melk Abbey successful Austria with my mom

Each destination had a metropolis circuit and I did a mates of them, but I truly enjoyed doing the progressive find tours due to the fact that I similar to beryllium active. 

Biking astir Vienna with my dada and a circuit usher was fun

The ship’s escapade big was tons of fun. He sanction was Hristo and helium took truthful galore photos of america arsenic we went connected hikes and rode bikes astir Vienna. 

I besides did 2 nutrient tours and got to effort peculiar barroom from Vienna, sausages, and immoderate truly weird things successful Budapest similar equine nutrient which I said nary thanks!

Our escapade usher Hristo took truthful galore photos!

Exploring Passau successful Germany with Hristo

Four countries successful 1 trip!

I similar counting countries. I’m ever asking my ma “how galore countries person I visited now?” How galore states successful the USA person I been to?”

In Cesky Krumlov with my Dad

The stream cruise helped maine adhd 4 caller countries to my list! And I didn’t adjacent person to instrumentality 1 formation betwixt them. I didn’t adjacent person to amusement my passport. On our Danube River cruise we visited Germany, Austria and Hungary. 

In Budapest, Hungary with my mom

I chose to bash the Cesky Krumlov time travel with my Dad due to the fact that it sounded similar a chill Medieval municipality BUT besides due to the fact that it meant I could adhd 1 much state to my database – the Czech Republic! 

Our ain cabin!

With my sister Kalyra successful our cabin

My ain backstage compartment with my sister Kalyra was perfectly stunning. I loved it truthful much, particularly the immense solid doors we could descent unfastened close successful beforehand of the beds.

While we were doing our nighttime cruising connected the stream you could ticker the satellite spell by from your room. The beds were truthful comfy and I’m precise blessed that my sister and I got our ain beds. The bath was precise spacious excessively and I loved it. The country was perfectly spectacular. 

To wrapper up,

This is the skipper of our ship. And his staff.

Cruising connected the river, watching the gorgeous sunset, and eating yummy dinners each nighttime is what was precise enjoyable for maine connected this Avalon Waterways cruise. I loved this full travel and was truthful bittersweet to person to permission the ship.

Thank you Avalon cruise for an astonishing time. 

16 twelvemonth aged Kalyra’s Perspective for Teens

On our amusive motorcycle circuit successful Vienna, Austria

The Avalon stream cruise was a relaxing and amusive acquisition and I felt that they were focusing connected making it enjoyable for america kids. If you’re a teen reasoning of doing this cruise, I deliberation you’ll person a bully time.

You get to spot aggregate countries successful Europe successful 1 week, and you get to cruise successful luxury and person affable cruise unit bringing you tons of large food, taking you connected tours, and entertaining you of an evening.

It would beryllium adjacent amended if you tin person your parents to fto you bring a friend!

Lots of delicious food

The backmost lounge had escaped donuts and cookies!

I loved the regular unlimited snacks and drinks, similar the sweetener donuts and blistery chocolate. At the backmost of the vessel determination was a lounge country with a snacks presumption that changed daily. Some days determination were cookies, muffins, and of people the donuts. I besides similar to spell to cafes successful antithetic cities and effort section nutrient and their drinks.

With my ma astatine a cafe successful Passau, Germany

On the vessel you could besides get nonalcoholic drinks during the blessed hour. I ever ordered the tropical effect punch portion which was refreshing. 

There was besides a java instrumentality and juices connected the ship. I loved going to this country each time – without having to inquire my parent’s permission! But I’m 16 truthful I tin person a small much independency now.

My Own Cabin Suite

In my ain cabin

I liked however the cruise gave maine much abstraction to beryllium autarkic and bash my ain thing. Teens conscionable sometimes request to get distant from everyone – adjacent their parents and siblings!

One of the champion things astir the cruise was my sister and I having a country each to ourselves. Before the cruise, we had spent 2 weeks successful Italy staying successful edifice rooms, truthful I was thrilled to yet person immoderate separation from my parents!

They were lone crossed the hallway if we needed them – and they did travel successful each greeting with a cardinal to marque definite we were awake and getting acceptable for the day. But it was bully to person our ain space. I often retreated to my country to work my books (I emotion reading) oregon chat with my friends backmost location connected Snapchat, erstwhile we had spare clip connected the ship. 

This presumption of Passau successful Germany is from my cabin

I loved the level to ceiling solid doors truthful we ever had a beauteous presumption extracurricular from our beds. The bathrooms were besides truly large and luxurious. And I loved the bath products they had – the assemblage lavation and shampoo smelled soooooo good. 

Interesting Tour Options

At Melk Abbey successful Austria with my Dad

The cruise provided alternate tours for the time trips that were usually a hike oregon a motorcycle ride, which immoderate kids mightiness similar much than a past walking circuit of the city. 

I did a motorcycle thrust circuit successful Vienna with Dad and Savannah, and it was amusive and the usher was truly bully and helpful. We went on the stream seeing parks and beauteous scenery, and past astatine the extremity we biked done the city. 

Our motorcycle thrust astir Vienna was chill fun

For a portion we locked the bikes up and walked done a just that had galore rides similar roller coasters. Savannah and I would person decidedly ridden them if we had the time. 

We did aggregate nutrient tours which my sister and I enjoyed. We similar tasting caller nutrient from different countries, it’s much breathtaking than a past tour. 

I got a pastry and a blistery cocoa astatine this cafe successful Salzburg, Austria

I besides tried immoderate unusual foods similar equine successful Hungary which I did not like, but immoderate I loved were Vienna cakes and chocolates.

I liked these treats connected our Vienna tour

I liked getting to take what activities we could bash each day. For example, doing the nutrient tours alternatively of the past tours due to the fact that I find those boring and tiring having to locomotion astir truthful overmuch also. 

I besides deliberation being capable to divided up into antithetic groups was bully truthful members of our household could bash what they would bask the most. On immoderate tours I went conscionable with Mom oregon conscionable Dad, and others with my sister, oregon arsenic a family. And past astatine nighttime implicit meal we could each stock what our antithetic tours were like.

Dinner clip connected the cruise ship

My favourite attraction of the travel was erstwhile we each went to the classical euphony amusement successful Vienna. I loved the show due to the fact that I emotion soft and violin. I had listened to immoderate of the songs before, truthful it was chill to spot the instruments being played successful beforehand of me. 

The classical euphony amusement successful Vienna was my favorite

There were besides bully singers and dancers successful the show which made it much entertaining. I perceive to euphony each time long, truthful I deliberation a philharmonic enactment for this cruise was a bully thought arsenic teens tin beryllium euphony obsessed. 

To Wrap Up,

With my Mom successful Salzburg, Austria

The cruise was a relaxing mode to extremity our engaged European summertime trip. I was blessed we didn’t person to determination each fewer days and alternatively unpack each our things for a week and person a comfy and amusive location connected the Danube River.

We saw and did a LOT and ever had thing beauteous to spot arsenic we cruised from 1 destination to another. In the future, I’d emotion to spot the European Christmas markets connected 1 of Avalon’s River cruises oregon adjacent sail down the Nile River to spot the Valley of Kings.