Ship Reviews
Overall Rating 
Based on 7 reviews
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Outstanding Service
August
Pros: Excellent support from the crew and staff - food selection was good and waiter helped with wine and food selections.
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Recommended: Yes
Nice vessel. Good food as well as wine and beverage selection. Compliments to chef and staff. Good cleaning staff Excellent service in dining areas All staff members willing to answer any questions you have Many cruise lines have nice vessels, but the Tauck / M/S Joy excelled in the area of well trained and helpful staff.
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Blue Danube Riverboat cruise
July
Pros: Excellent service, staterooms, food.
Cons: None
Recommended: Yes
Wonderful experience
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Berlin to Krakow
May
Pros: The ship is very nice and the food was good. The tours were excellent.
Cons: None.
Recommended: No
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Danube River Cruise
October
Pros: accomodations, service from everyone on board, foo selection and quality at breakfast, special events such as dinner at castle and Akademia Club with entertainment.
Cons: didn't think dinner food selection and taste was as good as on past cruises. Too noisy.
Recommended: Yes
There were many larger groups of friends travelling together which made for some noisy receptions and dinners on board the boat. Because there were so many people traveling together there was not as much interaction between passengers. Could have used more daytime sailing time as it seemed we were busy most of the time and it was not as relaxing as say the the Rhine cruise. The Intercontinental Hotel in Prague was OK but not as nice as previous Tauck chosen hotels. The Ritz Carlton in Budapest was very nice.
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Perfection
October
Pros: Onboard tour directors, excellent meals, friendly, hard working staff.
Cons: There are none!
Recommended: Yes
Tauck’s river cruises are a delight in every way. The Joy was spotless, and supremely comfortable.
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Danube River cruise
September
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Recommended: Yes
Great trip Staff and ship were wonderful
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Tauck Blue Danube
September
Pros: Great hotels. Great Tour Directors and Ship Staff. Interesting tours.
Cons: Category 7 stateroom was well appointed but smaller than last riverboat tour. Little resting time.
Recommended: Yes
A great trip but very tiring. Ship Staff and Tour Directors were terrific as well as local guides. Tauck is the best at overall service.
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