Oh, my gosh. YES!!! ✨️ 🎄 ❤ ✨️ This is an absolute bucket list!

This is amazing. I never knew such a trip / itinerary even existed. Another thing to add to my bucket list! 🎄

Omg y'all are adorable. And I'm completely enamored with the Christmas Market cruise. Absolutely have to go after watching this, thank you!

Omg this is just such magic. I am so in for this if it happens next year!

Such a wonderfully informative and filmed video. Enjoyed learning about this river cruise because of how it was presented!

Thanks for this. SO many questions answered.

Have done several cruises with Scenic, going on our next in May. Loved every one. The crew have always been amazing and go out of there way to make sure you’re happy.

We really liked watching this video and found it very helpful. Your filming is excellent and makes watching it, easy and enjoyable!

What gorgeous scenery from your ship! All that and Christmas markets too.

@HoneymoonAlways

Жыл бұрын

It really was amazing

We did this exact river cruise on Avalon Waterways but in March. Its a lovely amazing tour and we loved Rudesheim best. Now I'll think about this for a Christmas trip. Thanks ❤

Great video! Thanks so much for sharing. I’m going on my 1st river cruise to the Christmas markets in Nov, 2024. This was an excellent orientation.

This is so amazing, all of the food looks delicious. My husband and I are doing a land tour in December and will have several stops at Christmas markets. Thanks for sharing this awesome video.

Bill and I are so envious! We want to do this. Love Christmas markets❤

@HoneymoonAlways

Жыл бұрын

Start planning for next year!

Lovely

Merry Christmas Michelle and Dan! Gary and I just returned from an 11 day trip to Munich. We visited Christmas markets in Spain, France, Austria, and of course Germany. It was absolutely heavenly, but we are certainly happy to be back home in Portugal! Thanks for sharing your your adventures with us,... maybe next year we'll try your suggestions and leave all the driving to someone else! Boa natal to you both! 🎄🎅🎁💕

@HoneymoonAlways

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Hope you have a merry Christmas in Lisbon!

Just got back from a similar trip, only in springtime, going the other way (Amersteram to Basel). I very much enjoyed your video showing what it looks like in winter all decorated for Christmas. It's a magical part of the world.

@HoneymoonAlways

Жыл бұрын

It really is! We think about it often.

We are researching our Christmas market river cruise so, I really appreciate your video. And thoughts about the tours and how to spend as much time at the markets as possible.

…..on the cruise ship. Thx

Love this video...I wanna do a market cruise now😂 but I'll have to take a friend, my husband hates cold and snow

We just got back home from basically this same cruise...opposite direction though. So great seeing it in winter! Thanks for sharing! Safe travels!

@HoneymoonAlways

28 күн бұрын

Which cruise line did you go on?

@pamelawooden6012

28 күн бұрын

@@HoneymoonAlways Emerald Waterways. It was our second cruise with them. The first was a 15 day Budapest to Amsterdam. Fantastic trip! We are going with Avalon this fall on the Seine. I'm sure it will be a good one too.

@HoneymoonAlways

28 күн бұрын

@@pamelawooden6012 We've heard great things about both Emerald and Avalon and are thinking about doing a Danube cruise next Christmas.

@pamelawooden6012

28 күн бұрын

@@HoneymoonAlways I would love to do a Christmas cruise but I hate traveling in snow….but it is still on my bucket list 😊. Have fun and enjoy!

Thank you. We are booked on the same boat in a few months. This will be our first river cruise and we will be travelling from Basel to Amsterdam. Is room service available at every meal? Is there a separate room service menu, or can a meal from the menu of the day in the dining room be ordered? Is there only one bag of laundry that will be done? If we want or need more laundry, can it be done for a fee? At the port talks, do they indicate how much walking is involved for each shore excursion, either in distance or in time?

It's hard to pick a favorite, but I think our favorite Christmas market was in Baden-Baden, Germany. Have you been to any of these Christmas markets?

We really interested to do cruising during Christmas but we don’t know where to start. Can you please let us know how did you do it? thanks!

Thank you VERY much for this travelog. My husband & I are going to be travelling on the same ship this coming December for our 25th Anniversary. I had many questions about ports, bus rides, and especially attire; which you both have answered well. You didn't show your "fancy dinner" or discuss the butler service, so that will be a mystery. One thing you did answer was questions about the Christmas Markets. I am so very excited for this trip (we will be doing in reverse order), and I think we will end extremely satisfied, and I hope warm! Thanks again.

@HoneymoonAlways

Жыл бұрын

Let me know if you have any specific questions

We, my wife and I and a couple are thinking of making this trip but in May -June 2024. How much was for the tour and do you recommend the trip those months. Enjoyed your trip. Great takes 👍 👌

How cold was it?

Thoroughly enjoyed your video! We are going to check that cruise line as we’ve never heard of it and we’ve never gone to Europe (we are 70). One thing I’m looking for would be Christmas ornaments, things to bring back to WA state for gifts, looks like there was plenty of that in the markets you visited?

@HoneymoonAlways

10 ай бұрын

Yes they are everywhere, we found the best shopping in Zurich.

Thanks for such an informative video. how did you get from Zurich to Basel ? Could you have gone to the Rijks museum in Amsterdam? Thank you !

@HoneymoonAlways

Жыл бұрын

We took the train. You could do the Rijks museum if you wanted to. It was an overnight stop so you could use your time how you would like.

Nice trip on this Ship 🚢. How much was it for two people? Does the Ship have solo cabins?

Remember this cruise was the first one of 8 days.We then went on to the next cruise 15 days mire Xmas markets

Curious, where did you stay in Zurich?

We are booked for a rhine river cruise in Dec 2024 but have experience with the Strasbourg and Cologne Christmas markets from a Rick Steves tour back in 2017. Excited to visit Cologne again as it was so so cold when we first went we ended up skipping a vast majority of it. We actually did Strasbourg and Cologne on our own that time so it was nice to not have any time constraints. For nutcrackers, your best bet would have been to purchase them from the Käthe Wohlfahrt store. We purchased 4 of them there. Not a cheap thing but quality nutcrackers that will last forever!

Love that you found a ship 🚢 with great food!! Question for you… I just read in a magazine a man saying he built his collection of antique Christmas ornaments by going to Christmas markets, and named 3 cities, at least one of which was in Austria-I guess Vienna or Salzburg. This got me wanting to go to Christmas markets in Europe … but I can’t find the article now!! I haven’t seen any vintage/antique booths, so I’m wondering if he shops at places that are market adjacent. Any thoughts or advice for me?? Thanks!

@HoneymoonAlways

Жыл бұрын

We only saw 2 booths with anything antique and they were both in Cologne. Maybe next year we will make it to Austria to check those ones out too.

@heatherwhite2788

Жыл бұрын

@@HoneymoonAlways Thanks!!

We are very interested in this. Some pretty magical views! My wife loves Christmas and her mom came to Canada from Germany. Sounds like this cruise line could handle serving vegetarian or vegan meals?

@HoneymoonAlways

Жыл бұрын

There were lots of vegetarian options, but I didn’t think about Vegans. I assume it wouldn’t be a problem but would confirm before booking.

With all the shoping, do you have the option to ship the purchases home?

@HoneymoonAlways

8 ай бұрын

Yes, many of the shops have shipping options. You could also bring stuff back to the ship and ship it home before you head back to the US.

I’m planning a Viking River cruise November 29th - December 8th and I was wondering if it snows at that time? Our cruise starts in Prague- Berlin Germany. And if please you would share your attire from top to bottom….do we need boots?

@HoneymoonAlways

11 ай бұрын

Snow is rare. Our cruise director said it was up to 50 the week before our cruise. So plan for the 40s with layers and keep an eye on the weather in a week or two before you go to plan accordingly. You will want layers, warm socks, and yes, boots are recommended.

@gloriamiller5515

11 ай бұрын

@@HoneymoonAlways thank you for your response! Very much appreciated.

Love the video. Is the Viking River Cruise?

@HoneymoonAlways

11 ай бұрын

This one was with Scenic River Cruises

what month did you go ? nov or dec we are thinking of doing a christmas cruise for our first river cruise, any other thoughts or ideals of which to go on

@HoneymoonAlways

Жыл бұрын

This was in December, this is the only one we’ve done but absolutely loved it and are thinking of doing another one.

@krystallight696

Жыл бұрын

@@HoneymoonAlways which week did you go? Closer to Christmas or week 1 in Dec .

I put on 10 kilos just watching this. Yummy food.

You mentioned cold several times. What was the temperature when at those cold Christmas Markets?

@HoneymoonAlways

7 ай бұрын

I think it a few degrees below freezing when we were there, but it was unseasonably cold last year.

what specific dates was your Christmas market cruise?

Thinking of booking this for 2025. What dates were you there? I want snow on my Christmas Market! LOL

@HoneymoonAlways

6 ай бұрын

We hope to one day recreate this! It was early December and they told us it was unusual to have snow already so we were lucky!

Would it be safe to guess that these Christmas markets are primarily overpriced tourists traps for ornaments and Christmas accessories?

@HoneymoonAlways

Жыл бұрын

It really varies from town to town and even booth to booth. My favorite part was the food and will be going back for more!

How would you rate the food out of 10?

@HoneymoonAlways

15 күн бұрын

I'd give it a 10/10

@johnhoward6132

13 күн бұрын

@@HoneymoonAlways Thanks, we just got back from an Avalon river cruise and the food wasn’t that good.

@HoneymoonAlways

13 күн бұрын

@johnhoward6132 thank you for sharing! We are always wondering how the other lines are.

@johnhoward6132

13 күн бұрын

@@HoneymoonAlways We went on the Paris to Normandy 7-day cruise.

Were you the youngest couple there or were there others around your age?

@HoneymoonAlways

Жыл бұрын

There was one other young couple and 2 families and teenagers/young adults. We definitely stood out and as we met other people they all asked how we ended up on the cruise. Emerald Cruises tend to have a bit more of a younger crowd.

Hi there, thank you for your video-- you keep mentioning how cold it is-- you said 0 degrees, is that Celsius? I'm Canadian, so that's not too cold for us-- I just want to make sure it wasn't a freak weather anomaly.