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Victoria Prince
Nov
3
2010
Built: 1994, rebuilt 2004
Tonnage: 4,587
Length: 89.4m
Beam: 16.4m
Speed: 28km/h
Decks: 4
Complement: 206 passengers, 112 crew
Registry: American Owned
Answer #2
It was a great trip. Food was excellent. Victoria cruise was excellent as food tour, show and guide. I shall not travel in any other cruise than this. I will definitely recommend CITS to all my friends. FENGDU was our most memorable tour. It is something new and matches with Indian mythology!
Answer #3
Wow…The Yangtze River Cruise…it was AMAZING…1st class ship….there is absolutely nothing that anyone could complain about. I met a lot of other western people on the ship and we were all very, very happy with the ship and its facilities. I’m very glad I took the option to have a room by myself; it was very well worth having the extra privacy. The rooms were very comfortable with everything you need. The staff and personnel were all really helpful, organized, informative and friendly. The food was always very fresh with lots of variety and more than enough to go around. A lot of activities and presentations are also offered on the ship. I have become a walking advertisement for the Victoria & The Yangtze River….A very special holiday that will last with me for a long time. Hope this is of some help to you. Please pass the word on to other customer’s. Many thanks again, hope to hear from you soon!
Answer #4
I took the Victoria Prince from Shanghai to Chongqing in November, and did have a great time on the Yangtze Cruise. The staff on Victoria Prince took good care of us and we would absolutely recommend this river cruise. There was of course the Captain’s Welcome Party one evening where a lovely buffet of hors d’oeuvres was set up in the lounge and cocktails were served. The Captain came around to welcome us all individually. At the Captain’s Farewell Dinner the Captain again visited each table to thank us for sailing on Victoria Prince and to wish us all a safe journey home. On another evening everyone celebrating a Birthday or Anniversary was honored with cakes being brought in for each person celebrating and then they were given a scroll commemorating the event. I am very happy that I insisted on the full river cruise all the way from Shanghai to Chongqing rather than the abbreviated 3 or 4 night version that only travels through the 3 gorges. The time on the Yangtze was not only relaxing but interesting and entertaining. Also the opportunity to visit Yellow Mountain and Three Gorges Dam were definitely highlights of the whole China trip for me.
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We checked in our cruise Victoria Prince and obtained our room key as if it was a hotel by simply walking up to the desk giving them my name and being welcomed. The Victoria Prince is an older ship but well maintained. Our home for the next 2000km or 8 days while we sail up the Yangtze River to the head of its navigable waters. The lobby on the main deck held the Purser’s Desk – where all ship related business was conducted and money exchanged – the gift shop plus a crafts corner, where artists worked on their crafts which were for sale. The dining room where we enjoyed buffet style breakfasts and lunches with family style served dinners was at the front of the ship with wrap around windows. There was a single seating for each meal and we sat at round tables. We enjoyed our tablemates a couple from Australia and a couple from San Francisco. The food was good and plentiful but other than breakfast mainly Chinese and came with your choice of nonalcoholic beverages. Up on deck 4 we found the lounge at the front of the ship where we enjoyed all the shows/lectures put on by the staff, the bar and the internet stations. Also on deck 4 there was a beauty salon, a library at the rear of the ship, and a card/games room as well as the Dr.’s office. The top deck was open with chairs and lounges. Our cabin was small with twin beds either side of the patio door to our balcony. We had a small closet but only 2 drawers so storage space was at a premium. The bathroom on the other hand was large for a cruise ship with a shower tub combination. Each deck had a desk at the head of the stairs which was manned seemingly 24 hours a day so that all passengers’ needs could be quickly attended to. The biggest negative was the lack of an elevator on the ship. However the staff did everything they could to help Dad by locating him in a cabin on the main deck, setting up a table in the lobby for us to play cards so Dad did not need to climb up the stairs to the lounge or card room on Deck 4. At our ports of call the ship provided a wheelchair for Dad as China is a walking type of country. Victoria Prince staff even carried the chair off the ship and pushed Dad to the tour bus, then were there to meet us on our return to push the chair back to the gangplank. All of the port tours are part of the river cruise package. The tours were all well planned and lead by local guides. I especially liked the Yellow Mountain excursion.
The staff put on entertainment most evenings in the lounge. My favorite was a fashion show of various ethnic costumes. In the mornings and afternoons that we were aboard ship lectures on China, the Yangtze, the Three Gorges Dam Project and Chinese Medicine were conducted.