I enjoyed my Nile cruise because I was hosted in a nice boat which is the MS Nile Festival.
Clean- Bravo to housekeeping who did their best to make our rooms clean :)
Nice Staff- we were 3 families with 5 children on board, they all bear us with a smile and friendly behavior towards all of us.
We never lost a thing on the boat, when we forget our valuable things (Mobiles, DVD player etc.) somewhere on the boat we get it back.
Good quality and tasty Food
Variety of Food
Safe for children.
Smooth sailing and coasting
all in all it's an excellent cruise. highly recommend you to go for it!

The staff on board were very hospitable and kind. The tours, both included and additional, were fantastic. The food was plentiful and of good quality. The original cabin that we were given was highly suspect and should never have been allocated to anyone.There was definitely a health and safety issue ( a wooden ceiling tile fell owing to the vibrations caused when the boat was sailing, just missing my friend's eye ) Unfortunately, since the ship was fully booked, it was not possible to move us until some other folk left the cruise at Aswam. It must have been a known fact that this room was so dreadful because it would have been used before! It is totally unacceptable to have sleep deprivation for four nights under these circumstances. This room would have been condemned if it had been in a house.

We had a great time on the MS Nile Festival cruise, it is an ideal way to see all the sites along the nile. Absolutely fantastic cruise, food was varied and very nice (as long as you don't want typical english dishes you will be ok) the chef who cracked the eggs for your omlettes on your head was very entertaining also. The staff on board were brilliant, rooms were cleaned twice daily. The masseur gives a great if not different massage, afternoon tea was a nice touch as well.

A wonderful cruise, the cabins are lovely, the food was great and the staff could not be more helpful. Our guide was superb, his knowledge of ancient egypt was overwhelming and he made the whole experience a truly memorable one. The trips were well organised and interesting - I recommend the motor boat ride, it was excellent. I took my children (18 and 13) and was worried they would be bored - no problem, they loved it.

Would definitely do it all over again.

I can't recommend an Egyptian Nile Cruise and the MS Nile Festival highly enough. Egypt isn't easy for independent travelling, due to the high levels of security for foreigners, so a Nile cruise is a painless (decadent) way to get around.
It's an incredible privilege to be able to look at (and could have touched) messages from the temple builders from 5000 years ago. The more you find out about Egyptian history, the more fascinating it becomes.
Our tours tended to start very early in the morning (4am), so sharing the ship with guests who weren't too rowdy in the evening was quite important. Our ship catered for mainly Italian, Spanish, South American and a few US tourists, who were all decent, friendly people.
The standards of service are amazingly high, since the competition for any job in Egypt is so fierce. Our tour guide was a graduate Egyptologist for example.
When leaving the boat to visit a tourist site there is the usual barrier of hassle, over-charging and petty dishonesty between the gang plank and temple entrance.
Scams: I got caught by the "10p to clean your shoes", but when he used polish it went up to £2. Slightly more serious was the 'change' scam of passing a 50 Piastres note as a 50 Pound note. Also, when I was walking on my own a couple of guys called me to say I had dropped some money, which was probably an attempt to rifle my backpack, but I didn't stop to find out. We should have followed the sensible advice of never dealing with any street vendors, only with shop keepers, which would have eliminated the worst offenses.
Security: Egypt seems to me to be safer than England. There are far more devout, honest Egyptians on the streets to protect you than there are criminals to target you, amazing since the level of temptation is so enormous (earnings less as £1 per day). The behaviour of the criminal element causes the Egyptians I talked to, much more shock and disgust than it would a Londoner. There are armed policemen as well as plain clothed policemen wherever tourists go. Tourist travel between towns is limited to 'Convoys' including police vehicles, although when we travelled in a 'convoy' the only practical difference seemed to be that we had to register our trip and start at a particular time. There are metal detectors at every temple ticket office. Most are switched on.
We met with polite, cultured and dignified Egyptians, who made our holiday a really wonderful experience.

A dream Nile Cruise to recommend to everyone. Worth every penny we paid and looking forward to booking our next one on the same boat. Hopefully we will be able to have at least one holiday a year on the MS Nile Festival. We loved all the staff, management and guides, they all made our holiday so enjoyable. It is a holiday for all ages but people should be able to walk if they want to go on all the excursions. Even if you don't like walking or you are not as mobile, you can enjoy staying on-board and let the others go on the excursions. It is very entertaining on the deck, watching the people passing by, the farmers working in their fields, relaxing by the pool or having a refreshment while you relax on the loungers. There is so much to see in this part of the World. We have seen wonderful monuments and lovely people.