Presidential MS Nile Odyssey Review

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“We Booked with Kuoni over 12 months before we were due...”

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written by on 16/10/2010

We Booked with Kuoni over 12 months before we were due to go to Egypt and, the cruise was only part of our holiday;

we tried for months to find out what boat we were going to be on, only to be told " we will tell you nearer the time " and indeed thats what they did, when we were 10 Kms from the boat !!



[The Nile Odyssey !!]



The boat looked like a wreak, and our hearts sank but ! that was only the start of it, once on board we were shown our cabbins and, they were NOT, what were believed we booked and paid for, we had arranged adjoining cabins for my wife and I, and our disabled son, mother and father in law.



The cabins were in the staff quater of the boat, righ on the bottom next to the laundry and staff rooms, the windows did not open, so our son, our selves and in laws could not get any fresh air into the rooms, the smell of diesel, carpet adhesive and new carpet was over whelming, we could not sleep properly and, had to try to spend as much time on deck as we could as, to stay in the cabbins was just not on.



So much for Kuoni looking after our pre requested needs ! Thanks Kuoni for making this a time our disabled son will never forget !!



The staff told us that, this was the first sail since the boat had a refit ? refit !! it had a coat of paint [ the smell was awfull ] a coat of varnish [ Overwhelming smell once again ] new carpets [ Smell again ] and, the carpets were not even fitted in lots of areas, just overlapped the old carpets and, went a good 2-3 inches up the walls !! rubble was also underneath the new [laid ] carpets,



We had paint splattr all over our cabbins walls, you could not use the drawers as, they were full of wood chips etc, the curtains were cut offs, and shabby, the shower room was un finnished and, had mould growing in the cubicle, the closed windows had green fungi growing all over them, and vanish, so you could not even get a view out of them.



The deck covering, was not laid correctly, and posed a trip hazard, the joins were once again over lapped and not, stuck down correctly, so you needed to keep vigilant everywhere you walked.



We had a 7 night cruise yet ! spent the first 3 days docked in Luxor, we spent 2 days docked in Aswan, both of these were to accomidate 3 and 4 day cruise passengers ! we then spent another night in Edfu to pick up 3 day passengers, then cruised to Luxor for the last night ! not really a 7 day cruise;



We had 2 welcome evenings ? and 2 Egyptian evenings ? unusual for a 7 night cruise ! cant think why you need to be introduced twice to the ship and crew, and why you need to have 2 Egyptian evenings ?



All this was done to accomidate the 3 and 4 night passengers who, should have been on a diferent boat as, 3 and 4 night makes a 7 night cruise, and all the 7 night passengers had to wait on board while the other 3 and 4 nighters did the same trips we did, on the way to Aswan !



It has to be said though that, the food was very very good, as were all the staff on board, all of whome did every thing they could to be of help, unfortunatly ! they could not give back the holiday we booked for our son and our selves;



We had an amaizing time 9 years ago on the Nile Romance cruise ship and,this ship is nothing like the romance,we would not go again after this experience nor, would we reccomend this vessel to friends, go at your own wrisk.

  • 1st Oct 2010

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  • 7

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