Viking, Avalon and AmaWaterways Christmas Cruises: What to Compare
Compare Viking, Avalon and AmaWaterways Christmas cruises on the towns, the cabin the fare names, and the ship you can measure. AmaWaterways has no Christmas-tagged sailing in the reviewed set.
It’s All Cruises · October 25, 2026
Avalon and Viking have bookable Christmas-tagged departures. AmaWaterways does not, among these sailings. Put the port list, the cabin category and the ship specs in one view. A missing port list is a reason to slow down, not a reason to guess Cologne.
Quick facts
| Metric | Details |
|---|---|
| Avalon bookable Christmas itineraries | 151 |
| Viking bookable Christmas itineraries | 84 |
| AmaWaterways Christmas-tagged | 0 |
| Celebrity river, also recorded | 14 bookable, not one of the three names in the title |
| Avalon sample cabin | Panorama suite |
| Viking sample cabin | Standard, ports Not listed on that row |
What to compare
| Line | Bookable Christmas itineraries | Sample route | Ship specs you can cite | Sample fare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon | 151 | Christmastime On The Romantic Rhine Southbound: Amsterdam, Cologne, Rhine Gorge, Rüdesheim, Mainz, Kehl, Breisach, Basel | Envision: 47 crew, 83 cabins, 135 m. Guests and tonnage Not listed | $6,229, panorama suite, departure December 15, 2026, checked October 13, 2026 |
| Viking | 84 | Danube Christmas Delights: ports Not listed | Viking Aegir: guests, crew, tonnage often Not listed on river hulls | $3,299, standard, departure December 16, 2027, checked October 13, 2026 |
| AmaWaterways | 0 | Not listed | AmaMagna: 196 guests, 70 crew, 98 cabins, beam 21.9 m. Not a Christmas tag | Not listed |
| Celebrity river | 14 | Danube Christmas markets, ports named on some rows | Boundless: 172 guests, 86 cabins, 135 m | $7,436, veranda, departure December 16, 2028, checked October 14, 2026 |
A clean comparison
- Towns: use Avalon when you need Cologne and the gorge in writing. Use Viking's fare and dates, and ask for ports when the cell is Not listed.
- Cabin: Avalon's sample names a panorama suite. Viking's sample names standard. The dollar figures are not interchangeable.
- Ship: AmaMagna is the hull with a full guest count, and it is not attached to a Christmas tag. Do not paste it onto a Viking date.
- Celebrity river is a fourth recorded Christmas line if you are willing to leave the three-name question. Its veranda and retreat fares are in the set.
- Time ashore is Not listed for all of them. The town list is the substitute.
- Inclusion tables for these river lines are Not listed, so drinks and excursions on Christmas week are Not listed too.
Fares are marketing prices, confirmed when you book. Ama specs recorded October 10, 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Can I compare Ama to the others on Christmas?
You can compare the ship. You cannot compare a Christmas itinerary, because none is tagged.
Whose fare is the sample?
Each cell names the cabin and the checked date. Avalon's Rhine sample is a panorama suite on December 15, 2026, checked October 13, 2026.
Are Viking ports really blank?
On the sample used here, yes. Other Viking Christmas rows in the set also lack ports. Do not fill them from the Avalon list.
Does a 135 m length mean the ships match?
Avalon Envision and Celebrity Boundless both list 135 m. Guest counts do not match, and Viking's river length is often Not listed.
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