Dec 30, 2019
Thank you Diederick! - Diederick our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable about the history of the city and kept our group engaged for the entire trip. There are blankets on the boat to help keep you warm and a wide selection of drink choices. Thank you again, Diederick!
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Dec 21, 2019
Light festival tour - Thank you for this experience. The guide was very friendly and he told meny interesting information about the lightstatues and the city too. This was amazing :)
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Dec 17, 2019
DAVID MOORE - Excellent service, friendly and efficient staff. The value for money we received could not have been better
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Dec 13, 2019
A great experience with a wonderful guide - We had Charlie as our guide on a cold and wet December night but it was a great way to see the city. Charlie has an amazing knowledge of the city and its culture and history. Although the trip was aimed at seeing the light festival sculptures we learned SO much about Amsterdam as we cruised the canals.
This is an excellent experience if you are visiting Amsterdam - highly recommended.
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Jan 14, 2020
Enjoyable night cruise - I booked this to see the light show. There weren't as many lights as I thought, but what was there was very cool. The guide knew the names of all the light installations and the stories behind them. He also pointed out interesting buildings and facts along the route, and stopped so we could take photos.
There were padded seats, blankets and wine - I enjoyed it! It was cold and windy, but it was winter in Amsterdam... The blankets were a nice touch.
The only thing I will agree with the other reviews is that it was very hard to find - there were no signs anywhere. I actually missed the boat I booked because I couldn't find it, but they honored my ticket for the previous time slot. Also, since I ended up on the last cruise of the night and there weren't many people, the guide drove me back to the area of my hotel on the water! That was very nice and definitely above and beyond.
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Jan 14, 2020
light cruise - We had a terrible time finding them. We used their directions.We took an uber so we were in the right area,but they don't have anything marking their spot so when The boat is gone you don't know where to go, The trip with the lights was beautiful. I did expect to see more lights.The seats were not comfortable and it was very cold.I would not book it again.
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Jan 3, 2020
Disappointed - It was lashing rain & freezing cold & an open boat arrived. We refused to travel on it so they organised for us to go on the next boat, which was only partially covered by a plastic tarpaulin.
Even with blankets we were freezing cold & the weight of the rain on the tarpaulin caused a pool of water to gush in & half the occupants got wet.
The guide was lovely but to be honest the show wasn't very interesting...
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Jan 6, 2020
DO NOT BOOK!! SCAM!! - I decided to take my boyfriend to Amsterdam as our first holiday together as a Christmas present and decided to book a canal cruise for something to do the first night (01/01/2020).
We arrived with plenty of time to the departure area (dock 7 opposite the Hilton hotel), showed the lady our confirmation email/ticket only to be told that they were a totally different company! She suggested going down to the next dock to see if our company was there but no... absolute scam. No canal cruise for us and a complete disappointment for the first night of what was supposed to be a lovely first holiday together!
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Dec 19, 2019
Not What We Expected - We would recommend a canal tour, day or night-light-festival, just not this one.
Thought we were getting a boat with clear covering, warm blankets, warm drinks and English guide. Instead, the boat was partially covered with an opaque plastic cover and to see we had to roll-up the cover exposing ourselves to the rain and cold. There were not enough blankets. Drinks included cold beer, soda, and wine. Most of the people on the boat were Dutch and kept talking, so that it was hard to hear the narration. We had to go to the uncovered back of the boat and stand near the pilot to hear what he said.
The next day, we passed many much nicer boats. And the prices we saw advertised were much less (12 to 18 euros), especially near the Centraal Train Station.
The boat Viatour booked was about 2 km from Amsterdam Centraal and hard to find in the dark. There were no lights nor noticeable signs.
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Dec 11, 2019
Disappointed in weird Amsterdam Light Festival - Not what we were expecting. It was falsely advertised as unique light artworks that illuminate the city center. So we were thinking boat tour of city center of Amsterdam all lit up for the holidays. But in reality they are a collection of weird light art (if you can call it that) sculptures that have a weird narrative interpretation that goes along with the sculptures. They are very spread out. They hardly illuminate anything. Must emphasize they are weird. And much of the route is almost industrial looking. The theme of this year is “disrupt”. Edgy, yes. Enjoyable no. Waste of time and money.
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