River Cruise 101: Water Levels
| Duration 00:18:30 | Posted in by Britton Frost


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Water levels comment page: https://www.rivercruiseadvisor.com/2019/08/video-how-to-use-german-water-level-charts/

German water level maps: 

https://www.pegelonline.wsv.de/gast/karte/standard

https://www.wetteronline.de/pegelstaende

What are water levels? How can they affect a river cruise? Do they need to be taken into consideration before booking a river cruise? 

Today we look at how water levels can impact cruises and what we can do to avoid cancelling a cruise due to high or low water. 

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Britton Frost


Britton Frost is a travel journalist specializing in small-ship cruises on both oceans and rivers. An experienced traveler with dozens of cruises under her belt, Britton began cruising when she was a mere six months old (crossing the Atlantic with her parents on the Queen Elizabeth 2). She’s been cruising…

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