It seems ridiculous to gripe about a Holiday Cruise up the Rhine River from Basel, Switzerland to Amsterdam, but when researching cruises, I appreciate details which tend to make a real difference, but are rarely reported. Here are the things I feel added up to a completely unsatisfactory vacation.
You cannot eat dinner alone. There are only tables for six, eight, ten. It rapidly becomes tedious asking people about their lives and then acting as though you are instant friends and interested. One man's son was incarnated and his daughters didn't want him at their home for Christmas so he was cruising unhappily; another woman's husband had committed suicide. Lots of older people who wanted to talk. I didn't want to go on vacation with them, but did. No Room Service and you can't take a plate to the bar.
The food was not good. Breakfast was adequate (a buffet) and lunch was the high point, especially the salads, but dinner was simply bad. A $7.95 All You Can Eat Buffet in Vegas would have been an improvement.
Sliding glass door opened all the way and was nice unless you were docked against another boat. Small bathroom--especially the shower--but adequate. Linens great. Twins were just pushed together not really a queen bed. Loved having Wifi.