After taking a wonderful Viking tour and cruise in the Yangtze river in China I was expecting a wonderful experience on the Rhine. The TV and Web promotions for this trip from Viking were also very enticing.
My first surprise was with the meals. The menu showed a regular 3 course dinner "à la Americain" instead of a 5 course dinner "à la europeen". We were in Switzerland,France,Germany and Netherlands, after all! Table stewards were obviously fewer than expected and dishes took a long, long time to arrive. Food was well prepared but not traces of "gourmet" at all as promoted.
Second surprise was the lack of enthusiasm the program director showed for the places we were going to visit. His presentations were obviously taken from Wikipedia and did not have the kind of information we have had in other river cruise lines in Europe or even from Viking in China. Obviously for this young program director, this was yet another trip on the same river with boring people that are not interested in history.
High window leveled with the water. Lot of splashes! Small closet not too many hangers. Bathroom as tiny as lower price cabins.