The Avalon Felicity Basel to Amsterdam affords the cruiser a taste of the many delightful small towns and cities that line the Rhine River from Zurich Switzerland through Amsterdam Netherlands.
We are a couple in our mid-fifties who enjoy traveling to enjoy new experiences and learn interesting things. We live in a very large metropolitan city but we enjoy engaging with folks from all walks of life. We appreciate good and caring service, but we don't need any extra frills. After two Avalon cruises I find that this fits the profile of the Avalon guest exactly. We traveled both times during the month of July and found that the age demographic was skewered lower than average during this month. Also, we found almost one half of the passengers to be non-Americans, which we enjoyed very much also. Besides USA, the passengers were from Canada, England, Australia, and New Zealand. There were some groups that were traveling together, but on the most part most folks were traveling as couples or groups of four and mixed and mingled with each other.
The ship is very well run by the Hotel Director and Cruise Director. Everything is very well organized and structured. The staterooms were always cleaned first thing in the morning and turn down service was every evening while at dinner.
In our opinion Aquarium Class on a River Cruise is the way to go. We saved almost $1000 a couple and we don't stay in the room except for sleeping. The window is large, you can see everything.