Before I give my review let me just say that we have sailed on USS Norway when the smoke stacks backed up, on Royal Caribbean several times, on 3 Princess, 1 Celebrity, 1 Silver Seas, and now our first river cruise so we are not first time cruises.

Now for my review of our trip to the Tulips and Windmills, Amsterdam to Belgium and back to Amsterdam. We also stayed two extra days in Amsterdam prior to the trip although one was wasted with travel. All travel arrangements done thru Viking, including insurance and transfers.

Left Tampa 6:30 pm, flew to Kennedy, then to Paris, then to Amsterdam, arrived around 3:40 pm local time. Transfer Driver not there. He had picked someone else up who was wearing a Viking sticker but never asked their name. Took them to our hotel, the Movenpick, which was very nice but too far from downtown. They weren't even staying there. That's when they found out they left us at the airport. We had to get a tour guide from another company to make phone calls for us. Not a good start! Finally got to the hotel about 4 pm local time. Read more