Review, Viking River Cruises "Heart of Germany", 10/23/05 ~ 10/30/05
We're 'veterans' of quite a number of ocean cruises, but had never tried a river cruise. We have spent a fair bit of time in Germany, much of it along the Mosel river, and had wondered what it might be like to try a vacation from the water side for a change. Having received a brochure from Viking (www.vikingrivercruises.com) with an offer of $500 per person off the brochure price, we decided to book the trip.
The Viking Pride has a capacity of 150 passengers (two per cabin). As we understand it, there are four such ships among the 15 ships in their fleet that are marketing to English speaking audiences; the three sister ships being Europe, Neptune, and Spirit. The Pride was built in Holland in 2001 and has had only one captain.