Both my husbands dad and my dad served in Europe during WWII. My husbands dad was part of the invasion of Normandy as air support. For this reason we wanted to do the Paris to Normandy Beach river cruise.

This was our first river cruise and we are now hooked. Our cabin was on the top level but realize that doesn't mean that you are 'above it all'. At a few ports our view was another riverboat who was parked next to us. I probably will be OK with a lower level (cheaper) room since we really didn't spend much time in our room, even though it was awesome.

The room was roomy, the storage and closet space better than any of our ocean cruises. Tons of hangers. The bed was like sleeping on a cloud. My husband grumbled about the pillows being harder than he would like, but I found them fine. Read more