We sailed on the Romantic Rhine and Moselle. We flew into Amsterdam and there was a Scenic transport person awaiting our arrival as we exited customs. They whisked us away to our hotel, Hilton Double Tree. The hotel was very clean and its location made it easy to step out the door and explore Amsterdam. We only stayed one night and the next morning we had a very delicious complementary breakfast. We checked our luggage with the Scenic representative in the lobby and they would transfer it to the ship. We went out for a mid-morning stroll. They boat is docked very close to the hotel. If you didn't want to take motor transportation it is a very short walk. So that is what we did. We boarded the boat around 12:00 noon. We were greeted and escorted into the Opal Lounge and then into the front of the ship's restaurant River Cafe. We had a light lunch and the cruise director, Richard Grey, was making his rounds greeting everyone. He was very friendly and very organized. The clients aboard this vessel mostly 60 and older. A few younger passengers were aboard and one teenager Richard did a great job making sure everyone knew what the physical ability levels were needed at each port. In my experience, every port was flat and easy to walk. As all over Europe, most sidewalks are streets are, as Richard said, cobblie, cobblie, cobblie. Most days they offered a gentle stroller group that took things a bit slower as to cater to guest who needed more time. All tours were well organized, interesting and the guides and coaches were great!!! Most tours only took a couple of hours then you had some free time to visit a pub or shop. We did both! Every evening before dinner, they would give a port talk to discuss the next days adventures. Always informative and brief. Dinner was open seating which was great...however, food taste...not so great, well actually awful. The dinner would start off with a choice of three appetizers, which was two bites. Then a choice of two soups one was always a no flavor consumme and the other a cream soup. The a choice of three entrees, usually a pasta selection, fish selection, meat selection. The portions were so tiny. One evening I ordered the lamb. It was three slices that were about .5 cm high by 7 cm long and NO TASTE. It was accompanied by a spear of potato and 2 florets of broccoli and 1 floret of cauliflower. Every night my husband ordered the always available steak and the entree of the day. Some evenings he would order all three entrees. Believe it or not, the desserts were even worse. They seem to be mass produced in a factory somewhere and frozen and thawed. Horrible! The regular chef was on vacation and we had a replacement, so maybe that is why it was so bad...who knows? The waiters were either great or aweful. We moved around until we found one who knew what was going on. Most night dinner lasted 2.5 hours. Waiting up to 30 plus minutes some evenings between courses. Ridiculous! The lounge staff was great always ready to get you a drink. The entertainment was okay. I think they need to have some type of entertainment every night. Kind of boring on nights they don't have acts coming aboard. Overall we liked it a lot. However, I think my opinion would be different if we were not traveling with other people. We kept ourselves entertained. The public spaces were clean and new. There was an outbreak of sickness on our cruise and in my opinion, it wasn't handled correctly. It spread throughout the boat and about 80% of the people became ill with a terrible cough. That was the downside, the upside is the ports of call were fabulous and the locks were interesting. I would recommend it, but I would say, travel in a group because it is a little boring at nighttime.