The Viking Star was beautiful and clean, and the staff were efficient, organized , pleasant and helpful and the food was terrific. Every excursion was organized very well and we loved every city we visited. My husband loved having the lectures from the history professors about the cities we were visiting and it was so fun for them to talk us through what we were seeing as we sailed in to the port at Venice. That added so much to our understanding of what we were seeing. we loved every one of our tour guides since they made the cities come alive with details of history. I can not say enough wonderful things about this trip!! Our beds were comfortable, the bathrooms were pretty and very functional and we loved every meal we ate on that ship. Every staff person was friendly and helpful and went out of their way to get us what we needed. I loved having a washer and dryer on the ship to clean our clothes and we loved the thermal pool and work out space.