River Cruise - Castles Along the Rhine

Some general notes about the River Cruise - the service is excellent...the food is "to die for"...and we feel very young! Most folks on the cruise have an age advantage on us of at least 15 to 20 years ... although we hope at that age, we can be as active as our cruise mates. One group of about 40 folks that graduated from a Maine high school in '48 takes an annual trip together ... and this year chose the Rhine cruise.


If you want to be pampered and totally taken care of ... a river cruise is the ticket. We leave our cabin in the morning ... they make up our room ... we leave our room for lunch or a tour ... they make up our room ... we leave our room for dinner ... they make up our room. Always leaving chocolates on the bed, fresh water provided in decanters, clean towels and linen ... and in the evening, the next day's itinerary is left in our cabin. Another good thing is that there is always free time scheduled in the itinerary as well. You can leave the ship anytime you want when it is docked (daily) and the only restriction is that you re-board before it takes off down the river.

The cruise manager (Mirela) is a "mother hen", continually on the public address system providing information and accompanying us on our tours. The tours are top quality with good audio equipment and local guides. The ship staff are exceptional (and very international) ... and take care of your every need. The meals are: full buffet breakfast; full buffet lunch (with some really good desserts); and, a four course dinner (with choice of wine where your glass is never empty). In between meals, special food events happen on the sun deck. Of course, there's Charlie, the musical entertainment and other entertainers that get on at other ports for the evening entertainment.

The ride is very smooth ... and scenic ... and you dock in the central area of the port cities (easy walking distance).