We chose this itinerary because our previous Viking Danube River cruise was fantastic. This one a bit of a disappointment. The service and food were excellent. We really enjoyed our veranda cabin, too. Our biggest disappointment were the included excursions. It seemed like Viking would take us on a short tour and then drop us off for hours of shopping. The excursions we paid for were much better. Our biggest negative was the post cruise trip to Lucerne. I could go into many details on how expensive and awful this was, but sum it up by saying Lucerne was beautiful but don’t take the 11 hour tour of the area. We were also concerned about the laxness of the boats security in several ports. Several times when we were in port there didn’t appear to be anyone monitoring the exit and entrance to the boat. Overall, we’re currently “turned off” on a river cruise.