The organisation and staff on the Viking cruises are very good. The only thing that mars it a bit is the food, good quality but a bit boring and really not much choice. Salmon was a little overdone on the evenings(said by quite a few people) chicken had very little sauce, so mainly plain food but perhaps this is what the American palette likes and the client was mainly American. Just not so suitable for an "English foodie". We have done two river cruises with Viking now, the second one you had to pay compulsory considerable tips ( a change from the first time we went) we will be trying another cruise line to see if the food is better next time. I don't normally do reviews but this is now the fourth time I have been asked to do it by Viking so a warts and all review, Nicola