The cruise itself was first class, just as we expected. We were, however, disappointed to find the flight to Frankfurt was changed from the original one and that the KLM flights took all day to finally arrive. As a result we missed anything to do with Frankfurt. Others from our home airport had much better flights and we had booked as soon as the cruise was announced. We were also disappointed that the newly designed cabins on the Eistla are much smaller than those on the previous generation of boats. You could not readily spend time in your cabin. Finally, the mooring in Amsterdam was very disappointing, too far out and the shuttle bus service was too widely spaced for a relaxed visit to the town centre. The food on board was excellent but the German Night was, for us, unsuccessful. Much more guidance was needed on how to negotiate the unfamiliar food items on the buffet. The crew was the friendliest and most helpful of any cruise we have been on, river or ocean alike. The atmosphere was, therefore, conducive to a very good holiday. On the whole there were many more pluses than minuses and we would certainly be happy to sail with Viking again but we would certainly be more vigilant about the flights booked for us.