Looking for recomendation for European river cruise

My parents just did Viking Berlin/Prague, they enjoyed it. Not sure how old you are, but they said its all old folks. They said there was one young couple(in their 40s) on the boat.

The Danube cruise is nice.

My parents just got back from the Danube cruise.
The only issue they had was the water level in the river prevented the ship from being able to cruise the whole itinerary. They had to bus them from where they arrived to where the river was high enough to cruise out of and the cruise part ended early due to that.

They had planned it a year in advance so not much you can do but they still had a good time.

Consider myself in the old crowd. 55-60.

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Consider myself in the old crowd. 55-60.

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You might still be a young one. My parents are in their upper 70s and they said they were even the younger of the old folks. But again they really enjoyed it. Excursions were great for them. Although several people in the group got pick pocketed or robbed in Prague.

we did viking Soane River cruise. Fantastic food and wine. Average age on barge was 70. A few people brought bikes and met the barge at next port that night. Ama is decent too. In particular, regarding the food, we would see the chef at the local markets buying fresh provisions every day.

5 years ago I did multi-generational trip my wife (early 50's) parents, in-laws (mid to late 70's), and kids (17 & 19) on Viking over Christmas week. Romantic Danube, but reverse from Nole Man. Spent a couple days before departure in Budapest and then 3 days after in Prague for New Years.

It was a great trip. There are only 198 guests. Crew was amazing. Everyone knows your name. Minimal packing/unpacking. Good food, great beer/wine/cocktails. Wake up in a new town everyday. Some smaller places that I probably would have never gone to otherwise, but each interesting. Fun guides, good tours. We didn't have any issues with water levels. Going through the locks is really cool, especially if you are into engineering.

My 17 yo was the youngest, but several other similar families were on board. There was probably about a dozen under 24 year olds that hung out late in the piano bar every night. That may have been due to it being a holiday. On our trip, it skewed older however, it was definitely a mix of ages, except for young kids.

My kids enjoyed it and continue to talk about it. Traveling overnight while sleeping saves so much time that you would otherwise lose. The one disadvantage is not experiencing local restaurants for dinner. The advantage was that with a group of eight, there was no argument over where to go.

I would recommend Viking and have heard good thing about AMA as well.

AMA is Avalon? or someone else.

My wife and I did the Viking Rhine cruise from Basel to Amsterdam a couple of years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. We were in our late 50’s and definitely on the younger end of the age spectrum though. We made some good friends on that trip that we still visit with.

If you book a Viking cruise be prepared to get a brochure in the mail every day for the rest of your life.