Well another day on this trip from hell. We are spending most days on board a bus as Viking says they can not navigate the River as it is two low. We paid for a balcony with a wonderful view and yet what we have is a AWESOME VIEW... of the Viking ship next to us. If we leave our curtains open then we will be giving our new (unwanted) neighbors a porn show. The sad sad part of this is that VIKING KNEW this was going to happen. They knew for months in advance and gave people no chance to avoid going on trip and waiting for one that was an actual river cruise and not a "floating hotel". I know as a called a few weeks before the cruise began and was told at that point everything look perfect for a great cruise... And yet VIKING ALREADY KNEW this was not going to be the case. BUT GREAT NEWS was given last night. The captain is being so good to us that today we will take a 1 hour river cruise (before going back to dock) so we can experience what we should have had from day one. And people actually clapped at this wonderful news. Go figure.
Anyway just waiting for the day my wife and I can get off this boat and go home.
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