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If you & your family are adventurous; look at Uncruise.  The accommodations aren’t fancy but activities, food, guides, & itineraries are wonderful!  Like summer camp at sea.

Thank you laverendrye, hostjazzbau & notamermaid for the information.  The European waterways map is great, Notamermaid. I filed it away for future reference.

My husband & I are going on the Danube with the Oberammergau play addition; so I do not want to repeat the Danube.  The Christmas market cruise is with a girlfriend so I will look closer at the Rhine Cruise. 

5 minutes ago, laverendrye said:

I'm familiar with the area, having visited Belgium and the Netherlands many times over the years both for business and pleasure, including in the winter.

 

Essentially, the cruise will be on the Scheldt, Maas and Lek rivers along with various connecting canals.

 

Personally, I wouldn't choose a cruise there at that time of year as it is likely to be mostly cold and wet.  It will also be dark with less than 8 hours daylight  because of the latitude (Amsterdam is further north than Calgary, Canada).

 

The time to take a cruise on the rivers and canals of the Netherlands and Belgium is April when the tulips, daffodils, and other spring flowers are in bloom.

 

 

Would a Christmas Market Cruise on the Rhine be any different weather/daylight hours?  

Tauck has added a new Christmas cruise from Brussels to Amsterdam or reverse.  Is anyone familiar with the area and what river/rivers would it travel?

Glad I came across this thread....we are on Viking Homelands Cruise 8/25/2019.  Great information!

After boarding can one buy a single silver spirits if one in the cabin does not drink alcohol or is the both in cabin must buy a bottom line rule?