Met my husband 9 years ago and we have been married for 7 years now.  When I met my husband, he had never been on a cruise before.  I had been on large ships and was not crazy about my experience on a large ship.   We watched a lot of PBS shows and especially during Downton Abbey we would see Viking advertisements.  The ads were appealing to us and our tastes - or so we thought.   We were excited to do our first cruise and it was an Ocean cruise.  Our second was River.  We ha