Sailed the Rhine on a family-friendly river cruise and my kids loved it

On A-Rosa Sena, a mainly German-language Rhine cruise with 312 passengers (about 60 English speakers), the cruise operator leaned into family travel in a way few river brands offer. The writer brought two daughters, 11 and 13, to Cologne for a week-long trip along the Rhine. A-Rosa Sena, offered since 2002, has 12 family rooms with a queen bed and bunk beds, plus a separate toilet, and the ship includes a kids club for younger children with a small rock climbing wall and slides. For older kids, the pool deck stood out: a relatively large pool for a river vessel, hammocks for downtime, and enough space to avoid sunbed rushes.