River cruise companies say drought problems in Europe are starting to ease. Rain in the forecast will help too

”Hopefully, we will have some good years ahead of us again,” he said. “The past several years went extremely well and 2017 was a very unusual perfect season with zero high- or low-water days. Normally, we see every year some critical cruising days, but 2017 was perfect. It is hard to tell what the future will bring.”