Viking Helvetia Review
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An Unfortunate Journey
As a retired advertising executive from the creative side and an agency principal, I have long been impressed with Viking's marketing. The branding is clean and well-targeted.
In retirement, my wife and I have done a lot of cruising --- fourteen trips so far and counting. Two of our favorite cruises have been with Viking. I'm sure that our Christmas Market journey down the Rhine on the Helvetia from Basel, Switzerland to Amsterdam this past December would have been equally enjoyable. There was snow, shopping, and hot mulled wine. What could be more festive than that?
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Standard Stateroom
Past Viking Cruises have been outstanding. On this voyage, I was in our cabin most of the journey with my illness. So, it is hard hard me to rate enrichment, dining, entertainment, service, shore excursions, etc.Cabin 119 on the Helvetia was fine. The bed was comfortable. Given my condition the head was near. That was a plus. The neatest thing was that at one port we had swans looking in our porthole. We have great photos of them.