We've sailed with Viking before, enjoying the impeccable ships, food and service. As active adults, we're "thinkers not drinkers" and enjoy the educational and cultural opportunities on such a cruise. We also cruise on the "big ships" with different expectations of accommodations and other passengers. Viking Star's opportunities abounded, when we read the literature - the beauties of the ...
This cruise was marketed as something special (and priced accordingly)- it wasn't!
It is a nice ship, lots of common space per passenger. Great pool and winter garden area.
State rooms were good size but did not have adequate storage and much of the space was wasted.
Live TV did not work 10 of the 14 days.
Internet service was free, which was what it was worth.
Food in main dining ...
Great ship, great food. Crew members were great also. Pools were enjoyed whenever we could except the rusty tile that was in the pool. spa was nice except when the steam room went out for 4 days. hot tubs were not quite hot enough for my liking.
beautiful countries but not even enough time to enjoy them. two days in St Petersburg Russia but you needed a visa to go on your own. so that ...
To begin with, we had a hard time booking the tours we wished to take. I can't believe complimentary tours could be "sold out"! Viking booked us on a flight from Chicago to JFK. What a disaster! No one knew where Norwegian Air was located for us to check in. It took our travel agent several months to finally get us seat assignments which we paid extra for. After lugging all our luggage from ...