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Best Cruise Ever!

Saint-Tropez

The ports-of-call were perfect.  Monaco was a highlight as was Barcelona and the Montserrat Abbey.  We are so happy there was a late cancellation, and we were able to grab an awesome itinerary.  As always, Viking delivers.  The suite was wonderful.  Breakfasts at World Cafe are always better than any other cruise line.  Excursions are the best.

Monaco and Sète in particular were over the top.  And Barcelona was way better than expected.  We did a Montserrat & Abbey excursion with Viking.  Strongly recommend.  We stayed in Barcelona on our own for 5 days, and Viking Air still made sure our return to the states went without a hitch.

Jupiter is a great ship, as are all of their ocean liners.  We latched on to the trip too late to get the best dining options, but 'The Restaurant' is still our favorite.  Consider splurging for 'Silver Spirits'.  The options at cocktail hour are worth it.

Wonderful Western Mediterranean Cruise!

First off, the the cruise was perfect - the cabins, the service, the food, the amenities.  The ports were generally nice - to take pictures of from the ship!  But if you have trouble walking, forget it!  For a cruise line that supposedly caters to the older crowd, there is NO accommodation for the even moderately impaired.  Even when a shuttle bus was offered to get into town, it was pitiful watching the elder ones struggle to get on.  At some ports, it was pushing a mile walk just to get a bus.  Virtually ALL excursions offered were "walking tours".  We did manage to find a couple of rolling sight seeing tours on our own.

And Venice - what a disaster!  Advertised as 3 day layover in Venice.  Actuality was 3 days sitting in a smelly industrial port 100 miles away.  We took a 3 1/2 hour bus and ferry ride to get there, only to spend 2 1/2 hours before we had to return the same way.  Total waste of time.  The people just getting on at this port were annoyed - the people already on were royally pissed.  Not just us - all of us!

Bottom line - if you want a beautiful cruise with good service, food and scenery, take this.  If you want to get off and explore, don't, unless you are the spry fit sort.

Bottom line:  Viking - take a cue from airports and offer some sort of cart service at ports!

Very nice cruise. But that's all!

Halifax

What we liked:  Everything Viking did was great!  The ship was modern, spotless, right-sized....just an overall wonderful ship.  The staff and crew were very friendly and always willing to help.  We always found something good to eat and gained the customary poundage.  The destinations were fabulous on this itinerary.

What we didn't like as much:  Sea days were somewhat boring.  Yes, we could have played cards, attended a seminar, put together a puzzle, or drank all day, but that's not what we enjoy.  We are active in our mid-50s and want to see and experience things.  This is not a knock on Viking AT ALL.  We knew there would be three sea days but felt the destinations would be worth it anyway.  Also, landing at a port is a drawback.  Getting bussed everywhere wasn't as nice as a river cruise where you step off the boat and you are at your destination, or very close to it.  Again, this is NOT a knock on Viking....it is just why we prefer rivers over oceans.

In the end, we were very happy that we took this trip.  We will probably exhaust river destinations before we go on another ocean cruise.  Who knows, maybe we'll enjoy ocean cruising when we get a little older.

Great cruise, but we tend to prefer rivers over oceans

We booked the cruise a little over a month before we sailed.  It was the best thing we ever did.. My wife contacted a travel agent and they managed everything.  The ship was great. Clean, well built and well laid out. Everything was spotless.  It was easy to find your way and find what you wanted.  The cabin was also spotless.  It was a joy to stay there. The cabin steward was very proficient, kind and friendly. Learned our names the first day and serviced the cabin flawlessly. We took one Paid excursion. All the other excursions were put together by Viking. All excursion were very well managed. There was staff everywhere to point out where to go and what to do. The tour guides were knowledgeable and professional. Everywhere we went they knew the history and all of the high points as well as some quirky things. The food on the ship was GREAT… we ate in the Restaurant, the World Cafe and the Italian Restaurant.  All were well managed, the food was well prepared and presented. It was all good. From the coffee to the desert - everything was excellent.  The flight to catch the ship and go home were both handled by Viking and like everything else was professional. And well thought out. I did not want to go home at the end.  That is how good the trip was.

First time Viking passenger

For celebrating our 50 th anniversary we chose Viking for it’s high ratings and ideal itinerary. 

Pros- 

Ship is beautiful. 

Embarkation was easy and well organized.

Bathroom storage is very good and heated floors with nightlights was great.

Food quality was very good.

Cabin stewards were excellent.

Cons- 

Guest services- Literally, never gave us the right answer to any question and caused us to miss many of the included tours we signed up for. Told us , incorrectly, that there were no bathroom breaks.

The Restaurant- process to get a table is chaotic and low class. Waiting room jammed with people, head waiter yelling out stateroom numbers, people having to push their way thru crowds to get to the front. Awful.

Itinerary- Edinburgh cancelled because another ship was stranded at our dock. No solid back up plan and we ended up with another sea day. Dublin was cancelled because of high seas. Again no viable back up plan so we sat anchored off Dublin all day. So, 2 wasted days.

Health- The ship was full of people coughing and you could hear it at night. We fell victim too and went to infirmary. My husband got a false negative covid test result ( we checked in our room the following day). I went and got a positive test. I was told” if you have the test and it’s positive you’ll have to isolate”. I couldn’t help but wonder how many sick people declined so they could continue their travel?

Big Disappointment

This was our third viking cruise, (the first two were euro rivers,) and second ocean cruise ever. 

I appreciate everything Viking does and tries to be. A quieter, more intimate experience with cultural enrichment and classical entertainment. The loud, roudy ocean liners with casinos, kiddos, and cigarette smoke are so not our scene. 

Viking ocean cruises are a better compromise for those who don't particularly like ocean cruises. You feel more like an individual, less like tourism chattle. 

That said, I look forward much more to future river cruises with Viking than another ocean cruise. 

On the ocean ship, competition between passengers to book excursions and dining reservations was surprising. It means that most people don't get to do any thing at a reasonable time because the more seasoned passengers tend to book things full, quite literally immediately.

Some people may be used to it, but personally I prefer the flexibility of a small boat and shorter passenger list.

Also, with more and more towns pushing back against ocean cruise ships, I definitely prefer the excursions and group sizes on the river boats. 

Honestly, I'm glad we went with Viking and visited where we were able, but I wouldn't do an ocean cruise again, myself.

The variety of dining kind of let me down, but I'm picky. Most things were pretty great on board. Our room attendants with Viking have always been incredibly hardworking and lovely people.

Ocean cruise for ppl who don't like ocean cruises 

After 25 cruises, we thought we'd try Viking due to excellent reviews. We were underwhelmed. Firstly, two important ports were canceled (Edinburgh- another ship unexpectedly remained in the berth reserved for our ship) and Dublin due to poor weather. We received no compensation for port duties and missed excursions; we were offered $500 credit towards a future cruise. The service in the dining room was poor. Orders were mixed up; not sent electonically to the kitchen; we waited 1 & 1/2 hours for our order, while others came, ate and left; food was cold. We resorted to eating in the cafeteria where orders were  shouted loudly, disturbing the ambiance. Instead of visitng Ediburgh, we sailed all day past green fields and sheep. The Metropolitan Opera was from 2006. The other entertainment was very good, however, we miss the big shows. Many passengers were coughing, and we too got sick. Overall, disappointing.

Disappointing

Rarotonga

We booked the Iceland and Norway cruise in 2020, but were unable to go.  We finally made it in 2022.  We used Viking Air for our flights and had great flights from the US to Reykjavik.  We arrived early in the morning so Viking picked us up and took us to a conference hall for breakfast and to wait until we could board our ship.  Once on the ship, all the staff were friendly and willing to help.  They gave us champagne while we waited in the lounge for our rooms to be ready.  The room, a deluxe balcony, was perfect.  Plenty of room to unpack and store suitcases.  We brought the magnetic hooks for the walls to hang our jackets.  The bathroom is really nice.  Not only do you have heated floors but the shower was large enough to  move around. 

The food on the ship was wonderful.   We ate in all the venues and loved just about everything.  I highly recommend the steak at Manfredi.  Even enjoyed high tea on one of the sea days.  

The Iceland-Norway cruises takes you to beautiful small towns along the coast.  We enjoyed the included tours as well as the scenic sailing.  We were not able to stop at the Faroe Islands but Viking added another port in Norway along with a free tram ride to the mountain top.  

Our flight home was a little hectic.  SAS was late on one leg of the trip so we missed our connecting flight in Copenhagen.  No problem for us.  SAS put us up in a hotel and we spent the day walking around Copenhagen.  We got on the flight the next day.  

I highly recommend Viking. My favorite part is that there is no nickel and dime for everything.

Beautiful Cruise

We chose this cruise because of the ports they visited and the pre-cruise extension. The pre-cruise extension had 2 nights in Oslo and 2 additional nights in Bergen. In both locations the hotels Viking booked us in were excellent. We loved their central locations where we could walk to everything or have easy access to transportation. The train ride from Oslo to Bergen was beautiful. The fjords in both Norway and Iceland we visited were gorgeous. The biggest disappointment on this cruise was the cost of the shore excursions. Each port had an excursion that was included. We would rate 50% of the included tours below average. The food on the ship was excellent and we liked the number of restaurants and food options we were given. This cruise definitely attracts an older crowd, so if you want a lot of night life this may not be a cruise for you. The lecturers they had on board were very good. This ship even had a planetarium on board with an excellent astronomer, Howard Parkin. The wait staff and housekeeping staff on this ship was excellent and went above and beyond everyday. Guest services could have been better informed about the excursions and other questions we had about the ports. The biggest reason I didn't give this cruise 5 stars was the cost of the shore excursions and the included excursions being just OK.

Norway and Iceland with Viking Ocean Cruises

I'd sailed on a Viking river cruise several years ago and was impressed with the quality of the Viking experience.  The ocean ship, Jupiter, did not disappoint!  The ship is beautiful and kept spotlessly clean.  The staff is very attentive and friendly, all the way from the room stewards to the dining room servers to the bartenders and executive staff.  The facilities on board are truly impressive, especially the gorgeous spa area, the two pools, and all the comfortable seating areas with stunning views. We enjoyed our lovely stateroom with a balcony that was well attended by our dedicated room steward. 

The dining service was very impressive - gourmet menus every day with a variety of selections beautifully served. It was also nice to have the casual dining option available for breakfast and lunch with lots of fresh and healthy offerings.

The excursions that were included were very nice and well managed by the ship's staff as well as the on-shore local providers.  The bar package was well worth the additional cost and offered a wide variety of wines (including a free wine tasting event) as well as spirits served by well trained and friendly bartenders.  

Viking gets high ratings in all categories!

Beautiful ship and Amazing Scenery

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