Viking Freya Review

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Maiden voyage of the Viking Freya

Review for Europe River Cruise on Viking Freya
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jam48
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Apr 2012

On May 6th, my wife I recently completed a "Tulips and Windmills" cruise on what turned out to be the maiden voyage of the Viking Freya, one of Viking's brand new class of "Longships". We are fairly seasoned travelers. This was our fourth river cruise. (The others include the Rhine with Viking and the lower Danube with Uniworld, as well as the Amazon and the Columbia.) We've also taken numerous other cruises with Windstar, Paul Gauguin, Hurtigruten, Carnival and others, and we plan to take many more cruises in the future. We have a good idea of what we like and what is reasonable to expect on a cruise.

THE CABINS

Overall, our cabin was very nice. Among the things we liked were the heated bathroom floor, the big flat-screen TV, the safe and ample storage. I wish the weather was better so that we could have enjoyed the veranda, but there's nothing Viking could do about that. The shower is the best I've had on a cruise ship, and the towels are big and fluffy. I also really like the king-size sheets and duvets. Our biggest complaint about the cabin - and this is HUGE - is the damned glass bath/shower wall. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING???? Being able to transform the wall from clear to frosted (and back again) is certainly high tech and glitzy, but it significantly degraded our cruise experience. Why? Because there is no way to make the wall opaque, so whenever the bathroom light is turned on at night, the entire cabin is illuminated, thereby disturbing whoever is still in bed trying to sleep. This one single feature will prevent me from ever considering cruising on a Viking ship which is so equipped.

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Overall, our cabin was very nice. Among the things we liked were the heated bathroom floor, the big flat-screen TV, the safe and ample storage. I wish the weather was better so that we could have enjoyed the veranda, but there's nothing Viking could do about that. The shower is the best I've had on a cruise ship, and the towels are big and fluffy. I also really like the king-size sheets and duvets. Our biggest complaint about the cabin - and this is HUGE - is the damned glass bath/shower wall. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING???? Being able to transform the wall from clear to frosted (and back again) is certainly high tech and glitzy, but it significantly degraded our cruise experience. Why? Because there is no way to make the wall opaque, so whenever the bathroom light is turned on at night, the entire cabin is illuminated, thereby disturbing whoever is still in bed trying to sleep. This one single feature will prevent me from ever considering cruising on a Viking ship which is so equipped.

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