My wife and I took the Paris to Normandy cruise May 18, 2014 on the Viking Spirit. I will try to add information that I didn’t see in other reviews. I can reiterate that it is a great vacation, the crew is very customer focused, and we thoroughly enjoyed the trip.
- We used frequent flyer miles to get to Paris, so we took a cab from the airport to the boat. You can buy a transfer from Viking, but they talked me out of it based on cost. We later found out that it is not much more expensive than the cab. The taxi cab driver had difficulty finding the boat, despite my providing the Viking supplied map of it’s location. I was calling the boat to get better information on it’s location when we came across it as we drove north from Pont de Grenelle along Port de Grenelle. There are many boats docked in this area and the Viking sign was partially blocked by a structure. Fare was 62 Euros from CDG for the two of us with 4 bags.
- The crew tries to get you in to your room before the official 3PM check in time. We got in by 1PM and sat in the lounge until then. They turn around the boat from the previous cruise in a few hours, since everyone from the previous trip has to be out by 9AM. We found the room cleaning staff very responsive, and they came in a second time each day and made the bed if required.