Viking Sea Review

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bonmarche
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Dec 2017

The cruise went to places in the Amazon that I didn’t even know existed.

The ship is well maintained and quiet. Our cabin was comfortable. They could do away with the hidden makeup mirror and put a magnifying mirror in the bathroom. Not much room to put things. There are only 3 drawers in the cabin and one shelf.

Dining was hit and miss. All of the food choices had strange names like “ Conchiglie Alla Boscaiola”. What?? Why not just say “Shell Pasta” with mushrooms, tomato’s, green peas, and ricotta? Anyway, it was mostly good tasting. The portions were small for a main course. I got 4 ravioli in my fancy named Ravioli in Lemon Sauce dish. It was wonderful, but I could have eaten more. In fact we went up to the buffet and got another one afterwards. They probably would have brought another one for me in the dining room, but we didn’t want to wait. The buffet usually had the same things as the restaurant. Except, when the menu said Lobster in the restaurant, the buffet would have “Lobster Vol Au Vent” which meant some chunks of lobster in a puff pastry with sauce. So not the exact same thing. The speciality restaurants were excellent.

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Santarem

It’s a great place for a river guide. Shopping? No. Sight seeing in the forest and on the river? Yes!

St. Thomas

If you’ve never been here, take a tour to see the island. Beautiful beaches. Last time we were here, there was a lot of dead seaweed floating near the beach. In some places it was a few niches deep and went on for 10 feet or more out to sea. In other beaches there was no seaweed at all.

Great shopping experiences to be found downtown, but do your research first. Many shops are selling last years models. Prices are different between shops and it’s hard to keep track. If you’ve been to other islands, you’ll see St. Thomas as just another beautiful one. Although since we haven’t stopped there yet on this cruise, it may be completely different. Also hurricane Irma went through there, so I’m not expecting it to be perfect.

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