My husband and I were on Viking Sky’s December 17th 8-day cruise from Miami to Key West, Belize, Cozumel, Merida and back to Miami. We’ve been on Viking’s river cruises before, but never on their ocean cruise. Sky is Viking’s 3rd ocean liner, launched on February 2017. Typical of Viking’s stellar customer service, we received our personalized itinerary and luggage tags before we left home.

We booked directly with Viking for their Penthouse Veranda stateroom. One week before the sailing, Viking emailed me with an offer for upgrade to their Junior Penthouse Suite for a nominal fee. For a moment, I hesitated because I already loved our choice of the stateroom on the 6th deck. In the end, however, I agreed – and have never looked back! WOW… did I make the right choice! The Junior Penthouse Suite was AMAZING! I don’t know how we are ever going back to regular staterooms now. The room was big and comfortable and with dream bathroom! My husband and I agreed that we could happily spend half an year in this room and go on a world cruise. Time to start saving!

EMBARKATION: Viking had a promo for free air from US. They arranged our r/t flights from NY to Miami, including transfer to the port. There was a tiny glitch when we arrived at the Miami port. There was no one directing the passengers on where to go for check-in. Luckily someone from the port pointed us to another building. It was bit disorganized but not a big deal. We still got onboard at noon. Our room 8005 was already available and our wonderful room steward, Ryan, introduced himself and showed us around. It was a GREAT way to start our vacation! After the mandatory fire drill, we were off! Read more