We chose this cruise primarily for itinerary which included Cuba and some ports my husband and I had not visited before. We had previously taken a Panama Canal cruise prior to the opening of the new section. Ship and onboard experience was excellent. But ports of call experience was below our expectations. At several locations it appeared we were assigned docking locations that were less than prime which made it very difficult to explore shops or sites on foot just off the dock. We are used to taking a tour in every port, but then also being able to explore on our own near the ship if time allowed. In most of our ports we were not able to do this "right off the ship shopping/exploration" so our port experience was basically limited to the tours. Jamaica was substituted as a port after our Cuba port was changed from Havana to Cienfuegos. We loved Cienfuegos and Cuba but Jamaica was the worst port experience we have had on any cruise. We did take a tour, but our time would have been better spent if we had simply stayed on board in Jamaica.

This was our first experience with Viking.

Embarkation was the best we have EVER had!