Viking Orion Review
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A quick intro. This was our first time on Viking Ocean, my previous cruise experience was western Med on Regent Mariner. Traveled with my mom, who has a lot of cruise experience on a variety of lines. Mom picked the cruise, I was the lucky travel companion.
Cruise departed from Rome and traveled to Barcelona. This itinerary has the ship traveling in the evening/at night. We were lucky to be on the 2nd cruise on Orion, which is new and beautiful.
Embarkation - we arrived the day before and stayed at the Hilton at the airport. Our TA arranged for us to meet the Viking transport at the airport for our transfer to the ship. We were a bit nervous about this, since most people were coming directly from a flight and we were afraid we might miss the group. Turned out we should not have worried, when we arrived at the airport we immediately found a crowd of travelers wearing the red Viking stickers and made our way to the buses. There was no crowd in the terminal, we were able to process within a few minutes after waiting in a very short line, and then quickly went aboard.
Cabin Review
The cabin is quiet, no outside noise. Beds, end tables, a couch, coffee table, end table and a chair. Desk features a vanity mirror. It is NOT a magnifying mirror, and there is no magnifying mirror in the bathroom either. Plenty of drawer space for two people. Ask your steward for additional hangers. The bathroom has a heated floor and no fog mirror.
There were an abundance of pillows in the room. There was a coffee maker, but it had not been installed yet. Large window and a normal door to access the veranda. Table and two chairs on the veranda.