Viking Sea Review
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We took a Viking Quiet Med cruise at the beginning of 2017. I loved the spare and soothing decor on the Viking Sea and knew if I could convince my husband to visit the Norwegian Fjords, I would want to do it on a ship like this. It was all I could hope and more-husband enjoyed what he thought would just be a boring scenery cruise enough to book another cruise on board.
Two things to think about for the Midnight Sun itinerary-we took the last cruise of the season and although there was a party for it, there is no longer midnight sun there by the last week of July. Book earlier in the month if you must see it (we have before). Weather however was better than some of the earlier cruises. Do not take the tubes to Greenwich in the summer if you embark there. It was hot, hot, hot taking away from it being faster and less expensive than some car services during the morning rush hour.
From the exit of the Cutty Sark tube station to the embarkation tent, the way was very well marked. We checked in ( 5 minutes!) and left our luggage to go touring. I do not know if others who were arriving could go to the ship or not at 10 am. London and Greenwich were hot but still enjoyable. We had a DV cabin this time though we had a V before and think V is good enough since all cabins have a veranda-sadly many are on to this. The DV was on 6 aft which is very convenient to World Cafe, pool, Mamsens and Explorer Lounge. Before we were on 3 forward which was convenient to the theater and espresso bar. That would have been nice for this cruise which was full and everybody attended the nightly shows.
Cabin Review
Deluxe Veranda Stateroom
Enough room for us-relatively close to laundry room, right downstairs from World Cafe and other 7th floor venues. This port side got a wonderful bagpipe concert at Kirkwall as we were departing.
Port Reviews
Geiranger
We walked up a trail to a viewing point above a waterfall with a great view down to the harbor and museum. Later we took a city bus to Mount Dalsnibba. The view was clouded by the time we got there but we had great views and narration and some other stops on the way up and back. Geiranger is the most scenic place on this itinerary.
Kirkwall
Included tour was okay. In the morning, we walked to the distillery at the edge of town (long walk but doable) and took a tour which was great. We booked ahead online but some people just walked in at the first tour time. Even the deluxe tour with more pours did not leave us too happy to get back to the ship for the afternoon included tour.
Molde
Our included tour was okay but the city bus tour we took first to see the Atlantic Road was even better. The Atlantic Road itself is very short though interesting but the ride there (about an hour) was very scenic and nothing was clouded over yet. The bus driver gave information along the way.