Our first ocean cruise

Only supposed to be 1 night at sea but due to weather we had 2 consecutive days and could not go outside. Ship could not visit Gdańsk.

Been with Viking river cruises before And delighted with professionalism of the staff.

Visited places we wanted Togo

Outstanding staff and food with a variety of restaurants to choose from. Our favourite was the world cafe. No rigid seating in any restaurant and plenty of tables for two.the drinks flowed at dinner and lunch too.

Beautiful floating palaces.

The evening entertainment was of a high standard and varied.matthew singing during the evening in the explorer lounge was excellent too.

The enhancement programme was rather high brow for our tastes, however. Excursions were well arranged with no queuing to get on and off. Included excursions were orientation tours of each city. There was a large variety of additional excursions but we considered these expensive and only did ones in St Petersburg.

Viking is an outstanding company but you do need to be aware that customers are predominantly Americans.

Excellent use of space. Large screen tv, king sized bed and amazing housekeeping staff