We took the Moscow-St. Petersburg river cruise (2013) and loved it despite a serious weather event. Then we were on the maiden voyage of the Sea from Istanbul-Venice 2016--unrest in Istanbul caused a schedule change, but we had flown into Istanbul a couple of days early, so we got to see the city.
We excitedly signed up for the Southern Mediterranean Discovery (March 1-8, plus 2 days in ...
We had been looking for a cruise that either began or ended in Barcelona and the fact that this cruise had a unique itinerary that included Tunis & Algiers drew us to select it. We'd also traveled on a Viking River Cruise and enjoyed it very much. However, the cruise was disappointing. Tunis was canceled two weeks before departure due to political unrest and Naples was substituted but bad ...
Dear Traveler#01,
Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences aboard Viking Star with the cruising community! We are delighted to hear that you found our staff and interior...
We were very excited to be trying Viking Ocean for the first time, and there were many things that we liked about the VO Star. The ship itself is beautiful. Staff and crew were generally friendly and helpful, and the cuisine was good. The included excursions were very basic, often times just bus excursions.
However, there is one very big disappointment which is a deal-breaker for us ...
We chose Viking due to high ratings on major sites. However, we had quite a surprise. Just completed 15-day Mediterranean cruise on Viking Star, Rome/Rome, Dec. 21 – Jan. 4. This was our first Viking experience, and while the ship was attractive and comfortable, one very troubling issue arose. Our cabin 6087 was a category Penthouse Veranda, spacious, well laid out, and expensive.
Early ...
Although we are not fans of large ship ocean cruises, we signed up for the Viking Southern Mediterranean Cruise in December, 2017 primarily because it went to Tunisia and Algeria. I doubt that there were more than 400 on our ship although it can accommodate 900 with 400 plus crew. It is still a large and tall ship. We signed up for an optional trip to Ancient Ostia rather than any tours in Rome ...
Dear Bethkorcula,
Thank you for taking a moment to voice your concerns; we appreciate the opportunity to discuss your comments in detail. While we understand your frustration with skipping a...
Chose cruise because of the itinerary (Places we had never been or seen). 2 of the 6 ports of call were cancelled. Viking said it was because of weather, but one of the stops was cancelled 5 minutes before everyone was to gather in lounge for departure. They filled that time that entire day with bingo, trivia and other non-planned and non-interesting activities. Since we NEVER book trips with ...
We chose this cruise for the itinerary and wanted to try out the new Viking Ocean cruises. We have cruised with other luxury lines many times. Our disappointment with this cruise lies pretty much with having 2 ports of call cancelled while cruising. These were two ports that we very much wanted to experience--Trapani, Sicily and Algiers, Algeria. Captain cancelled both ports just prior to ...
Dear joepeggy,
While we’re delighted to learn that you found several aspects of your experience with us to be excellent, including the service, quality of the shows and shore excursion...
We chose this cruise because of the unusual itinerary. Unfortunately, we missed two stops because of weather. Sadly, the Viking river cruise emphasis on learning was missing on this ocean cruise. We had a "resident historian" that was virtually an insulting joke. He lectured on the Battle of Hastings and the Bayeau Tapestry while we were in Tunis! Never addressed our itinerary in any lecture! The ...
We signed up for a 2 week cruise called Mediterranean Explorations. Later in the cruise we discovered it had been sold as 2 separate cruises with different names and after our 1st week, most of the passengers disembarked and an entire new set of passengers came on board. That was very disappointing because it was impossible to get to know anyone. We rarely saw the same people twice and each of our ...
Dear Photogal2,
While we are disappointed to hear that your cruise fell below expectation, we would like to seize this opportunity to address your concerns with your most recent Viking...
This was a good cruise but I honestly do not understand why they get such fantastic reviews.
Let me first start by saying Viking ships are new and beautiful, with adequetly sized rooms.
The food was quite good, at the Dining room and buffet.
It is my opinion that the free speicalty restaurants are trying too hard to too compete with other cruise lines. Their interpretation of standard ...
Dear joang,
Considering the many ways that this cruise was enjoyable for you, including the food and itinerary, we deeply regret the disappointment and confusion surrounding your onboard...
Sail Date: November 2017
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