San Juan to South America Cruise Reviews

We are experienced cruisers in our early 70s yet on this cruise we felt positively young. Although we enjoyed the company of many passengers, the feeling we got was that we were sailing in a WASP old people’s home. Embarkation with flights arranged by Viking has us arrive on the ship at 11 pm. We had to find our our way to our rooms, not shown any features of the room and felt very not ...

My husband and I wanted to see the Amazon and believed that this Viking cruise would provide us with that opportunity. We booked late last fall and as we only had a choice of four cabins, we ended up selecting a DV5 category cabin on Deck 4. Upon embarkation, we would quickly discovered that this was the smallest balcony cabin we’ve ever been assigned, not only in terms of square footage, but ...

We chose this cruise because we thought it would be an upgrade from Princess and Celebrity. Over 25 cruises on 10 different lines. This had the worst mattress and the best bathroom. Your included excursion is picked by viking. Your choice is to go on what Viking wants you to go on or pay for any of the other excursions. The entertainment was not up to the complicated entertainment you ...

Based on all the rave reviews, I wanted to try Viking. Itinerary to Amazon was better than just the Caribbean. I like small ships and all-inclusive concept so it looked good. What I liked: Ship was very nice with Scandinavian design. Cabin was pretty standard except for the bathroom which was top notch. Stewardess and Steward excellent. Fitness center and walking/jogging track excellent. ...

The Viking Sea is a lovely looking ship: nice décor, super clean and very friendly staff but the ship itself doesn't sail very smoothly and our cabin in the very aft vibrated & shock night after night. We chose the Amazon as we have never been there and wanted to see the nature and wildlife that live there and experience the might of the river. Sadly no included tours showed us any wildlife and ...

We choose this cruise because we loved our Viking river cruise on the Danube the previous year and also because I've always wanted to explore the Amazon river and rain forest since I was young. We have sailed on RCL 4 time and Princess once. This was our fist Viking ocean cruise and more than likely our last. The staff on board was excellent. Every single member of the crew was friendly and ...

Have been on eight Viking cruises. Five river and three ocean but we prefer the river cruises. However, Viking has raised the prices to the point where we are doing other types of travel. Someday we hope to get back to Viking river cruises. Did not particularly care for Columbia. Since we had already visited half of the ports this cruise was probably a waste of our time and money. Would be ...

I had good friends who have traveled with Viking river cruises and spoke highly of them. They booked this and I tagged along. Apparently all the ships have the same configuration so once you know your way around, you can navigate all of them easily. All light wood and stainless trim make for a bright, clean look. The big problem for me was the food and service. Not up to the standard I am used ...

We booked this cruise to experience Viking Ocean for the first time. We took 7 very nice Viking River cruises since 2007 and heard many good things of their ocean fleet. We booked early (08/16). Having been to Brazil in 2003, I knew to ask about a visa. Brazil visas are a pain to apply for and expensive. Viking informed us that they were obtaining a "blanket visa." Not to worry. I began to ...

Chose this cruise primarily to see the Amazon River in Brazil, bucket list, if you will. Had a good experience on a Viking river cruise and looked forward to similar amenities and an older, mature passenger group. The cruise turned less than idyllic when we were delayed several hours leaving Barbados due to late supply deliveries to the ship. Up shot was that we did not make up sufficient time at ...