Viking Ocean Caribbean Cruise Reviews

Rainbow Falls on our tour of the Big Island Hawaii.
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Ruined What Should Have Been a Celebratory and Happy Occasion

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Viking Star

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Rebekajean
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Our 51st Anniversary cruise to Panama Canal on Viking Star was the least enjoyable, most frustrating and overpriced, caused ill effects on my health and was far short of the luxury we were led to expect of any cruise line we’ve experienced in 50 years of cruising. Too many sales staff, Customer Rep’s, ship's personnel and ship's management were negligent regarding Viking regulations and what ...
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Response from VikingS, Community Team

We appreciate you sharing your experience, RebekaJean, although we regret to hear of the events you've described here. We’ve taken note of your feedback and while we understand you have...

Sail Date: November 2022

Traveled with disabled person


An awful cruise

Review for a Caribbean - All Cruise on Viking Star

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meeresrauschen
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

After we had such a wonderful time on the Viking Orion ‘welcome back’ cruise around Bermuda in June 2021, we decided to try the “Panama Canal & Coastal Holiday” cruise that sailed from Fort Lauderdale for Los Angeles in December 2021. Our reasons: The impeccable service we received on the Orion in Bermuda; the good food and wine that we enjoyed, the reliable and reasonable COVID safety measures ...
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Sail Date: December 2021


Worst Cruise experience of my life

Review for a Caribbean - All Cruise on Viking Sea

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Bretgida
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

My wife and I booked an ocean cruise for our Christmas holiday and made sure it was long enough to also include New Year’s Eve, our anniversary. We were so excited! We’ll, we were excited until we started trying to book our dining and excursions. I don’t know how Viking works it, but they open the booking at 11:00 PM eastern and I started up to be able to get good reservations. Dining ...
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Response from VikingS, Community Team

We appreciate you taking the time to share these details, Bretgida. While we are pleased to learn you found our onboard staff helpful and friendly, we regret that you were unable to secure...

Sail Date: December 2021


Viking TERRIBLE FROM START TO FINISH, SADLY

Review for a Caribbean - All Cruise on Viking Sky

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mochi3
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

We thought this cruise, even though a short one going basically nowhere, would be a nice getaway for a few days. The "highlight" was a stop in Belize. THAT part of the entire experience went as expected. The rest, forgettable. Aggravating. Disappointing, and worse. …..First, the people in Woodland Hills, just the marketing part of the company, will answer your questions, but the answers they ...
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Sail Date: January 2020


Food poisoning and gastric disturbance

Review for a Caribbean - All Cruise on Viking Sea

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fhomeyer
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

Food was recycled several times to the point that it got spoiled. I ate gummy shrimp first night at seafood buffet and got food poisoning and severe stomach cramps. Before ten day cruise was over got food poisoning three times. Most of cruise stayed within 50 yards of a bathroom. Most shore excursions were impossible to take as gastric problems existed. Every night at sea was very rougn but ...
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Response from VikingS, Community Team

We appreciate you taking the time to share your review of your recent cruise with us, fhomeyer, and are sorry to hear some of the food and service you experienced on board did not meet...

Sail Date: December 2019


Too Noisy

Review for a Caribbean - All Cruise on Viking Sea

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me Bill 001
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

Very Noisy! Ask Viking personnel, including booking agents, or query the Web about Viking ocean ship cabin sound-proofing and you will get assurance that the cabins are very sound-proofed. However, that is not true. You can hear doors slam on each side, as well as the rooms above and below, which makes for door wars -- bad design. Some hotels have fixed it, but not Viking. You can hear ...
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Sail Date: November 2019


Very Bad Experiences

Review for a World Cruise Cruise on Zhao Shang Yi Dun (Viking Sun)

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win1888
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

Room Service was terrible. The luggage forwarding, my name brand clothes are stolen by either the luggage forwarding company or port crew. Not enough activities for the world cruiser. Very disappointed with this cruise, was expecting the service to be outstanding. Some bartenders are good and some are disappointing. The Head Chef is excellent but when he left for vacation the food was not ...
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Sail Date: August 2019


First time cruisers will be very impressed, please try another cruise line.

Review for a Caribbean - All Cruise on Viking Sea

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w24
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Yes you do get one included excursion but if you have already taken the tour offered, you can’t transfer it to another excursion in the same port. The talented entertainment was good but don’t go looking for a big production number. This is the first time ever we have had food poisoning on a ship. I got it first and within 6 hours so did my wife. It wasn’t seasickness because we have never ...
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Sail Date: February 2019


CRUISE FROM HELL, don't use this cruise line they just sell you empty promises.

Review for a Caribbean - All Cruise on Viking Sea

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annmor
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

Heard they were a top cruise line in Travel magazines. They had to have had to pay for someone to say that, it just isn't so. I called Viking inquiring about the cruise. My first and most important question was " does this penthouse in fact have a KING size bed and NOT a super queen. I was assured by the Viking rep that IT WAS A KING! Due to health I was on a low to no sodium diet. When I ...
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Response from VikingS, Community Team

We appreciate your candid comments, annmor, and are sorry to hear that your experience left you feeling disappointed. Let us offer our assurances that we do sincerely value each and every one...

Sail Date: December 2018


Overpriced cruise with poor service and not a good choice for older travelers

Review for a Cuba Cruise on Viking Star

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Stevealan
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

I chose this cruise for the Cuba itinerary. I have taken over 100 cruises with all the premium and ultra-deluxe cruise lines and I have never encountered significant problems. First, I would like to address what I consider "significant problems" and then mention "irritations" for which I think there is room for improvement and additional training. Significant Problem> When I got to the ...
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Sail Date: November 2018

Traveled with disabled person


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