Viking Ocean Gourmet Food Cruises Reviews

We chose Viking based on cruise ratings and have sailed on over 30 ocean cruises. Our review benchmark used 2019 sailings on HAL and Regent. The Star passenger areas are in good shape for the ship's age. However the ship is small and suffers from excessive pitch and heave in the typical Pacific 6 to 9 foot swells as compared to larger ships such as the HAL Westerdam, which we took on a nearly ...

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 ...

I chose this cruise because I had taken a Viking River Cruise several years ago and loved it. But this cruise has been a disaster. The arranged flights basically cut a day off the cruise up front. Then cancelled flights caused the flight to be rebooked to the next day AFTER the ship would have departed. But we protested to the airline and luckily got a flight several hours later. We checked ...

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 ...

Everyone from the cabin steward the wait staff, the tour assistants the bartenders , everyone helpful and pleasant. The people the food the ship it was all amazing. the ship was decorated for the holidays and the new years eve celebration,and new years day brunch were excellent. cabin was roomy enough and laid out conveniently the dining room offered a nice variety and was relaxing ...

Chose Viking for a sophisticated luxurious experience- NOT. CONSTRUCTION (!) POWERWASHING(!) Misleading ports of call- “ Tuscany Florence” “Provence” - Yeah sure as long as you’re paying to get yourself there! When I originally booked St. Tropez was one of the ports which was abruptly switched to Sete, France. Not an exciting destination to say the least. Entertainment- AMATUER hour. They’ll ...

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 ...

This was a 14 night cruise not 7. We did the full route from Rome to Barcelona on around to disembark at Rome. There were multiple issues with our Viking cruise. We chose this cruise because of the two Africa stops, stops that Viking deleted from our itinerary long after our cancellation time was past and after we had put in place trips and airfare before and following the cruise. We were ...

We were misled by Viking sales staff on several important items. Sales staff are not as knowledgeable as they should be-and this cost us money. On one of the port debarkations, I was refused exit with no reason given. Only ones allowed to disembark were those with excursion tickets. Held like a prisoner by a very rude employee. Viking failed to respond to my inquiry about this. Never again ...

I had done many cruises but I really wanted to splurge on the Viking Cruise. I heard it was the best overall cruise line & the West Indies Explorer package really seemed to fit the bill for my husband & I. It was a special trip for many reasons but mainly to celebrate my retirement. The customer service while booking the cruise was great & even after Hurricanes Maria & Irma, we still decided to ...