Viking Ocean San Juan Cruise Reviews

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We chose to do a repositioning cruise on the Viking Sea in March of 2018 from San Juan to Barcelona. We have sailed over a dozen times on other cruise lines, predominately Seabourn and have done four other trans-Atlantic cruises, but were intrigued by the pictures and reviews of these new ships. First the good: The Viking Sea was a beautiful ship with spacious public areas. We loved the ...

My wife and I enjoyed this cruise for the most part, in spite of the numerous issues encountered, and were able to achieve our fundamental goals of relaxing and reconnecting during this much-anticipated, 25th wedding anniversary trip. However, much of this relaxation was achieved irrespective of Viking, and NOT because of them, and the experience was overpriced for what was delivered. This ...

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 ...

Viking ocean had been recommended by relatives and friends. And their rave reviews were not even strong enough! The ship decor was so subtle and beautiful. There was no over the top gold, no loud music, food was beautiful but not overdone. Shore excursions were fun and interesting especially the tram through the rainforest, the tie dye demonstration,and our catamaran sail and lunch. Our ...