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The specific cruise we are looking at is the one you mentioned from Rome to Barcelona, in Feb. 2023. We want to have our honeymoon right after our wedding, which I soon found out limits the options of a Mediterranean cruise as most lines don’t do these itineraries during winter months. This one on the Sky is the only cruise us and our TA have found during this timeframe. We would definitely want to do an extension since this itinerary is only 7 days long, and we’d like to spend about 10 days in Europe. She also warned us about the possibility of rough seas on a cruise in the Mediterranean during winter months, but not sure if this would actually be a major issue in late Feb/early March.

This is great insight, thanks! Agreed with many of the things as I noticed them on the land trip to Europe I’ve been on before, just haven’t taken a non-Caribbean cruise to compare it with. We’re looking at the 7 (or 8?) day from Rome to Barcelona. We’d get to see the Italian Riviera, southern coast of France and Spain, which we wouldn’t if we did one of the land trips we’re looking at. However this cruise obviously wouldn’t take us to Paris or London like the land trip would.

This is great insight, thanks! Agreed with many of the things as I noticed them on the land trip to Europe I’ve been on before, just haven’t taken a non-Caribbean cruise to compare it with. We’re looking at the 7 (or 8?) day from Rome to Barcelona. We’d get to see the Italian Riviera, southern coast of France and Spain, which we wouldn’t if we did one of the land trips we’re looking at. However this cruise obviously wouldn’t take us to Paris or London like the land trip would.

Thanks everyone for the feedback so far! Keep it coming. There are several pros and cons of doing this Mediterranean cruise vs a land package.

Hi all, My fiancé and I are getting married next year and we’re in the processing of planning our honeymoon. She’s never been to Europe before, and we both enjoy cruising so we’ve been looking at a Mediterranean cruise on the Viking Sky next year. We’re not party people but we are curious how diverse the demographic is on these type of cruises. We are in our mid 20s. Will there be other people close to our age to conversate with or will mostly everyone be the age of our parents and grandparents? I know these type of vacations aren’t usually all families and honeymooners but I did have the chance to a land vacation in Europe a few years ago and out of our tour group of 40ish there was about a dozen of us in our teens/20s/30s. Also, what I’ve read and learning about Viking so far sounds really interesting and intriguing, but we’ve only been on Carnival before, so if you have any other insight on Viking cruises we would appreciate it. Thanks!