Jim Avery

That should be OBC, not abc...

Haha, no its the future major dividends and $5,000 p/p abc for past WC pax. Expecting generous things from V. Will I be disappointed??🥃

I hope my 10,000 shares goes up...🍸

Tim, we look forward to following along with yall and thank you for taking the time to post. We are booked on EJII in late November so are excited for this new line. We love staying in Long Beach and have stayed onboard the Queen Mary a couple of times. Used to be a good restaurant onboard. One time good, one time very noisy so some of the local nice hotels could be a better bet. I did it mainly as I sailed onboard her as a child. Anyway, hope yall have the best of times and love the food so much you gain a full stone....🍸

For the never ending drinks threads. Hope it’s readable.

Right you are. I have been to many places in a lifetime of traveling plus my seagoing career but there is always someone who has done a bit more. Sort of like no matter how much money you have someone else always has more. Darn the luck.🍸

Neptune World Cruise

Will do and yes they allow children. Actually promote multigenerational cruising. As far as I know now there are adult only bars and a pool and reading the few actual posts it seems they are not overrun with kiddies...., yet. We don't go till late November so quite a ways to go but the Explora II is not completed yet I don't think. And Scenic Oceans is next Spring in Japan. Should be nice sailing with 200 or less. We docked next to Scenic in Ushuaia when on our second Viking World cruise. A very beautiful ship at that time. Still will sail Viking and am hoping they tighten up management and get back to food and service standards.

Will do and yes they allow children. Actually promote multigenerational cruising. As far as I know now there are adult only bars and a pool and reading the few actual posts it seems they are not overrun with kiddies...., yet. We don't go till late November so quite a ways to go but the Explora II is not completed yet I don't think. And Scenic Oceans is next Spring in Japan. Should be nice sailing with 200 or less. We docked next to Scenic in Ushuaia when on our second Viking World cruise. A very beautiful ship at that time. Still will sail Viking and am hoping they tighten up management and get back to food and service standards.

A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you will be talking about real money......🤪

To clarify as to service. We also find the crew to be one of the best things about Viking. But most recently, as nice as crew was, they seemed short handed on numerous occasions. No one would admit that there have been cutbacks to the number of crew onboard.

I agree with you about post covid. But it's about time to quit using that excuse don't you think? Why can't we get back to good service, hard work, and quality products? And yes, food and service definitely not as original and in a negative way.

I have never, in a long "career" sailing on cruise ships, ever seen any cruise line stay the same. Unfortunately they seem to all fall into the "bigger is better" mantra and move away from what originally made them so successful. In 8 years sailing Viking we have seen notable changes in food and service. Still good but not the Wow! of the first voyages. Our next two bookings are on Explora Journeys and Scenic Ocean. Both new lines with good reviews mostly. But then back to Viking for a couple of river cruises. As has been said many times before, the only constant in life is change. We just go with what works at the time.🍸

World cruises "follow Summer" more or less. We have never needed heavy gear or boots. Nothing more than a light jacket or maybe a sweater. You start out in the Southern Hemisphere soon after leaving the West coast and it is their Summer. When you cross the equator northerly it is usually well into Spring on the Northern side. Finish nearly into our Summer.

Tell Viking that Carnival does it...🍸