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Friendly reminder, Mars is docked inTilbury, while most of the other BIE sailings are scheduled for Greenwich. It is a different set of shore excursions if you are docked in Greenwich. And, the choice is different yet again if you are scheduled for an early afternoon sail-away (because departure time in Greenwich is dependent on the tides. See your Viking invoice for the departure time for your sail date). The included tour in Greenwich is "Royal Greenwich by Foot." My May 9 sailing departs at 2pm on Day 2. We have two other shorex on offer in Greenwich: "World of Shakespeare" and "Tower of London." Everything else is too long for the time slot.
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Will Viking give on board credit for Stock ownership?
Peregrina651 replied to oskidunker's topic in Viking Ocean
Kiss of death? -
I think you have posed one of those 'damned if they do, damned if they don't scenarios. No matter how they handle it, there will be complaints. Still, perhaps they should have suggested that folks double-check their schedules for conflicts and that otherwise, no action was necessary.
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Advice on British Isles Explorer excursions
Peregrina651 replied to snookie1's topic in Viking Ocean
The 2024 BIE season is almost underway. There is a LIVE thread for the APRIL 19 sailing on Viking Venus -- with Churchill extension. Semi-LIVE from Venus British Isles Explorer 4/19 with Churchill Pre-extension For schedule for Churchill extension, see post #4: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/3003197-semi-live-from-venus-british-isles-explorer-419-with-churchill-pre-extension/?do=findComment&comment=67244414 -
Advice on British Isles Explorer excursions
Peregrina651 replied to snookie1's topic in Viking Ocean
Strange. E-mail Viking and ask why there is only the included tour on the day you are going to be there. tellus@vikingcruises.com -
Other informative threads. I knew when I started a list of threads 2 years ago that it would come in handy eventually: Flam railway excursion availability 8 Tips for the Bergen to Oslo Train Trip The Scenic Flåm Railway Things I wished I had packed for Norway
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And it was amazing! Much easier walking, too!
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Everything "Far Eastern Horizons": Hong Kong to Tokyo
Peregrina651 replied to Peregrina651's topic in Viking Ocean
Interesting approach but will the airport let you do that? Because of terrorism, many airports don't accept bags that far in advance and they don't have lockers or baggage holding areas before security. -
Embarkation changed from Greenwich to Tilbury
Peregrina651 replied to vacationprincess's topic in Viking Ocean
Figure 3 hours minimum from airplane to ship. It is about an hour from Tilbury station to Cutty Sark Station in Greenwich, not including the 20 minute walk to the station and time to buy the train ticket. [Google Maps is good for quick estimates but the Citymapper or Tfl apps will get you better directions for travel] . So, call it 1.5 hours to Greenwich. NOTE: there are multiple stops for Tilbury on your way home. The station you want is TILBURY TOWN. If you miss it, get off at the next station and grab a cab to the ship. At least you don't have a back on board time and can stay until the sights close for the day. Use timeanddate.com for sunset time, if traveling home in daylight is preferred. -
Viking pre-excursion in Bangkok - badly organized, waste of time
Peregrina651 replied to Steerpike58's topic in Viking Ocean
First, thank you for the heads up. Second, please share with Viking directly everything you have shared with us here. TellUs@vikingcruises.com. Tell them everything just as you have shared here. They can't fix what they don't know is broken. While I agree that 2 night extensions tend to be a waste, no matter where you are in the world, yours seemed to be particularly poorly organized and poorly thought out. Your arrival at the airport was certainly not up to Viking's standards. The normal protocol is not to punish those who have arrived on time. What normally would have happened was that the bus would have left for the hotel on time. Then, either you would have been asked to take a cab to the hotel (for which you would have been reimbursed once you boarded the ship) or a car would have been arranged to take you to the hotel. The transfer to the ship was also a disaster. Why on earth were were you not taken to the ship in time for lunch?? Failing that, it could very easily have been a full day tour with a lunch stop. It has been done elsewhere, why not here? -
Embarkation changed from Greenwich to Tilbury
Peregrina651 replied to vacationprincess's topic in Viking Ocean
When do you land in London? Embarkation day or earlier? When does the ship depart Tilbury? Same day or next day? In other words, do you have enough time to accomplish the trip?