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We flew from Fort Lauderdale two weeks ago and Princess did not have the EZ Air option. We have used it on previous cruises, Guest Services said it’s not available. Too bad, since it’s a much easier way to return home.

According to the updated disembarkation information we received, the first groups meet at 8:30 am, those are the walk offs. Last group is scheduled to meet at 10:35. Those are the transfers to Fort Lauderdale airport. Luggage is being picked up outside our cabins for those not doing walk off. how long it will take for the bags to be delivered to the terminal is unknown. Also, all crew members also have to go through immigration, as well as all passengers and in-transit passengers. the captain did make an announcement about 6:00 that he has increased the speed and hopes to dock by 8:30, or earlier. We’re keeping our fingers crossed.

We’re on the ship. Captain announced we’ll arrive at 8:30 because of winds and our late departure from the Azores. Everyone with flights before noon have been advised to contact their travel agent or Princess EZ air. I’m surprised he didn’t know this earlier. No additional information yet about disembarkation times or changes.

We went on our first Viking ocean cruise in March and thought it was very nice. It was a 14 day transatlantic with only two port days. We have at least 10 cruises on Princess, but not since the restart. We have two upcoming cruises on Princess, one 12 day in September and a land tour/15 day in October, almost side by side, but one day in between. I’m curious to see how Princess is now. So far we’ve had a lot of issues with our booking, somehow they got linked and we’ve been unable to make dining reservations. Many phone calls to our travel agent, to Princess, live chats, nothing has worked. The Viking cruise sailed with 615 passengers, so very easy to have access to the venues. I found the food very good, specialty restaurants are no charge, beer, wine and soda are included with lunch and dinner. We also had a mini bar in our stateroom. The decor around the ship was beautiful, crew members were the best we’ve experienced. Entertainment was good, movies were shown in the theater during the afternoon. We tried the afternoon tea, which was nice, but not our thing. Enough to do, but also time to just relax. we took the Viking air, and since we couldn’t get to the port the day of the cruise, they paid for a hotel, with transfer to the ship, which I was impressed with. We had reserved a room because we knew there was no possibility we could fly in the day of the cruise, so we were able to cancel our reservation and save a few dollars. Viking did a good job on the included excursions in getting everyone off the ship and on the buses. I remember sitting in the theater on Princess waiting for excursions to get out the door for over an hour later than posted. we also took a California coastal tour on Oceania last September. It was the worst cruise experience of the 20 cruises we’ve taken. From trying to embark, to waiting for a transfer to the airport at disembarkation for well over an hour, I was totally unimpressed with the food, the crew, the ship, the whole experience was terrible. once we’ve taken our upcoming Princess cruises, we’ll decide whether we want to stay with Princess. We do have a Panama Canal cruise on Viking booked for March, so we’ll see how that one is. if you watch the Viking website or get their emails, every once in a while you can find a real bargain. Our cruise was about the same price as a Princess cruise would have been, but with all inclusions except gratuities. As I said, we were very satisfied with our experience. Maureen

I booked our flights on EZ Air to London in September for $400 less for each of us than I could get through the airlines. I’ve found EZ Air is consistently less expensive for us, since we live in a very rural state with not many flights available.

We did the land tour/cruise in Spain before Covid. I thoroughly enjoyed it, the organization was great, meals were very good, hotels were nice. I don’t know what cities are on the itinerary, but I would recommend that you seriously consider it. Well worth the price and time in my opinion. maureen

We’re on this ship and have found just the opposite. The food has been above what we expected from reading previous comments, we’re found that we can be as busy or not as we want because there are plenty of activities. Our first and only cruise on Oceania was in September and it was the most disappointing cruise we’ve taken, given the hype and comments we read on cruise critic. The service and crew members were not nearly as good as we’ve had on this cruise. Of course this is our first ocean cruise with Viking, but we have two more booked. I’m sorry you aren’t enjoying your experience. It almost seems like we are on different ships. We’re very low maintenance so it doesn’t take much to make us happy. in regards to your further comments about the pool, I feel the wind has been blowing since we left Fort Lauderdale. Trying to walk outside has been a challenge and deck 2 has been closed off several days. Am not sure where your cabin is, but we’ve been rocking every night, some worse than others. Hope the next days go better.

We’re also on this cruise. One dog went on the same excursion we did, in the front seat of the bus with his owner, another was in a woman’s bag in the buffet and she was feeding it under the table. I’ve seen five different dogs to date, none wearing vests or appearing to be service dogs. I did write a comment to guest services but haven’t had a response. I would like to know Viking’s policy on this. I would rather not see animals on a cruise ship.

Yes we are. Just hope the weather cooperates and our flights are on time on the 20th. We are looking forward to our first Viking ocean cruise. We enjoyed the river cruises we did before Covid.

We booked air through Viking because it was “free” and if we booked our own the connections were awful and the prices very expensive (we live in Montana, requiring a flight to Denver, Salt Lake or Seattle before we can get anywhere else). Viking had an impossible job trying to get us to Fort Lauderdale the day of embarkation, so they booked us to arrive a day before and included a hotel. Coming back from Barcelona we couldn’t get a flight after noon, so the agent told us she had to get special permission to get us on a flight at 11:45 am. The kicker is we fly to Munich, then Denver, then home. Should be interesting to see how it goes. I was impressed with their willingness to get us the best itinerary they could.