TwoGoForward

Thanks for great info. We are packing for January 13. Never been on Viking. How frequently are you seeing men in sports coats, please?

Thankss for your all your help. It sounds like a great trip and we will be moving forward.

We have never sailed with Oceania. The Marina’s itinerary for South America and Antartica in February looks great. Our interest would be seeing Antarctica, wandering around Port Stanley, enjoying sea days. We are not food fanatics, prefer quiet evenings over big entertainment so Oceania seems right for us. Our hesitancy comes because there aren’t many reviews of this voyage and the few I’ve seen are iffy at best. One mentions missed ports, changed itineraries, poor communication. I understand seas can be rough down there and I’d rather the Captain make conservative decisions than put passengers at risk but I’m wondering how often the ship misses places. More hesitancy comes because I twice filled out Oceania’s on-line form requesting an agent to call. I got an automatic “donotreply” email in response, with a promise that an agent would contact me but I got no phone call. The first form I completed was 3 weeks ago. Today, I called them but I hung up after ten minutes waiting for “the next available agent” to answer. I’m trying hard to hold onto a good feeling about this cruise line but I’m losing my grip. I found a similar but shorter and less interesting itinerary on Norwegian Sun…not many reviews but nothing negative. We’ve done two TAs with NCL and loved them. No problems with getting answers; instead, a bit of hard sell. I’ve found higher end cruises which go to the Falklands and Antarctica…$$$$$…but I’m not sure we want to go that badly. Any insight would be appreciated.