Ontario/AZ

Lucky you!! Kate is a Star!!

We board in a week for a 4 wk cruise and received an email last week letting us know that we should book any excursions on My Viking Journey within 2 days and cancel any we do not want. Additionally at the same time you must cancel any excursions that are on the first 2 days before the cruise begins as they will not be refunded. We have done many cruises with Viking but have never seen this noted before. We have had to cancel while on board due to illness but they were refunded.

I have rec'd them for Viking flights

We have done Rome to Lisbon just before Covid. It was the first part of November which I found chilly as I had not packed enough warmer clothes. I think we have done 5 river and 5 Ocean with Viking so far. We have been retired for years so a month away is our usual.

Thank you Sleep7. We depart in 3 weeks for Istanbul. Pre-extension there before our Mediterannean Iconic Shores 25 Aug - 26 Sep which includes your trip and a couple others. We end up in Tarragona and post-excursion in Madrid. Your travel blog was amazing. We have done most of the cities at least once before but reading your adventure sure got us anxious to leave. We love, love, love Viking Ocean. Just returned from France's Finest which was great but we are anxious to get back on the Ocean ships. Thanks ago and enjoy your travels.

Found another - dark blue! It was with the extra 24 leather luggage tags.

On our first trip (China 2013)) we received a nice Viking bag that held tickets, passports, etc. and a strap for over the head. Still use it. Our felt pouches are grey, brown and green. Grandkids love the pouches for school pens, etc.

Lackcreativity, I find that people that travel with another couple or two, don't go out of their way to be friendly. I am always greeting with a smile and a few words. Of course, the 930 on board were not all unfriendly. We have met a few travel buddies as well but that was river cruises in China and Cambodia/Vietnam. Those were almost 30 days long so you do spend many hours together. Anyway, I will see how it is this time. Doesn't matter we will have a great time on our next 4 booked Viking cruises.

We have taken many Viking Ocean cruises before COVID. I agree that many folks do not seem that friendly. Many were seniors and my husband and I are 72 and 73 but we are still friendly and chat, etc. I guess it is each to their own.

No, thank goodness we have many from previous Viking cruises.

Haven't been in that area for a few years but there always has been 'budget' restaurants in any of those areas. Eat lots of breakfast as it is normally included. We have done many extensions with no dinners but have usually found something in the area that fits our budget. In Beiging we weren't sure exactly what the meat was in the noodle shop (lol)!

We fly in 10 days and nothing on MVJ changed. Under Why Viking on their website, the new info is there.

We started with pre-extension in Edinburgh which could not have been better. We then flew to London and were taken to the ship. Unfortunately the ship was not at the dock and we had to be tendered out. The next day we went to Tower of London on our own by using the tube. Had purchased skip the line tickets before our trip. The London included trip was by bus and raining. Loved the entire cruise, ended up with extension in Iceland.

Reservations can be made while on the ship. If you want reservations with others in your group, reserve earlier. We have done many Viking cruises and no problem being seated. Sometimes there would be a line of 10-20 folks but no problems if you want to sit by yourselves. I have been told room service is great. We love the dining, the food and even the wine. I love that I can have sparkling water or still. I love that they get to know you so well. They know to always fill up my glass of wine (ha,ha). Great service!! Enjoy!

There are OBC offered by TAs. Viking will only allow so much for each cruise. Our agent on a 7 night river cruise will offer $100 each. On Ocean 19 day we got $300 each. These can be used for pre-paid gratuities, spirit pkg and excursions. Must be used by end of cruise. (And that certainly isn't hard to do lol) Some agencies may give more but in Canada I don't think they do.

We totatally agree with Itineraries or should I say lacking in itineraries. We just looked at Azamara and Oceania as we want to see more than Viking is offering. We have or by the end of the year, done most of what Viking has to offer. We would like to stay witth Viking but......