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We were wondering if this is happening on Viking Mars as we have not seen any posts recently. I’ve found the roll call now but not the itinerary so are curious about the ports of call. We’ve heard it was christened in Valletta on 17th and that it is now in Gozo. Love to hear any news. We wish the ‘survivors’ an enjoyable return and safe sailing.

I posted this from our NL cruise in February 2022 about the difference of the Viking optional cruises in Alta and Tromso. Other #88 Posted March 1 We’ve just returned from the previous cruise today. We had 4 sea days at the end (2 were scheduled and 2 missed ports, Bodo and Lerwick), because of the hurricane speed wind and waves of up to 30 feet. We both used seasickness tablets on the first two of these days plus I used wrist bands, green apples and crystallised ginger. After that the last 2 days were OK , waves down to about 6-10 feet, winds still strong, it was bracing on deck! Just a heads up on the Chasing/Searching for the Northern Lights in Alta and Tromso. Although the descriptions are the same the excursions are not. The one in Alta has facilities, loos, shelter, campfire etc for the minus 16C temperatures, (sorry not to know the equivalent in Fahrenheit) whereas the one in Tromso is in a forest near a road with no facilities. When we heard this at the port talk we realised it was not suitable for us and cancelled. As it happened the night was cloudy and there were no sightings, so we were not too disappointed. As usual, we really enjoyed being back on a Viking ship ( we have done 6 River and 8 Ocean with 3 more this year postponed from 2020 and 2021) I hope you all get better sea conditions than we did and get to see the lights and all the ports.