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We recently returned from our Passage to Eastern Europe cruise on the Viking Ullur, Budapest to Bucharest. We made it all the way to Giurgiu, and we were told that we were the first boat to do so in quite some time. Disembarked last Wednesday, 9/14.

13 minutes ago, osterzone said:

So we are paying for testing, and pre cruise requirements over and above governmental, while the chairman of the company says:

 

"I consider this thing, COVID, is really behind us," Viking chairman Torstein Hagen said during a media briefing on Wednesday. "There are more of us who will get it. But now it's a much less serious thing, and we should get back to life as normal."

 

Cruise life back to normal would be very welcome sir. 

Very welcome indeed. We have 2 Viking cruises (one ocean, one river) this year - both rescheduled after cancellations and using vouchers. Too much money to keep tied up! I, too, am concerned that these will not be as relaxing and enjoyable as anticipated because of Viking's overly cautious requirements!

We just booked the British Isles Explorer cruise for July of this year. It's supposedly almost fully booked - we got one of the last available cabins. We were told at booking (also noted on our statement) that we "will be berthed in the category purchased" and that our stateroom "may not be assigned until the day of sailing."