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First let me say, we loved the cruise enough to book two more. We loved the food and the ship. Our small stateroom was wonderful ... loved the heated mirror and bathroom floor.
The excursions have been discussed. They need some organization, but we were generally happy with what we saw and did. Coastal villages are clearly different from river towns and that is ok with me.
I do have an issue with what can appear to be bait and switch. Yes, in a way, it happened with the excursions where we signed up for one excursion time and were randomly assigned another without consultation. More important to me is the cruise I bought was different from the cruise we received. The advertising which attracted me to this cruise specified a full day in London/Greenwich. Harwich is not London or Greenwich. We never got close to London. The closest we got to Lofoton/Svolvaer was the lovely Trollfjord, but it was not what we bought relying on the brochure. And what elese do we have to go by but the brochures they send? And the newest brochures still specify these ports. I understand changes must be made at times, but when significant changes like these are made it would be wise to tell people and give an explanation for the changes.
Change the advertising when changes are made. I know it is expensive but truth in advertising matters. You can save some money by sending them out every other month rather than every 2 weeks to a month.:p
Into the Midnight Sun June 5-19, 2016
in Viking Ocean
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Thanks for your response, and I'm sure you are right. I have a brochure for 2016 and 2017 and it list the ports as I state without specifying that the cruise would be different year to year ... I see no footnotes to that effect. But I am probably making too big a deal of it. I enjoyed the cruise immensely and we booked 2 more. thanks