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LIVE: British Isle Explorer - May 9, 2024 - Neptune
SantaFe1 replied to Peregrina651's topic in Viking Ocean
After a long cab ride from central London to the Cutty Sark, or actually the Gipsy moth, everything was a breeze checking in. They had Viking agents stationed everywhere from the Gipsy Moth to the checkin building (not a tent). Easy check in, then a big kerfuffle— they had our package of excursion tix, but no room keys. So the agent accompanied us to the ship, we met with Guest services manager who told us there were no room cards because we had been upgraded from a PV1 to a PS1— no idea why. All our luggage was tagged for our original PV cabin, but by 2:30 everything had been sorted and all the luggage arrived at our new cabin on deck 8. We may just watch the sail away from deck 8 after all as we are on the port side (rather than from Explorers Lounge.) Nice first day! -
LIVE: British Isle Explorer - May 9, 2024 - Neptune
SantaFe1 replied to Peregrina651's topic in Viking Ocean
Beautiful day yesterday at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. The Rhododendron dell was in full bloom and spectacular! -
LIVE: British Isle Explorer - May 9, 2024 - Neptune
SantaFe1 replied to Peregrina651's topic in Viking Ocean
So happy to be on this adventure with you, Andrea. -
Handicap accessibility - Our experience - 12/15-1/5 Viking Sun
SantaFe1 replied to dcsam's topic in Viking Ocean
I just want to chime in here, because, as I get older, I do read the descriptions and ratings religiously. So on our cruise to Hawaii, last month, I stayed away from a demanding rainforest hike in Maui that my husband did, for 7 hours. Yes, good. But I did a demanding 4 hour hike in Honolulu that was fine. Last year in the Med we did cooking in an Italian Castle that was rated easy. It was one of the most taxing excursions I have done. An hour up and down stone staircases in the castle, the standing for two hours in the kitchen with no place to sit. Pompeii and Herculaneum in Naples were marked demanding, but for me weren’t. It’s just really hard to tell what you get. I sometimes google the same shore ex and find that Princess has much better, hour by hour descriptions than Viking does. But honestly, it just depends on what tires you, I guess. I am fine walking, but standing and stairs are not great. I don’t think I have held anyone up yet. But I would hate to be the one who does that. -
12/19 Malta, Morocco and Med cruise - Malta and other port canceled
SantaFe1 replied to CalTrojan's topic in Viking Ocean
On the website they have a behind the scenes zoo experience which I would love to do. Being born and raised and living all my life in Southern California, until we retired, nothing on this cruise is really new to us. We are approaching it as a wine-tasting cruise! But yes, we will have to look for you and your camera on April 18 next year.🙂 -
12/19 Malta, Morocco and Med cruise - Malta and other port canceled
SantaFe1 replied to CalTrojan's topic in Viking Ocean
Yes, Easter is April 20 next year. We will spend it on our Pacific Coast Explorer cruise. It is a sea day for us. -
12/19 Malta, Morocco and Med cruise - Malta and other port canceled
SantaFe1 replied to CalTrojan's topic in Viking Ocean
I would hate this change. We are scheduled in Nov. 2025, over Thanksgiving, which wouldn’t make a difference in Europe. But our reason for going is to go to Malta, and hopefully to get to see the Alhambra. I would probably cancel with this change. It is an expensive cruise, and as you say, North African ports are iffy anyway. We have missed Morocco twice now! -
I just canceled. The excursions no longer appear on the calendar, but I have nothing from Viking showing the cancelation or the amount. I spoke to Viking and they said the only time they send a request is if your bank “ won’t accept a refund request.” Since this is just a bank transfer, essentially, I just don’t understand this. We shall see.
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I also want to cancel an excursion for our trip embarking in two weeks. Usually, I just wait and do it on the trip, where they credit my on board account and I use it to pay for gratuities at the end. But this excursion is more expensive than the gratuities. So I don’t know because we have never had a surplus at the end of a trip. Do they just credit it to our credit card? I don’t want to be running around trying to buy things we don’t need. And our cruise is so port intensive I really don’t have any days for extra spa treatments. Should I just cancel now, I wonder? I paid by ACH draft, so I guess the refund would go to my bank? Any opinions? I have one more week until MVJ closes.
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Question: Did Viking raise your Extension price after booking?
SantaFe1 replied to TravelerABC's topic in Viking Ocean
Never. Sometimes after booking, we will see the price go up, but we are always locked in at what we bought it for. -
Here is a photo of what I’ve got. On the left, my iPhone 15 cord, with same size plugs, and on the right my older iPad’s cord with two different size plugs. Will the old one work? Problem is, we have three older devices. Exactly what part of this doesn’t work? The cord or the charger, and why won’t it work. And what about people who didn’t read Jim’s post and just go to the ship with whatever they have? Sorry to be so dense.
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We are taking our first River cruise this fall on one of the typical Longships. 190 pax 53 crew.
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OMG,I hate the beds, so hard. Give me a back ache. My husband loves the beds. He hates the pillow top at home. We travel a lot on Viking, so I guess it evens out, lol.
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TRAVEL INSURANCE RECOMMENDATIONS OTHER THAN TRIPMATE
SantaFe1 replied to Insanityx4's topic in Viking Ocean
And we use Aardvark—“Aardy”. Recommended by AARP, we have used them for years. Again, they are a broker, and you can compare insurance policies online. Their agents are just so helpful! -
Exactly!
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Unlike others here, mine adds the credit upon making final payment 6 months out. That way I can use it toward shore ex.
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Hi Dee. We are a week behind you, arriving in London May 6 and embarking the 9th.