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On our WC we had no heat whatsoever. Our chef was German, and we had lots of really bland food. One day, out of nowhere, there was a pot of jelepenos. We each took a huge scope and loved them. But no, not usually much spice.

We didn’t have much time there, but we loved it! I’d give it a go!

We were in NZ, Australia, and Tasmania in mid-March on our WC and the weather was glorious. Highly recommend the shoulder season! Either shoulder.

The thing we noticed on our Feb. 2024 cruise was not just rough weather for half a day, but really rough weather for days at a time. We don’t get seasick, but it wasn’t pleasant and many things were closed. And literally no one in the restaurants; lots of room service trays in the halls. We heard on CC from people sailing from Dec. 2023 through our sailing Feb. 14 that the seas were quite rough. I would hope for the best, but expect the worst in mid-January. We vowed that the next time we go to Hawaii, we will fly!

Depending on the cruise and weather I wear dress sandals almost every night!

Agreed. I would add it to my already long list..

Well, now, sail ins are a different topic. Sydney and Rio for sure.

Looking forward to that one next year.

Went back and tried to edit but too late. Techinically, the port is Messina, but Sicily.

Again in no particular order St Petersburg Cape Town Sydney Barcelona Bora Bora Taormina.

Yes, thank you, I thought you might chime in. This isn’t apples to apples. We had already bought the business class tix. But Delta would not rebook us on another class. So, I withdraw my comment. Not apples to apples. But still frustrating!

We’ve missed Morocco twice, so I will be happy if we finally get there. But I am going for Malta. I’ve been intrigued by it for years!!

We aren’t until Nov. 2025, but we haven’t heard anything.

Really glad to hear this. We we had been on United!

From past experience I would say the only way you can do this is book it as two one way tickets, one in business and one in Prem. Econ. Even with a multi city flight you can’t mix. The airlines seem strick about this and in Milan Delta would not even let us downgrade to PE from Business when our flight was canceled and we had to rebook. We had business class tickets and we could only rebook as business class, and since there were no Business class seats available on the flight we wanted, we had to take a less desirable flight. Really made me mad!

Even when we lived in L.A. and even when we were younger, I had no wish to do that flight in ANY class. Our solution? World cruise leaving Miami on Jan 2 and arriving in Sydney on March 15. 2 1/2 months comfortably traveling to Australia.

On our WC in 2019 we were supposed to have two days in Port Stanley. We booked both a morning included excursion and afternoon optional excursion. We stayed in town for lunch and caught the second excursion from town, no going back to the ship. However, we were supposed to be there two days, overnight. The seas were so choppy, that the first night around 8 pm, the Captain rounded up everyone from the three pubs and brought them back to the ship and we sailed out before the deadly winds. So you never know what you will get. I’d book two tours the first or only day and hope for the best. and I should say upon editing, that we lost our Penguin excursion the next day. We booked another later on

Without getting into details, the worst cabins we have ever had were a gty PV1 and an upgrade from PV1 to PS 1. I have a specific cabin we like, I book it every time and I don’t want Viking messing with it!!

Agree!

We we in Portsmouth on our WC in 2019 after something necessitated a schedule change. We went to Stonehenge and I just loved the port. I’ve also been on a cruise with Regent that docked in Southhampton (for London), and I just hated it. Just too big and industrial. To each their own, but for my fantasy BIE2 cruise, I’d choose Portsmouth.

We did it too.

Well, from your mouth to god’s ear, as they say. I would book this in an instant. I think I’ve been to all the places suggested, but not all at once and most many years ago, in the 90s, mostly. And I really do like the Greenwich to Greenwich aspect. Just a RT plane ticket to London. Thanks for taking the time to do this!

Oh I’m so glad you chimed in. I have a proposal and many questions for BIE II. I have wished that the BIE cruise could just be a circumnavigation of the British Isles. London to London. So much easier flights. Bergen is hard to fly from. Now if you haven’t been to Norway, then BIE I is for you. But if you’ve been to Norway many times, as we have, then maybe just lop that last part off. But, although I love York, it is not a port. Are the ports in NE England? I would personally love to visit the Channel Islands, the Hebrides, the Faroes, and visit again Skye.

Oh, I want to like this three times! It is so often missed due to weather. Originally, I think, they had it on the British Isles Explorer cruise, which we did in May, but they took it off due to it so often being missed.

Nope, I just pulled this off the website, under the Viking Difference: One complimentary shore excursion in every port of call