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We took the Grand European river cruise last August and it was wonderful. There were several stops that we had visited previously, but we signed up for other excursions or we explored on our own. It is a fabulous trip with with lots to see.
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20 hours ago, milling73 said:
Viking Homelands - July 12, 2022
Our cruise has different stops than what is listed on Homelands web page. In reading these posts, and talking to Viking...it seems that the itinerary stops on this cruise, depends on the date taken. We recently lost Mariehamn, and added another town in Sweden - Karlskrona, which shows no shore excursions at all. We now have a15 day cruise with 5 "not much to see/do days". Two days of Oslo is a day and half too much. (IMO), and wish they had scheduled 2 nights in Copenhagen instead. Far more to see and do there.
We were told by an earlier Viking rep, that the $250 each shipboard credit would be placed on our account as soon as shore excursions appeared, and could be used towards booking such. We found that is not true. We only receive the shipboard credit -- AFTER boarding. That is another bummer as many excursions sell out in advance. Apparently that gift offer, is one given with limited use and stipulations.
Even though we have air booked, we are considering bailing on this, and moving to Grand European river cruise instead.
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Thank you so much for your advice to just keep checking, more than once a day. I will hope for the best.
Have a safe journey.
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17 hours ago, jrkear said:
We are on the May 6th sailing. It was very stressful as we choose our SE late but were able to get everything we wanted. then having most canceled with the changes to the trip. I can tell you we almost cancel because of frustrations and even when they put-up the SE they came out a little at a time. We were able to get everything we wanted, and we even got 2 that were not avail the first time that were added later. I know this is a pain, but I highly recommend you check MJV at least twice a day if not more. I felt like when the SE were added it was in the afternoon PDT, but that only what we observed.
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We are on the July 23 cruise on the Viking Mars. I have been reading that there are problems signing up for the optional tours. What about the "included" tours. Will we have a chance of going on those? We have been on several Viking river cruises and never had a problem signing up for tours. This is our first ocean cruise and we didn't realize that it was so difficult to get on a tour. We will be on a river cruise around the time we should be signing up for tours on the ocean cruise, so the change in time zones and the weak internet on the river cruise might make it difficult to sign up for anything. Do you think we will have a chance of getting even an "included" tour? thanks
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On 4/11/2022 at 10:40 AM, duquephart said:
Nothing up yet for my sailing. Which one sold out?
We are on the July 23 cruise on the Viking Mars. I have been reading that there are problems signing up for the optional tours. What about the "included" tours. Will we have a chance of going on those? We have been on several Viking river cruises and never had a problem signing up for tours. This is our first ocean cruise and we didn't realize that it was so difficult to get on a tour. We will be on a river cruise around the time we should be signing up for tours on the ocean cruise, so the change in time zones and the weak internet on the river cruise might make it difficult to sign up for anything. Do you think we will have a chance of getting even an "included" tour? thanks
SAS Strike June 2022?
in Northern Europe & Baltic Sea
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Our SAS flight from Dulles to Copenhagen (then on to ARN) was cancelled this morning (7/21) for our flight on 7/22. I called the Viking Air Emergency line and reached someone right away. We now have flights on KLM via Amsterdam. Unfortunately KLM is having luggage problems in AMS. I hope this will be cleared up very soon. We are so close to going on this trip that we have been waiting for since 2021.