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We are currently booked for next July/August Athens to Venice Looks like we could still book same but Venice to Athens late Oct/Nov this year Just actually got the thought to look what might be available this late date, and considering the temps will be much cooler and crowds way less, that we should definitely consider doing the change. We live in Florida so used to the heat, but seems like the summers are hoteer by the year Thoughts?

Same thing happened to us a year ago on our day at Hubbard…we thought the day was totally underwhelming…our closest view of glaciers occurred in Seward on the Kenai Fjords tour which was excellent!

Last year on Orion in Alaska there was a NA version of Carlsberg beer available

Last May we flew Lufthansa Tampa to Frankfurt in Economy using Air Plus and we had seat asignments i might add we really enjoyed our first experience with them too

Agreed! And we did the train excursion. It was just ok in our opinion

Since we live 45 minutes from Port Tampa we would be all in!

From what I remember from last August, it would be a very easy walk from the ship into town, but Im not sure theres a lot to do in Seward

We were in 3054 over Torshavn and although we did hear some music it was not bad at all. We actually loved the overall location on the ship.

We only had 1 sea day…we were so tired from being on the go that we just took a day to relax in the pool area

That tour in Seward was our favorite one!

Our OBC from booking onboard was practically useless on Orion last August. Viking shop on board had basically zero inventory, spa was fully booked, and jewelry was ridiculously priced…lol…however there was an extra 400 $ savings and final payment at 6 months prior to sailing.

Much prefer the Heineken over O’Douls

We are on the Connie March 17, first time Celebrity cruisers, wondering what the options are for NA beer?

Then only use the US outlet

August 2022 we docked every port Seward to Vancouver

Looks like Connie hustled back to Tampa as its already sitting not far outside Skyway Bridge. With this hot weather its probably getting back to beat the fog

Celebrity is also cutting MDR menu items, so lets be clear, strictly cost saving!

Wondering if Viking has a better deal now with Marriott Last year both of our extensions involved changes to Marriott

Silversea still viable isnt it?

We usually travel off to some all inclusive adult only resort in December where we just enjoy quiet do nothing kinda days so the few port stops doesnt bother us at all and the pricing on this is way better than our all inclusive stays….and when we do cruise we just love the sea days!

Looking around today, I see a new Atlantic Crossing 12/2024 Barcelona to FLL 25 dollar deposits, reduced airfare, couldnt resist! Will probably add the Pre extension in Barcelona And booked the lowest cabin too! With so many sea days, cant see much reason to spend more for priority excursions reservations, and even better yet we get 6 month final payment as we have another cruise on the books!

We are booked on Connie for our first X cruise in March. We sure hope OVC is still a good dinner option cause on our last cruise (Viking) we really enjoyed just picking out what we wanted. Looking at the MDR dinner menus on the app, there has been a significant change in menu choices than what I looked at 2 months ago…very lil beef for sure. We sure hope we have made the right choice!

We did same on Orion this past August in Alaska and we found the bartenders very generous about what they called lunch and dinner hours. For instance if lounging in the pool area we could grab our beer and wine for several hours so long as the grill was open for “lunch”

We enjoyed our first Viking experiences in 2022, both River (Rhine) and Ocean (Alaska), and the onboard booking savings while in Alaska including only 50 dollar deposits pp and final payment 6 months prior to sailing made it easy for us to decide to do the Empires cruise in July 2024. In retrospect, we wish now we would have chosen spring vs summer, and we tried to change, but wed lose our booking incentives, so it is what it is, and we will survive summer heat! We feel we are probably forever spoiled by our first Viking Ocean experience. We are choosing both the pre and post Viking extensions as its all planned out for us plus we really like having the extra days after that flight to get there, so we originally chose the2 night pre in Athens, but changed to 4 nights as we felt better value, plus this trip will be a one and done for us probably to this part of the world. And with the extra time in Athens before boarding, once onboard we will likely just enjoy the ship for that extra day in port there to completely relax/unwind, as everyday beyond Athens is a different port, so go go go!

I believe its no more than 20 bucks to taxi its a very short drive