SailorPaulH

We have been in 7006 - that deck is very quiet in our experience.

I took a look at the cruisemapper web-site and for that cruise itinerary it shows Molde, Norway replacing Alesund, Norway and Djupivogur and Westman Islands replacing Akureyri and Isafjordur ... so a southern Iceland route instead of of northern Iceland route at the end. It seems to be a one-off.

For a fully immersive experience, each of the new ships will be equipped with 998 oars.

When you got the offer (for $$) to upgrade, did they tell you the cabin number that was on offer?

More ships on the way.... https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2024/04/viking-ocean-orderbook-6-ships-get-accelerated-delivery-4-more-options/

Education is free in Scandinavia in the same way alcohol is free at lunch and dinner on Viking cruises.

I know currency exchange is not possible on board, but is it possible to break larger notes to smaller (same currency) on board?

In addition to the previous excellent recommendations for Oslo - I suggest Radhuset (Oslo City Hall) - it is close by the ferry that takes you over to the museums on Bygdoy (Kon-Tiki, Fram, etc.).

Hi - anyone know if Viking runs a shuttle bus service to and from the ship to the town center in Torshavn? I don't know where the ship docks exactly. Thanks.

My wife just reminded me it could also be 'Bombay Brasserie' which is right next door to the hotel. Also was very good when we tried there (Indian food is our favorite). Earls Court area in general has lots of choices for Indian food.

'Light of India' is just up the road - went there on two separate trips: it was really good.

The main thing for us in Seydisfjordur is to go on the Skalanes excursion. There is some time to do our own thing in the town before or after that. What I had noticed is that the included one (that I have now cancelled) was called 'Seydisfjordur on Foot & Viking Festival' --- previously I had only seen mentioned a more abbreviated included excursion called 'Seydisfjordur on Foot'. The chat agent was very polite albeit probably misinformed - the shuttle bus explanation makes no sense (time of travel, sleep, eat, etc.) and I didn't want to get into a lengthy debate with the agent.

As you suggested I used the chat feature, and the explanation was something I have never heard of before on Viking Ocean. That included tour does indeed finish after the ship leaves port! Supposedly, a shuttle bus will take you to the next port. In this case, the ship leaves Seydisfjordur at 4 PM. A shuttle bus takes the excursion group to the next port (Akureyri where the ship arrives 8 AM next day!). This seems very weird and I didn't get into the logistics of where you sleep, eat, etc., and just canceled the excursion. We can do a port walk easily enough on our own earlier in the day if we want to.

I just got off MVJ and we had an easy experience booking all our desired excursions and times for our July 2024 cruise. No freeze issues and able to pay by ACH quickly. The only odd thing was an included excursion I booked that goes from 3:00-5:30 pm, but ship departs from port at 4:00 pm. Either the port departure time is wrong or that time option for the included excursion is not for real - I guess I will find out. I am a pretty strong swimmer, but I don't think I can Viking Venus a 90-minute head start!

How is the experience of ease of booking excursions relate to cabin choice? It would seem to me that if you are in an ES you can probably book what you want and maybe a good chance if you have PS or PV!? After that, the creative solutions I have seen in this thread and others seem to be critical as demand outstrips supply. Is there a sweet spot for cabin choice if excursions is your primary focus on your cruise?