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@Clay Clayton great posts in this thread. If you do join the Southern Atlantic Crossing next year, I’m looking forward to the reports already 😀

😱 The majority of the ports are in Scotland 😀

Not a problem in Scotland, the midges eat them

I am Scottish and we only have 2 seasons in the year, winter and July 😁

The wok-fried beef, in the Xiang menu at the Chefs Table, is sublime

I avoided the history talks, I’ve lived through most of it 😀

What was their topics on that cruise Deec? I only remember the 60’s Beatles photographer and the English woman who sailed the Atlantic with her son

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It needs a magsafe case

The attached photo shows the charging points in the rooms. With regards to the bedside sockets, from left to right they are as follows: USB-A (fast charge), USB-A, US style socket, European style socket. The cable on the left of your photo, along with it’s plug, will fit into the US style socket. The cable on the right of your photo will fit directly into either of the USB-A sockets. The extreme left socket will charge quicker. Hope this helps

One negative on the ship, was that the steam room was inoperative for the entirety of the cruise as well as on the previous cruise

There are no budget airlines in Viking’s UK preferred list, hopefully the link below works: https://www.vikingcruises.co.uk/oceans/my-trip/preferred-airlines/index.html

If you are flying from Heathrow, you will probably be booked on BA (direct). As you are from Sheffield you may choose to fly from Manchester, but this would involve a transfer either in Heathrow with BA, or Amsterdam with KLM

Food was hit and miss on that cruise, although for me mostly hit. However the beef on the Xian menu in the Chefs Table was tremendous.

These are being kept on Deck A on Viking Star, they are recorded every day at 11 am and the result played in restrooms throughout the ship

This is our second cruise with Damian as CD and in my opinion, he’s the best I’ve had. He takes the time to chat to as many people as possible and contrary to what has been said, is forever praising his team along with other ship’s crew. His videos on Viking Today are also very informative and interesting

Don’t let him tell you his jokes 😁

We will soon be docking in FLL and the pool roof is currently open, the temperature is fine

We are already on board, I’ll try and keep a burger from the pool grill for you 😁

On this current cruise the port talks have taken place at 16:15 the day before. You do get a lot of additional information as mentioned in previous posts, but you have to sit through all the excursions. The delayed video showing allows you to fast forward, which gets you to your booked excursion quicker

Currently on a cruise and the pool area is hot and humid, the explorers lounge is a touch chilly, but the rest of the ship is very comfortable. Today it’s 30°C (86°F) and very humid outside

There’s a solo guitarist on the current cruise we are on and she is very good

Be careful Clay, Tenerife is a favourite haunt of the UK tourist 😀

Who is the CD on this cruise?

Our date for booking excursions was 8pm on Christmas night, they opened exactly at that time. Fortunately the Christmas ‘spirit’ didn’t stop us from booking the excursions we wanted 😀