I googled Viking and social just now and came upon this discussion. My husband and I were on the Hild and had one other couple that virtually tried to lasso us to them. Every meal and during the informational sessions in the lounge, the wife made her approach. After about two days, I'd had enough and made some non-verbal efforts to distance ourselves. It was quite awkward.
This was our first cruise together and was a sort-of belated 25th anniversary celebration. I did not want to form a new best-friendship.
The awkwardness of that situation is why I may not choose Viking again, although everything else about the cruise was fabulous. I don't like being thrown together with people who don't know how to politely bow out.
I saw that this couple managed to find another pair to cling to by the end of the trip. The wife was very solicitous of the woman in the other couple, almost as if she were managing a child. That kind of thing is not for me. Honestly, that second couple probably just couldn't stand up for themselves is what I think.
