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Have you had to transfer BOB to your TA post booking? When we' done BoB the Ambassador transfers it in real time at the time of booking, automatically, unless we say otherwise. He/she knows our agent from the booking of the current cruise.

Yep...90 days.

Usually the itineraries are released before bookings are open. Your TA should know when. Once they are published, have your TA ready to book as soon as the bookings open. Of course, you have to have a savvy TA who works with O.

Only if you upgrade to the Prestige package.

Yes, you need to upgrade to get the streaming ports opened. The upgrade only opens those ports, but does not have more bandwidth, so the speed is the same. Streaming eats up bandwidth, so O is trying to limit the number of streaming users with its upgrade policy.

As @mauibabes indicated, yes, you can ask your butler to do that, as well as have him bring you a hot or cold breakfast at a specified time.

Oops, missed that.

You should have your TA notify O of the allergy, and mention it again onboard. If what is served seems too small, ask for a second serving or a double serving. But not sure what you mean by full price, since all restaurants are included in the cruise price.

If you’re referring to the beverage package included in the SimplyMore cruise fare, the answer is no. It includes only wine, beer and champagne with lunch and dinner and only in the dining venues. To get cocktails in bars and lounges, you would need to upgrade to the Prestige package.

We thoroughly enjoyed the Canadian Discovery cruise, and it sold us on the Expedition ships. The food gave Oceania a run for its money. We have the South America cruise booked for this coming October and we have a Great Lakes cruise booked for 2025. We're fans of Oceania and tend towards them if the itinerary is what we want, but for these itineraries Viking wins.

Yes, I agree, but I was responding to the statement that Viking Ocean has only one included excursion per port, and that Viking Expeditions usually has more than one. I wasn’t trying to comment on $$.

Actually, I was thinking more of the Viking Expedition cruises on the Great Lakes and its Canadian Discovery cruises from Toronto to NYC. These are port focused and there is very little use for the expedition toys. We had some great included tours on the Discovery cruise, and had several options. O doesn’t do the Great Lakes but does similar Canadian cruises with the same ports.. Viking Expeditions also does South American, non-Antartica, cruises that have a mixture of ports and expedition type options, But the itineraries are similar to O's, just more options in the fjords. We're booked on one of these and selected some interesting included port options out of several that were available. So this comparison may be more like Gala apples to Honey Crisps.

Viking Ocean ships,. It's different on Viking Expedition ships.

Yes, as many bottles as you want but for consumption only in your stateroom or pay a $25 per bottle corkage fee if you wish to take any to a dining venue. No taking glasses with you to dinner or any other public venue. The official rule says there is a limit of 6 bottle per person, but Oceania chooses not to enforce the limit if folks play nice and obey the rules.

Typos galore: I meant we haven't sailed on Viking Ocean, only on their Expedition ships.

We have sailed on Viking Ocean, but on Viking Expedition, there were several included excursions at each port, of which we could chose only one.

I ask our TA to email the pdf. It's usually available 12 months out.

Gary- Are you referring to the flexibility that OLife's cruise only provided, letting the pax decide whether or not to use Oceania's excursions? I ask because with SimplyMore, the fare includes an amount of SBC that can only be used for excursions, so it's use it or lose it. In that way Oceania does include a certain number of excursions and that cost is built into the cruise fare, not so different from Viking or Regent.

With WiFi calling the recipient doesn't need any app to receive either calls or texts. They come through as a regular cell calls/texts. Whatsapp requires both caller and receiver to use the app.

It's really not part of SM, like it was not part of OLife. It's their bring-wine-aboard policy: drink in the room or take to a dining venue for a corkage fee,

Sirena, along with Regatta, Insignia and Nautica, are R-class. Marina and Riviera are O-class. Vista and Allura are A-class.

And folks who book during the hurricane season show know this risk when they book. Since in any season, hurricanes can be few or many, mild or strong, it's impossible for cruise lines to second guess Mother Nature. Still, their frequency and intensity appear to be increasing.

A recent post about music on the Insignia, but it's likely to be the same on the Regatta:

I agree.

Are the air or water jets? I think @chengkp75 made the distinction.