Vonnie's Girl

21 minutes ago, eylarson said:

The close location to Explorer lounge is exactly why we have always stayed in 7012 or 7014. Also the room stewards are the same as for the Owner's Suite.  I don't know that they are more experienced or better trained, but ours have always been most helpful, i.e. a hot water thermos always refreshed so I can have tea whenever (no coffee taste from the "cup" brewer), our fridge was never not stocked or missed, room make-up was always immaculate.  Straight down to the gym on deck one, straight back to the World Cafe and pool.  We were there for the last World Cruise.  Don't let anyone else know what a great location this is!!

 

Wow - a World Cruise - I can only imagine what a wonderful experience that would be! Thanks for sharing your insights on the location. Our only reservation  was the proximity to the lifts and stairs and the high volume of foot traffic in the area - did you have any major issues with these?

6 hours ago, Richard2 said:

It is difficult to help you with this unless you explain a little more about what compensations you expect the DV cabins on Deck 7 to have.  All DV cabins, from DV1 to DV6, will be the same size, and have the same policies regarding the minibar, pre-cruise specialty restaurant reservations, and pre-cruise excursion reservations. Do you expect that there are some other specific benefits or advantages to being on Deck 7? 

Definitely not expecting any perks, different size or benefits - while new to Viking, I am not that naive.  When booking,  we speculated that we would enjoy using the nearby public spaces as an “extension” of our stateroom, thus compensating for the lack of space in the DV.

Yes, I know that people will say where you are on the ship makes no difference - you just go and enjoy whatever space you want, but it appeals to me to have the spaces like the Explorer’s Lounge, Pool and Lanai basically outside my door. 

Now that excitement and anticipation is really mounting (booked in Feb 2018 for our Dec 2019 cruise), I was simply hoping that someone out there in CC land had stayed in one of these DVs and could share their experience with me.

Hi there.  We have booked one of the DV1s on Deck 7 for an upcoming cruise.  We figured that the position of these staterooms would compensate for the lack of space. Has anyone any experience or advice to offer about these DV1s?

11 hours ago, Aussie Cruise Nuts said:

Thanks for the reminder Little Monty.    I had forgotten Orion was in Brisbane today. 

 

I headed down to see her and took a few pics from the opposite side of the River, then went across to Portside Cruise Terminal for a closer look.   

 

She is looking great and we will join her in Hong Kong on 21 April for our cruise to Vancouver.     Can’t wait.   

 

A few pics follow -  

 

 

Hi Aussie Cruise Nuts - we have just booked the Hong Kong to Vancouver cruise for 2021. It would be great to hear all about your adventures. Like LM, my husband and I live just a little north of Brisbane. We are at Burpengary. I hope you have a wonderful time on your April cruise.

Thank-you so much for your comprehensive and entertaining reports. We will be sailing from Sydney in January on the Maasdam and as a first time HAL cruiser, I have loved following along on your cruise. I have to admit your excursion today to see kangaroos and koalas in the wild made me smile as I am sitting in my family room and watching a mob of kangaroos grazing in our bottom acre as I type. Hope you have viewing success today too!