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Today, we were in Marseille, and the weather was cold and cloudy with some occasional rain, we got off late and went to the art museum across from the port, we walked around the old fort, and we tried to see the other museum of Mediterranean history, but it was closed, then we were back on the ship.

I also had service last night for several hours after we left Barcelona.

iI haven't tried the wifi on the ship, but with Google FI service at the dock this is what my connection is like.

Here is a video we created about one of the places we visited in Quebec City

We are cruising on the Star Legend from Barcelona to Civitavecchia.  We sailed from Barcelona yesterday.  We boarded the day before, and then went back ashore to do some sightseeing.  We were in Barcelona 2 nights on land, and one on the ship, and it wasn't nearly enough time to explore the town like we would have wanted to.  We booked an accessible room, and my wife brought her Whill Ci2, which is a medium sized power chair. 

When we booked they asked if she could deal with a few steps, but that was the wrong question.  They have asked if should deal with a lot of steps.  Now she could, but it would have been an issue if she couldn't.  Also, the room is not fully accessible, it is more like an ambulatory accessible on Carnival in that you have to be able to walk into the bath room.  It does have enough bars to help her on and off the toilet.

The crew have been very good about carrying her chair on or off the ship.  We just docked in Marseille, and the Viking Venus just pulled as well.  It is cold out this morning.  We should have brought warmer clothes, so we will wait a little while to go off the ship.  The crew has been super, and the food has been great so far.  I will share some pictures and more details.   

I am running slower than I wanted, We did three cruises in 2 weeks, then home for 3 days and just got into Cabo San Lucas for a 4 day stay.  

Here is a review of Cagney's on the Viva 

I found out today that they have 3 accessible tenders to GSC.  I didn't take my wife off because I was told there wasn't an accessible way to go ashore, but the accessible tenders are roll off from the ship, and elevator down to lower level and roll off to shore.

2 hours ago, zanharst said:

Could you possibly tell me how quickly the infinity pool areas fill up? Going on Viva on Jan 7th from PR, and plan to use boarding day as my "sea day" and hang out by an infinity pool if possible. Thank you!

Some days they have filled up really quickly and other days not so much,  

This was an amazing show, they performed the entire Rumors album, and told the back story about each song.  As always, it was SRO, and for those that need to sit, you want to plan on being very early.

We went to Icons tonight and it was really good.  Back at Syd Norman's tomorrow.  Dinner Hudson's was good, and going at 5:00 we got right in and were seated and eating very quickly.  

Here is our video tour of our cabin 15798, which is an Accessible Balcony cabin.  

Laat night was dinner in the Commodore Room, and then rush to get into line for Syd Norman's.  We got in line about 30 minutes before the doors opened, and were probably about 80 people back.  The show last night was the full production of Rumors.  The show was amazing and worth the wait.

1 hour ago, brianz09 said:

Agree and on this sailing as well.  Viva is beautiful and crew has been great but two negatives for me so far: solo studio cabin set up not a good as Epic, Breakaway and Breakaway + ships.  Combined bathroom and shower leave very little room to move around in bathroom without brushing against the toilet.  I don't watch TV in my cabin, but imagine it would be difficult with TV on same wall as bed.  Thermal spa VERY different.  No jacuzzis and no big water feature in the pool (the one that inundates you with water on your head, neck and shoulders).  I love that feature and have booked NCL ships for that reason. Super bummed they don't have one on Viva.  
 

On the plus side, Indulge Food Hall is a big win.  The food here is really great. 

The problem with the indulge food hall on this cruise is that if you don't camp on a spot at least 30 min prior to to opening you may not be able to get in.  We were there at 12:38 and the place was packed, the hostess told us to go eat somewhere else.

33 minutes ago, schmoopie17 said:

I will be following this report with interest. Mrs. Schmoopie broke her leg pretty severely a couple months ago and continues to have mobility issues. We may need to bring a wheelchair onboard, so will be particularly interested in your comments.

Accessibility has been excellent.  I would recommend renting a scooter from Scootaround, and the Whill Ci2 is what my wife uses and we love it.  

4 minutes ago, graphicguy said:

Me,too!

That is weird, because I am using Chrome and it worked fine. 

Try this link https://www.travelingwithachair.com/blog/Viva1

Here is a description of our lunch in Hudson's with pictures, and our cabin.  This is the first part of what will be a multiple post blog about our trip.

https://www.travelingwithachair.com/blog/Viva1

I will work on scanning the dailies today and share them.  Last night the comedy show featured two comedians,  The first was a female from Canada, and she had some good bits, but the set wasn't that solid.  The second was a gentleman and he had the audience in stitches.

We ate at Cagney's and it was, as expected, a great meal.   

12 minutes ago, bluesea777 said:

Righto! 
 

We were just off the Viva TA on Monday. We rate the ship as not at the top of our fave NCL ships - in fact we will not go on any of the Prima class ships in the future if all those ships stay what they are. We’ll go back to older ships even the larger than Prima ships. 
 

 

There are things about the Prima Class I like, but the ships I like best are the Breakaway and the Getaway.

I mislabeled the last topic.

We are getting ready to sail from Miami, and I bought the Premium internet package, so we will be able to post regularly, I hope.  We were able to get on very early to do videos about the accessible cabins.  We got to tour an accessible balcony cabin, accessible ocean view cabin, and an accessible inside cabin..  We will publish videos from those tours in the next few days.  We had lunch in Hudson's, which was basically empty, and I am sure the buffet was swamped.  I will never understand why everyone runs to the buffet.  Lunch was very good, and pictures coming.

@admin  @Host Caroline Can you delete this, I mislabeled the ship name.

3 minutes ago, Sugar Magnolia said:

 

The Viva perhaps? 

 

Yes, the Viva, 

We are getting ready to sail from Miami, and I bought the Premium internet package, so we will be able to post regularly, I hope.  We were able to get on very early to do videos about the accessible cabins.  We got to tour an accessible balcony cabin, accessible ocean view cabin, and an accessible inside cabin..  We will publish videos from those tours in the next few days.  We had lunch in Hudson's, which was basically empty, and I am sure the buffet was swamped.  I will never understand why everyone runs to the buffet.  Lunch was very good, and pictures coming.

Here is the first part of our blog, and at the end of the blog there is a video tour of our cabin.

https://www.travelingwithachair.com/blog/Ascent1

10 minutes ago, Georgia_Peaches said:

Thanks for the pics!  We are going there tonight. Looks awesome!

 

Glad you’re enjoying the cruise!

It seems like you can order more than one entree, but after the T-bone I was done. 🤣