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  1. Ok I have a new data point to add here! So I finalized the booking and paid last night, this is a last minute booking since the cruise is in June. This afternoon I got an email with the flight itinerary. When I logged into the website it was already ticketed and all I could do was look at seats. The return flight was OK with 1 layover, but the outbound flight had 2 layovers and stopped in a 3rd non-EU country which is not ideal. So I go to lookup the airline booking on the actual airline website and notice that my middle name is listed twice on the ticket for some reason. I called Viking Air to ask about this. The lady I spoke with was so nice, and explained to me since it is within 24 hours of booking she can void the ticket and help me pick a better itinerary. We were able to change to a flight with only 1 layover on the outbound journey. So now my only concern is whether we will arrive on time for dinner since that flight gets in later in the afternoon 🙂
  2. Ok I have to say the Viking customer service folks on the online chat are very helpful. Chatted with an agent who helped me realize that there is no sail away time that we need to be on board for, because the ship stays in Lyon the first few days. Which is clearly spelled out in the itinerary but my mind automatically went to regular ocean cruise sailaway planning. Doh. They agreed there is no need for Air Plus or a deviation because the standard air service will make sure we have a good flight to get us there on the day of. And even if we are late it's no big deal.
  3. I'm looking to fly in from Austin, TX to Lyon, France the day before the cruise, so landing the day of the cruise. Yes I know this is not recommended. If there is no good option we could look at leaving 1 day sooner. I'd prefer not to have more than 1 connection and not to run through the airport like a mad person on the layover. I'm not sure what time the ship usually sets sail and how much wiggle room we have on that day. Will they hold the ship if someone is late? Can you catch up with the ship at the next stop? Edit: we have free flights on our booking and it looks like they allocated $1700 each for that benefit. None of the flights available on Google Flights are that cheap. 2nd edit: the cruise is in June and I have the booking on courtesy hold, need to pay tonight.
  4. Thanks, I went ahead and added the AirPlus. Hopefully they won't charge us any extra for the flights. Trying to get in without any deviation so not having avoidable flight issues would be good 🙂
  5. Thank you so much. I'm only familiar with the NCL flights where you should thank your lucky stars if you don't end up with 2+ connections and terrible flight times or almost impossible layovers 🙂 It seems like there is some functionality to select flights in the My Viking webpage, are we actually allowed to give any input into the flight itinerary on the basic free flight level? Or is that only reserved for those who pay for the AirPlus? I did answer my own question about the airports I think, the documents in the email reservation seem to confirm we will be flown to Lyon and Marseilles airports. I guess I'm just wondering if I should expect the same kind of terrible flight itineraries on the basic free airfare as NCL or if they actually do make an effort to limit it to 1 layover with enough time to make the connection, etc. I checked Google Flights and there are a couple of options that would work well.
  6. I'm wondering this too. How much is the AirPlus fee? Do we have any level of control over the basic free airfare package? For example, will they actually fly you to the closest airport (Lyon) for the cruise embarkation or do you have to trek from a major airport (Paris)? Never sailed on Viking before.
  7. Thanks for the review, always interesting to see what others did on the same trip. I also remember Glenna and her glow hands from glow night and her prom queen appearance!
  8. I was on this sailing too and it felt very crowded to me. Syd Norman’s was the main venue with issues. At the beginning of the cruise you could walk in there anytime and get a seat. By the end of the cruise you needed to be there 1 hour early to get a seat. The cast was worth it though! Six was also really amazing, I recommend seeing it the first night it’s on. We were delayed in bar harbor due to fog and it seemed like a lot of people missed their excursions.
  9. Breakaway had around 3600 passengers last week. It did feel pretty full and the service timing was suffering a bit in the second half of the cruise. Got seriously spoiled by my other two pandemic cruises that were almost empty with a more diverse demographic.
  10. Has anyone taken CBD oil tincture on a New England/Canadian cruise? With THC under the federal legal limit. I read it’s ok to fly with it
  11. Dang. I just got denied on the price drop FCC for being within 14 days and I didn't realize they are going to deny the shareholder OBC also.
  12. At first I was thinking it depends on how well she plays and sings. If she's terrible, then for sure tell her it is not allowed or discourage it. If she's actually pretty good, people may enjoy it. But I think at some point having a talented passenger performing on board would cause friction with the official performers and take away from their shows and tips.
  13. My spouse and I travel carry on only. We re-wear 3-4 dinner outfits because like you said, we shower before dinner and they are only worn for a few hours. We also rewear jeans and shorts a few times since they don’t get dirty that fast. This is for 7 day cruise. It’s so nice bypassing all of the luggage lines in the airport and at the port. Especially when traveling overseas.
  14. We ordered something from every category last year and it was all free
  15. Didn't they have some adverse events in the last quarter? Like the Puerto Plata grounding and the ship hitting the iceberg and I seem to remember a 3rd one had to be dry docked unexpectedly. They gave refunds and FCC on all those cancelled cruises.
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