palermo22 Posted July 24, 2015 #1 Share Posted July 24, 2015 We are scheduled to go on a 22 day cruise (called Barcelona, the Baltic and Beyond) on the Viking Sky - departing Barcelona on April 15, 2017. Just wondering if anyone else is scheduled to take the Viking Sky before or after our cruise. I read that the Sky was originally scheduled to be completed in 2016 - now that has been amended to the Spring 2017. Obviously I am wondering if that will have an impact on our cruise. I don't know if our cruise is the Sky inaugural cruise or if there are a few before our cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what empty nest? Posted August 1, 2015 #2 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Our Med Oddyssey cruise ends in Barcelona the day yours starts--and it wasn't an inaugural cruise when we booked it. At least they will have done the itinerary the year before, so I am determinedly cheerful about avoiding some of the "shakedown cruise" woes posted here earlier this season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RROSE7 Posted October 7, 2015 #3 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Note to Palermo22 & What Empty Nest? Not sure if I have contacted either of you before, but appears our paths will be crossing in about 18 months. If I understand the itinerary correctly, The SKY sets sail for the first time in Istanbul 25 March, 2017 with us (Robert & Sandy) aboard and the first to occupy cabin 7006. Empty Nest ---- looks like you join us just a few days later in Venice. And Palermo22, we will turn the ship over to you in Barcelona. Let's all hope for good weather, and a great cruise. We were on the sister ship STAR from Bergen to Stockholm in May of this year. If the SKY lives up to the STAR, we are all in for some great times. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deec Posted October 9, 2015 #4 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I am disappointed that the Sky has had a delayed launch date. We were hoping NOT to be on the ship quite that early on in her life....hopefully Viking will not have the glitches that happened on the Star. We are on the Barcelona/Baltic.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RROSE7 Posted October 18, 2015 #5 Share Posted October 18, 2015 CORRECTION: I previously noted that the Viking Sky sets sail for the first time in Istanbul on 25 Mar, 2017. I Just learned that the inaugural cruise will be 04, Mar 2017 from Barcelona. Guess we will NOT be the first to sleep in our beds when we board in Istanbul 25, Mar. Interesting that the East bound from Barcelona bypasses the Croatia area in favor of Israel, but bypasses Israel and goes to Croatia on the West bound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palermo22 Posted October 23, 2015 Author #6 Share Posted October 23, 2015 I am sure as well get closer to our cruise dates that there will be more detail about the when the Sky actually launches and hopefully we will have a leg up in that Viking will learn from past mistakes. We board on April 15, 2017 in Barcelona - for those of you boarding in March 2017 (or before) - are you required to have the full fare paid by 12/31/15? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RROSE7 Posted November 17, 2015 #7 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Yes Palermo, final payment is indeed due 12/31/15. Guess Hagen may need the money to defend his bribery lawsuit filed by Norway for seeking favors from the mayor of Bergen at the time of the christening of the Star. -:) So we will turn the wheel over to you in Barcelona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
id4elizabeth Posted November 17, 2015 #8 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Very interesting to read about this given that we were there for the Christening ceremony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_red5312 Posted December 2, 2016 #9 Share Posted December 2, 2016 In the process of booking Mediterranean Getaway on Sky - Rome to Barcelona. Is this the first cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Peregrina651 Posted December 2, 2016 #10 Share Posted December 2, 2016 In the process of booking Mediterranean Getaway on Sky - Rome to Barcelona. Is this the first cruise? Viking doesn't make it easy to see the schedule of one ship but with some digging on cruisemapper (which is not always accurate) and the Viking website, it does seem that February 25 will be her first cruise for the public. Based on the launch of the other ships, she will be turned over to Viking a week or two before she sails, she will then sail to Venice to pick up guests who have been invited to participate in the "shakedown" cruise (a practice cruise, if you will) before she picks up her first paying passengers on February 25 in Rome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fpacifico Posted December 6, 2016 #11 Share Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) Many options with these beautiful ships Edited December 6, 2016 by Fpacifico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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