Has anyone been on every ocean ship

[philbob84]

There should be three now I belive? Any noticeable or subtle differences between the 3?

[Peregrina651]

There should be three now I belive? Any noticeable or subtle differences between the 3?

 

Well, the Sky has been on the job for barely 6 weeks now, so it may be a while until there is anyone who can say that they have been on all three--unless it someone on the Cruise Critic staff.;)

 

As for difference, here's the stuff that matters to me:

I do know that on the Sea in the self-serve laundry, you can use you own detergent if you wish and if you want to use what the ship supplies, you have to press the button on the wall at the soap dispenser. On the Star, you don't have a choice but then again you also don't have to figure out how the button works. Haven't heard which system they chose for the Sky.

 

 

On the Sea, the QuietVox listening devices have a standard headset jack and you can bring your own ears. On the Star, it is a dedicated jack and you can only use the earphone that comes with the QuietVox. I've been complaining about the earphones for years because regardless of they keep telling me, they cannot be used in either ear. Hopefully, the Sky has been equipped with the newer system with the standard jack.

[H2Otstr]

Well, the Sky has been on the job for barely 6 weeks now, so it may be a while until there is anyone who can say that they have been on all three--unless it someone on the Cruise Critic staff.;)

 

As for difference, here's the stuff that matters to me:

I do know that on the Sea in the self-serve laundry, you can use you own detergent if you wish and if you want to use what the ship supplies, you have to press the button on the wall at the soap dispenser. On the Star, you don't have a choice but then again you also don't have to figure out how the button works. Haven't heard which system they chose for the Sky.

 

I'm pretty sure that the soap is automatically dispensed on the Sky. I peeked in the room but never laundered anything.

 

On the Sea, the QuietVox listening devices have a standard headset jack and you can bring your own ears. On the Star, it is a dedicated jack and you can only use the earphone that comes with the QuietVox. I've been complaining about the earphones for years because regardless of they keep telling me, they cannot be used in either ear. Hopefully, the Sky has been equipped with the newer system with the standard jack.

 

The Sky had the newer earpieces with the standard jack. The earpiece was a very pliable rubber instead of the hard earpiece from the old system. We really had a difficult time getting them to work. One of our guides finally gave up and just yelled :D.

[suspaul]

We just go off the Star this past Saturday and I used my own earbuds with the QuietVox. We've done many Viking river cruises prior to this latest cruise on the Star and I've always hated the ear pieces, finding them uncomfortable but this time was great.

 

I can't offer any comparisons as this was our 1st Viking Oceans but we will be on the Sky next year!

 

 

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[Peregrina651]

We just go off the Star this past Saturday and I used my own earbuds with the QuietVox. We've done many Viking river cruises prior to this latest cruise on the Star and I've always hated the ear pieces, finding them uncomfortable but this time was great.

 

I can't offer any comparisons as this was our 1st Viking Oceans but we will be on the Sky next year!

 

 

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<Snoopy Dance Gif> You do not know how thrilled I am to hear that!!!!! We are on the Star in December and I was not looking forward to 14 days of not hearing all that the guide has to say. :D