Aussie Cruise Nuts Posted November 15, 2020 #401 Share Posted November 15, 2020 13 hours ago, Jim Avery said: No need to worry about the Grizzlies. They will have no problem finding you. And to them, you taste just like chicken..... Good one Jim 😂😂😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharTrav Posted November 15, 2020 #402 Share Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, Jim Avery said: No need to worry about the Grizzlies. They will have no problem finding you. And to them, you taste just like chicken..... Be noisy! Wear bear bells! Actually - we did Denali and the Tundra Tour; believe me there are absolute limits on who can enter the park on foot. Everybody else must be in a bus and get off at sites that are bear free. We did get to see a grizzly but from very very far away. This picture was from inside the bus on zoom and seriously cropped afterwards. . Edited November 15, 2020 by CharTrav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Danneskjold Posted November 15, 2020 #403 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Here’s a bit of good news on the treatment front, especially for those of us in the “Viking demographic”... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8949605/Arthritis-drug-cuts-elderly-Covid-19-deaths-two-thirds-say-researchers.html I wonder if it also acts as bear repellent??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted December 6, 2020 #404 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Noted this morning that Viking Star is underway again. After a brief stop at Skagen anchorage, she is returning to Mukran, Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukefan Posted December 6, 2020 Author #405 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Does this mean the Star, the Sun and the Sky will all be in Mukran, Germany? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted December 7, 2020 #406 Share Posted December 7, 2020 15 hours ago, Dukefan said: Does this mean the Star, the Sun and the Sky will all be in Mukran, Germany? That's what it looks like. Sun and Sky still alongside and Star is approaching the anchorage outside the port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duquephart Posted December 8, 2020 #407 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Do they move ships around because they need to be moved around? Or is it a port fee thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted December 8, 2020 #408 Share Posted December 8, 2020 9 hours ago, duquephart said: Do they move ships around because they need to be moved around? Or is it a port fee thing? Hard to say, as they have a variety of potential reasons for moving the ships cheaper bunkers, bunker prices vary by port, so it could be cheaper paying fuel to move the ship for cheaper bunkers getting stores - on the Sun they advised that Viking has a central warehouse somewhere in Germany where most of the stores are shipped from engine rebuilds - if the engineers have completed an engine overhaul then they require some running time to bed in the new components. Every rebuild we did, it was an 8 to 12 hr process following the Chief Engineers requests for throttle settings berth fees crew exchanges - some countries are more accommodating than others. Since our son joined a ship in Germany last summer, left last month and rejoins again in January, I know Germany is accepting crew changes, but don't know about Norway. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharTrav Posted December 8, 2020 #409 Share Posted December 8, 2020 FYI -- for those who've been asking about what procedures Viking will institute after we starting cruising again -- this was just posted today -- https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/my-trip/health-and-safety/health-and-safety-program.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDHusker Posted December 29, 2020 #410 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Viking’s first expedition ship was floated out last week at the VARD shipyard in Norway. The 278-passenger Viking Octantis will debut in early 2022, and spend her maiden season sailing in Antarctica and North America’s Great Lakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcupine 52 Posted December 30, 2020 #411 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Yes... I am so excited about going to Antarctica.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted January 19, 2021 #412 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Viking Star and Viking Sun both departed Mukran today and are bound for Skagen in Denmark, probably loading bunkers tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted January 21, 2021 #413 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Just heard that after taking bunkers and stores the Viking Sun will be bound for China. Still alongside Skagen in Denmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Clay Clayton Posted January 21, 2021 #414 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Guess it’s time for the handoff? Wonder if they will be making changes to the interiors to appeal to a Chinese aesthetic? Adding a casino? 😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted January 21, 2021 #415 Share Posted January 21, 2021 25 minutes ago, Clay Clayton said: Guess it’s time for the handoff? Wonder if they will be making changes to the interiors to appeal to a Chinese aesthetic? Adding a casino? 😱 Clay - I would think that is a definite possibility. I expect she is heading to a Chinese shipyard for interior modifications to suit the local market. At present, she still has many of the officers from the World Cruise aboard, but if she is changing to China flag, at some point they will have Chinese aboard for familiarisation, as I believe it will require a Chinese crew to work their coastwise trade. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted January 23, 2021 #416 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Andy, you are correct, Chinese flag ships must be crewed by Chinese citizens. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted January 24, 2021 #417 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Looks like Viking Sun has departed Denmark, as she is now heading to the Meddy, with the next stop being Malta's commercial port. Currently steaming at 17.5 kts, which is the required speed for ETA Jan 31st. Interesting that they aren't slow steaming, as all the other ships have for the past 9 months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted January 24, 2021 #418 Share Posted January 24, 2021 6 hours ago, Heidi13 said: Looks like Viking Sun has departed Denmark, as she is now heading to the Meddy, with the next stop being Malta's commercial port. Currently steaming at 17.5 kts, which is the required speed for ETA Jan 31st. Interesting that they aren't slow steaming, as all the other ships have for the past 9 months. Sooner they get there, the sooner they get paid for the ship. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted January 31, 2021 #419 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Viking Sun has departed Valletta, bound for Suez Canal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deec Posted February 1, 2021 #420 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I wish it wasn't SUN that Viking is selling...only nostalgia....are they selling this ship because she was financed by the Chinese and even has a Chinese godmother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeriGail Posted February 1, 2021 #421 Share Posted February 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, deec said: I wish it wasn't SUN that Viking is selling...only nostalgia....are they selling this ship because she was financed by the Chinese and even has a Chinese godmother? My feelings too - we would have been on the Sun for a December 2020 Lisbon to Miami cruise. It was ideal for me since it had the noodle bar at the World Cafe, an expanded gym, shelves in the closet, and didn't have the planetarium. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Wonderland Posted February 4, 2021 #422 Share Posted February 4, 2021 On 1/31/2021 at 11:26 PM, Heidi13 said: Viking Sun has departed Valletta, bound for Suez Canal After transiting through the Suez Canal, next port is Singapore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted February 4, 2021 #423 Share Posted February 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Cruise Wonderland said: After transiting through the Suez Canal, next port is Singapore. This will be a bunker stop and possibly to shipyards in Singapore. If she is being flagged in China and deployed to the China Market, I would expect her to refit at a Chinese yard. However, Chinese yards don't have much cruise ship experience, so they may use a yard in Singapore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted February 4, 2021 #424 Share Posted February 4, 2021 RIP Viking Sun....🍸 We shall miss you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted February 4, 2021 #425 Share Posted February 4, 2021 48 minutes ago, Jim Avery said: RIP Viking Sun....🍸 We shall miss you. It was our only Viking ship to date. Brilliant ship, which we will also miss. Hoping to see many of the World Cruise Masters, officers and crew on the Neptune. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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