MELSMOM47 Posted March 3, 2023 #1 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Has anyone taken the Rural Shetland excursion? How large a group was there? How long was the bus ride? Did you enjoy it? TIA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted March 3, 2023 #2 Share Posted March 3, 2023 30 minutes ago, MELSMOM47 said: Has anyone taken the Rural Shetland excursion? How large a group was there? How long was the bus ride? Did you enjoy it? TIA Hi, The bus was not filled, maybe 30 on each of two busses. Total bus time about 2.5 to 3 hours. We enjoyed it. Pretty much the only way to get around other than hiring a car privately. Watch out for the ponies, they bite.😳 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MELSMOM47 Posted March 3, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted March 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Jim Avery said: Hi, The bus was not filled, maybe 30 on each of two busses. Total bus time about 2.5 to 3 hours. We enjoyed it. Pretty much the only way to get around other than hiring a car privately. Watch out for the ponies, they bite.😳 Thank you. The tour says 4 hours total. So was most of the time spent seeing the countryside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted March 3, 2023 #4 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Yes, "Scenic Tour". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MELSMOM47 Posted March 3, 2023 Author #5 Share Posted March 3, 2023 1 minute ago, Jim Avery said: Yes, "Scenic Tour". The one with the dogs? Or the included one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted March 3, 2023 #6 Share Posted March 3, 2023 I don't remember if it was an included one or extra. Once paid for months in advance it's all just gone money...🍹 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MELSMOM47 Posted March 3, 2023 Author #7 Share Posted March 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, Jim Avery said: I don't remember if it was an included one or extra. Once paid for months in advance it's all just gone money...🍹 👍🏻 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitchly Posted March 3, 2023 #8 Share Posted March 3, 2023 My tip, for what it’s worth: for Lerwick, only sign up for excursions you will get reimbursed for if Viking cancels your stop there. Due to weather conditions, they frequently have to skip the Shetlands. Sadly, that was the case for our cruise in September. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MELSMOM47 Posted March 3, 2023 Author #9 Share Posted March 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, Twitchly said: My tip, for what it’s worth: for Lerwick, only sign up for excursions you will get reimbursed for if Viking cancels your stop there. Due to weather conditions, they frequently have to skip the Shetlands. Sadly, that was the case for our cruise in September. Thank you. That was my question on another thread. I understand that we can cancel with some number of hours notice. There is some question about that number. It is a ship excursion that I was asking about. If they cancel the port they will refund I assume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LindaS272 Posted March 3, 2023 #10 Share Posted March 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, Twitchly said: My tip, for what it’s worth: for Lerwick, only sign up for excursions you will get reimbursed for if Viking cancels your stop there. Due to weather conditions, they frequently have to skip the Shetlands. Sadly, that was the case for our cruise in September. Yes. Sadly, we learned the hard way. Had signed up for the cruise when our booking window had already been open for weeks and excursions we wanted were sold out. So I researched and found a private tour. They wanted half up front though. Then a storm made us miss that stop. That was in 2019. We’ve been trying to get back on our own ever since. Have canceled four times—2x in 2020; 1x in 2021; 1x in 2022! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlerRob Posted March 4, 2023 #11 Share Posted March 4, 2023 9 hours ago, LindaS272 said: Yes. Sadly, we learned the hard way. Had signed up for the cruise when our booking window had already been open for weeks and excursions we wanted were sold out. So I researched and found a private tour. They wanted half up front though. Then a storm made us miss that stop. That was in 2019. We’ve been trying to get back on our own ever since. Have canceled four times—2x in 2020; 1x in 2021; 1x in 2022! Concur on the refundable need for Lerwick - much like the Falklands. We've missed three times - 2 weather, one Covid. Five misses wins! 🍺🥌 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugarside Posted March 4, 2023 #12 Share Posted March 4, 2023 A quick note for anyone who is visiting Lerwick on July 27th this year. Both Viking Venus and Viking Mars are currently shown on cruise mapper as being in Lerwick that day. This might have an effect on tour availability that day . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare molymoo Posted March 4, 2023 #13 Share Posted March 4, 2023 (edited) We took th 18 hours ago, MELSMOM47 said: The one with the dogs? Or the included one? We took the "one with the dogs" last summer ... I don't remember what it was called then but it is now know as "Rural Shetland". We thoroughly enjoyed the excursion, despite the horrible weather! There were about 20 people and the drive was not noticeably long. We had lots of time to spend meeting the ponies, learning about the Shetland sheep (and their ponies do not bite) and watching the amazing dogs in action and learning how they are trained. The visit to the restaurant afterwards was lovely ... it was cozy and warm and the snacks (soup and bread) were delicious. It is one of our favorite Viking excursions. Edited March 4, 2023 by molymoo additions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MELSMOM47 Posted March 4, 2023 Author #14 Share Posted March 4, 2023 33 minutes ago, molymoo said: We took th We took the "one with the dogs" last summer ... I don't remember what it was called then but it is now know as "Rural Shetland". We thoroughly enjoyed the excursion, despite the horrible weather! There were about 20 people and the drive was not noticeably long. We had lots of time to spend meeting the ponies, learning about the Shetland sheep (and their ponies do not bite) and watching the amazing dogs in action and learning how they are trained. The visit to the restaurant afterwards was lovely ... it was cozy and warm and the snacks (soup and bread) were delicious. It is one of our favorite Viking excursions. Thank you so much. We booked it for May. Sounds exactly like I was hoping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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