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I'm in the UK and my cruise planner shows the upgrade to Premium from Classic (5% discount), but then if I scroll down to the bottom of the screen it gives 10% discount option and an Elite 15% option

Just had confirmation from Viking that it's now 2 days in Dubrovnik for our cruise starting Monday

Sleepless night also, as I'm pretty sure insurance wouldn't cover it and it's too late to cancel.  Possible plan was to stay in Malta an extra 4 days after the cruise so taking us over the 10 days since being in Montenegro.

Just had the following email from Viking.

Dear Viking Guest

We hope you are looking forward to your cruise.

As you may be aware the UK Government has changed the status of Montenegro, and this will move to Red from 4AM on the 30th August.

Your cruise is scheduled to visit Kotor, Montenegro. Please be assured that we are looking at alternative options for your itinerary.

There is no need to contact us at this time, our Guest Services team will be in touch with further information once arrangements have been made.

Thank you for your patience.

22 hours ago, les37b said:

 

 

Has anyone flown from LHR recently with an insight of what goes on, what's checked and where (covid wise)  and generally what is a comfortable amount of time to arrive for a 10.50 departure.

I presume you're flying with Air Malta, we are on the 10.50 flight on 30/8.  I'll be very interested to hear how you go on, though with way infections are rising I'm not convinced our cruise will happen.

We did the Baltic cruise this June and the shuttle bus was $7 one way and $14 return. Tickets could be bought on board the ship or on the pier.

Is the information in bold (above) new information? In the past, the package could be purchased on a pro-rated basis for the remainder of the cruise.

 

Also, does this carry over to the upgrade policy? Advice in the past was to try out your Classic package for a day or two before deciding whether or not to upgrade to Premium and then upgrade at a pro-rated amount.

 

Is the upgrade now priced on a "per cruise" basis also?

I've read it to mean that you can't just purchase a package for a day or two, it's the entire cruise, and similarly if you upgrade it is for the entire cruise from the day you upgrade.

We're on board Viking Idun and have just been told that we will be unable to sail to Budapest on Saturday because of this lock, instead we will dock in Bratislava and be bussed in for the tour and then return to the ship. So no night spent in Budapest, which is a shame.

Passengers whose flight home on Sunday morning is before 10am will spend the night in a Budapest hotel before transfering to the airport, but for later flights this is not an option unless you are prepared to fund it yourself.