Lenliner

We'll be right there, following along with you! Hope you make it into Port Stanley this time.

Volunteer Point is beautiful!

Thanks for putting smiles on our faces! 

Nice picture of the bridge on the Rio Negros! 

We hope everyone enjoyed Fortaleza, and came back without getting their Phones, camera's, etc. ripped off. We'll keep our fingers crossed for rain in the upper Amazon!

When we went to Iguazu Falls in Argentina/Brazil, the falls were running very high volumes! 

Storms swell Iguazu falls to near decade-high flow (phys.org) 

"Storms in the southern Brazilian state of Parana sent the flow of water through the massive falls gushing to 24.2 million liters per second Monday, the second-highest volume on record, officials said. The flow was more than 16 times the falls' normal level of 1.5 million liters per second". 

Rio is just Fabulous! How is everyone onboard enjoying it? 

Presently our winds have increased to 14 knots. The Captain is doing a great job of avoiding the most severe winds off the coast as shown in the wind map above from Meteoblue.com 

    Viking Polaris by Corvado Volcano Chile!

Viking Polaris passing by Corcavado Volcano!

Analysis Paralysis, IMHO.

         We were in 5070 on the Neptune adjacent to the second elevator lobby. Viking cruisers are a well-behaved bunch, and we had no problem with noise whatsoever. Our '23 World Cruise was 121 days of pure cruising bliss. Thank you Viking! 

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We travel the world to gain perspectives on different regions which enables us to to appreciate what we have back home. We wish to hear the whole truth and nothing but the truth, blatant as it may be. Negative or positive comments and anything else others wish to contribute to this forum. To do otherwise, would diminish the value of this forum. 🌏

Canadians 🇨🇦 meet @ 1:00 p.m. in the Winter Garden. Sorry for the short notice. I just got around to reading the Viking Daily due to scrolling function remaining broken on the Android version of Viking Voyager. 🍁 

We concur with Andy's comments; besides that, in yesterday's Viking daily there was a notice about Internet and TV Connection alluding to our geographic location over the next few days. Please use this time to enjoy the South Pacific in all of its glory. It sure beats shoveling snow! 

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We officially cross at 23:00 hours Hawaiian time.

EQUATOR CROSSING CEREMONY! 

13 hours ago, mbviking2023 said:

 

Similar experience we think.  We are docked in Honolulu at the moment and I ran a speedtest, 7:00AM local time.  Takes a good minute for the F and CC boards to load, and uploading pictures for the blog is interminable.  But hey, that's just a minor thing, considering everything else we're doing.  World Cruise!!

We agree wholeheartedly. I guess Starlink has to learn to walk before it can run faster. I will leave you all with this thought. What did we do before the internet? 😎🌺👩🏻

Heads up to fellow Canadians: There is an event this afternoon (12th) at 13:00 called "Canada🍁Lovers". Meet your fellow Canadian World Cruisers in the winter garden. 🇨🇦 

7 hours ago, mstadleraz said:

I am posting this on both the Roll Call and here. Just attempting to confirm the M&G will be today in the Explorers Lounge at 1700. Please respond if that is the case.

WoW! We checked both the roll call and the live blog earlier this morning. I guess I just missed your post. I guess we'll have another 117 days too meet and greet our fellow cruisers. Sorry we missed it. 

7 hours ago, mstadleraz said:

 

Duplicate 😖

To make up the day missed in Santa Barbara we'll be getting an extra night in Honolulu!  ALOHA! 🌊🏝️🌋 

"I cannot understand why people do this, when there are plenty of other places just to sit around the ship. Once people have finished eating they should vacate the tables for others to eat."

We agree!!! It's even more inconsiderate on cold climate cruises due to almost everyone being indoors. Given no other option, we'll just sit where there's room. Three people sharing a table for 6 is a bit more efficient than ONE, don't you agree? 😎👩🏻

Thanks Crew News! As always, your information is invaluable! 🙂

I agree with everything you said! It might be time for HAL to invest in additional interpersonal training for the front office staff. We had a similar experience on the Maasdam last fall, until Barbara from front office finally worked hard and found a solution to our concerns! We're on the Zaandam June 4th, and one more this fall in the Med. on the K-dam. After that, we'll decide if HAL is for us.😎👩🏻

Thanks Crew News for all your insights! We're on the June 4 sailing, and find your thread fascinating. We sincerely hope that the weather on week two is better than it's been. Smooth Sailing!😎👩🏻