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  1. Excellent strategy! Glad it all worked out! Enjoy the trip and the excursions.
  2. All good points. My only thought is - it would be more valuable for that set of excursions that doesn't seem to change (like Alhambra out of Malaga). Lots of excursions are in a state of flux and new ones being added, including included tours - so currency (recency) would be very important if there were reviews posted.
  3. Probably due to all the midwest and East coast passengers who had flown in early that morning! And got transferred to the ship - just to wait. Doesn't seem to happen like that at FLL. We boarded between 10 and 10:30 at FLL all 3 times embarking there.
  4. Yes - we get breakfast there quite often!! And on a given cruise, you run into a lot of the same people at the station, those of us who have similar tastes! Quite fun. Didn't know that about the Dan Dan - may have to try that.
  5. Yes! In fact, in the first picture, you can see the Viking server in the left background, who is serving up gelato at the time I took the picture.
  6. Team Trivia is also done quite often at 12:15 every day in the Star Theatre - for sea days. Lectures are often done throughout the day, not just the 6:15 dreaded dinner lecture. A lot depends on the itinerary, so it is somewhat hard to generalize.
  7. Dan Dan Noodles - always there every night at dinner.
  8. Here are some photos I took of some of the dishes and the arrangement.
  9. We were beginning to sidetrack the Planetarium discussion, so I thought I'd start a new thread for people to share information and photos of the Asian Food Stations. It is around the corner from the Gelato Station in the back of the World Cafe. It is there on the 6 later ships - Orion, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Neptune, Saturn. I've heard reports that on the earlier ships Star, Sea, Sky - they serve some Asian food at the Pool Grill. There are plans being discussed to add the Asian stations to those 3 as well when they go to dry dock. So many people miss it, since it is just a window at the back, where you can order up various dishes. It used to be other items than Asian, but now all Asian all the time - supposedly due to the feedback from passengers - and it is quite quite popular. We always check it out whenever we go to World Cafe - just to see what is being offered that breakfast, lunch, or dinner. They do not publish what is offered ahead of time. There is information on placards above the glass countertop that tells you what the items are.
  10. No "Menu" posted. Just off the Saturn. They had "placards" on the high lgass protective counter above the food (like those in the World Cafe) that showed different things being served. Never listed on the app or wall screens. At dinner, they always had Dan Dan noodles, and then other dishes varied. Usually another noodle dish, like pork noodles, plus some kind of vegetable dish and/or possibly some meat dishes (like Kung Pao Shrimp for example). Just a variety of things. Not known in advance. We made a habit of always going to the Station right away just to check out what was available that night. For breakfast, usually had shumai, potstickers, or dumplings plus spring rolls, and other things. Generally a decent amount of choices. I will look for some pictures I took this past trip.
  11. No tables removed at all. It is just a window that faces the bar, right around the corner from the gelato station.
  12. Yes, all ships Orion and more recent, have the Stations. We've been to them all and are regular "customers:"! Further note - also heard they are talking about retro-fitting the Asian Stations onto Star, Sea, and SKy, when they go into dry dock - It has been quite popular. Another note - originally the "station" was going to be specialty items, not just Asian. For several years, we witnessed Viking using them as Breakfast-omelettes and such; Lunch-various things like pasta, etc Dinner-Asian. They made a decision about a year ago to switch to all Asian all the time - since they told us it was the most popular.
  13. Interesting note on these planetariums . . We were talking with one of the Viking General Managers recently onboard who gave us some great knowledge and insights into the various Viking Ocean ships and future plans.... The original 10 ships are called "Star" class. The Star was the first. They then had 3 sets of 3 ships released from 2016 to 2023 to complete the Star class. First group was Sea, Sun, and Sky. The 2nd group of 3 - Orion, Jupiter, and Venus - had planned to add the planetariums. Only the Orion and Jupiter got them, as by the time the Venus was being built (and released in 2021), the feedback on the planetariums was so bad they cancelled it for Venus and all future Star class. They did add the "Asian Stations" by the Aquavit Bar on the 2nd group of 3 and kept them for the 3rd group. The 3rd group of 3 was the Mars ('22), Neptune ('22), and Saturn ('23).
  14. That is exactly what we did. We wanted the optional more so booked it. Went onboard with no included in that port. Then after a few days of checking with excursion desk, slots opened up. Another time, we went standby on an included time. Viking sadly gets many people who are no shows for an included tour and don't bother to cancel since it is free. Happens all the time.
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