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Well, that’s why Linda called her the infamous Heather Clancy. Many loved her and many hated her. There was no middle ground as you say.

Another thumbs down icon needed here. We, and many others, have been following Dave and Linda for two years, since the inaugural Iceland cruise in 2021. So now, I guess, you can trash me too.

Bon Voyage Linda! We had Heather as CD for nearly five months on the 2019 WC and I must say, she is a bit much. Just not our fav. Beautiful voice, but so condescending. Hopefully she has changed!

Yes.

Yes, exactly. I will say that when we boarded the ship one time with suitcases that had been left to sit out in the rain and all our clothes were wet, Viking picked them up at 4, returned them at 5 ( and I’m talking 15 pieces here) so we could go to dinner properly attired. Viking’s service is really outstanding, whatever you think about the front office!

I have found if I leave it out one day, pretty much no matter what time, it’s back the next day about 4.

And if the weather is nice, you can take your lunch out to the Aquavit terrace. And I have to say, embarkation lunch is one of my favorite moments of a cruise. Enjoy!

We did this while on the World Cruise. It was really special! We also saw quite a few whales.

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For what it’s worth, on our WC in 2019, there were two Manfredi’s menus over the 18 weeks. One we definitely liked better than the other. So I guess they do make changes from time to time. But I have never seen that second menu again, so maybe they take the criticism into account. I did go into MVJ today, and checked the sample menu for Manfredis, and it is the old one.

Oh, this is where I wish these boards had a thumbs down icon in addition to like, thanks, and laugh…

My husband loves that too. We celebrated our anniversary four weeks ago on Orion and he had the Osso Bucco. So who knows if the menu has changed across the board.

I don’t even know what I would order off this menu. I find this very sad. We, too, have emigrated to the WC many nights.

Agreed. I pack one if we have a special occasion, but otherwise I pack black dress pants, and/or white depending on the time of year and climate, and many dressy tops to go with them.

Well, I’m going to try harder next time. My husband loves the Viking bed. He thinks our pillow top at home is too soft. Oh well, we’ve managed to be married a long time despite the differences.

The duvet is really very pleasant and comfortable. However, I have asked for those toppers, because I find the beds too hard, but have never gotten one.

Yep, you can’t overestimate the value of a good pedicure!

I think that’s just for men. I wore dress sandals to dinner many times and many other women did too. I could post pictures of my sandals and my husband’s and the difference would be clear!

We did this excursion too and loved it. Do take the Canal boat ride in the city. It was one of our best memories of Copenhagen. We did it on our own, not with Viking.

Yes, but we had done all those places. So just opted for a day in Athens on our own. Not a good choice. Would have done better with choosing out own hotel. A cautionary tale!

On our previous trip to Athens we stayed at the Grand Bretagne and loved it. Right onSyntagma Square. We wished we had opted to stay there again instead of for the convenience of having Viking do everything for us. Elegant and just lovely. We had lunch there on this last trip.

That may be Viking’s thinking, but not mine. In the end they have to get everyone to the port, no matter which hotel they are staying at. And if you only have the two day extension, you are wanting to do Athens on your own for a day or two. All the more reason to be closer to the center.

We stayed there in February. In my opinion, and one I related to Viking, there is just no reason to put us all so far from anything at all. The hotel is OK, but more like 15 minutes to the center with all the Athens traffic They have a free shuttle, which helps. The restaurant in the hotel is e&o Athens, which is a pan-Asian restaurant that was very good. We ate there twice. But I wouldn’t do the pre-cruise extension with this hotel again.

We have heard this from every chef in every restaurant on every cruise. I have had a couple of the chefs ask us to come back and they would make the dish in question to our specifications, since they really did know how to cook. Peking duck in Chefs Table for the Asian Panorama comes to mind. It was delicious the second time around!

Actually, I think it was better at sea. The ports are surrounded by the ever on-going and wonderful mountains, and you are just sort of boxed in.