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TayanaLorna

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    Naguabo, PR
  • Interests
    Birding, sailing, reading, exploring, dogs
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Viking Ocean

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  1. They did this on our Amazon trip. Both the shuttles to shore and the tour boats picked up folks on the platform. It was great.
  2. We've done 4 cruises with friends and 2 without. We meet new folks without friends. With friends we agree to not be joined at the hip. If we happen to want the same excursion, we book the same time and meet beforehand to be sure we are on the same bus. We usually have dinner together meeting for cocktails beforehand. Breakfast, lunch, lectures, tea, port talks we don't usually pre plan to be together. The best part of cruising with friends was when we had 6 of us. For that cruise we did private excursions with either 4 or all 6 of us depending on our interests. This was the SA Round Cape Horn cruise and it was so nice to get away from the busloads and quiet vox.
  3. Thank you so much. Have it bookmarked now.
  4. This has nothing to do with Viking Promos but the only way I can think of to contact you. I think you posted a review or a running log of a Viking Expedition cruise you did from Ushuaia to Santiago through Patagonia in Chile. My DH has an interest in expedition now but i don't know how to find your postings. Do you have a link? Thanks.
  5. On a cruise from Norway to Scotland we had to do the passport parade. On another cruise from the West Indies to Brazil, we had 2 choices: Surrender your passport to Guest Services the day before ships arrival or report at 4 am with your passport on morning of arrival. Some cruises like around South America, we surrendered our passports for the entire cruise. It depends.
  6. It is best to look at the Viking Daily delivered the evening before any excursion. The time and location for where to meet for any excursion will be in the Viking Daily. The time listed when you reserve your excursion is the time the bus leaves. Meeting prior to an excursion can be 15 minutes to a half hour before departure time. We missed an excursion once because we did not look for the meeting time in the Daily. They do not wait.
  7. In December excursions opened right on time. Restaurant reservations were open when i woke up in the morning and I am Atlantic time.
  8. Viking does have a referral program or at least did 2018 to 2023.in the US. If a person gives your name to Viking when booking then both you and that person get $100 off a cruise. Tell her to book with Viking and then transfer to a TA.
  9. We too were disappointed with too much ship light to see stars in SA. The Planetariums are not for live star gazing but for ceiling shows. One night on our cruise there was a star gazing lecture on Deck 9 where the lights were turned off for the duration. Due to an almost midnight sun down there, it was much too late for us to attend given our early and long excursions.
  10. It takes several weeks to really explore the incredible diversity of the island from rain forest to dry forest, from sandy beaches to high mountains, cave systems, Taino archeological sites, rock carvings, quaint and historic towns, coffee plantations, bioluminiscent bays and coral reefs.
  11. One thing Ronnie said that made me laugh - when he was talking about how and why local folk painted or did not paint their homes and then complained about how they were now painting them all bright, different colors now. Well, you have been in OSJ and seen how we paint houses here in PR.
  12. 2.5 feet will be welcome in the DV's
  13. On our West Indies/Amazon cruise last year we avoided walking through it for the same reason. We never ate at the Pool Grill because it was so hot.
  14. We always take visitors to the Cathedral, the San Juan gate, La Rogativa sculpture and into the Hotel El Convento as it is very nice. Old San Juan is the best part.
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