Hello- we've done several viking river cruises but this will be our first ocean. We're doing Iceland's Natural Beauty in July 2024. We have our own air but will be using a viking transfer and arriving around 6am the day of the cruise. I've read on here that you're taken to Harpa Concert Hall to wait until embarkation at 11am? Do you have to stay until embarkation, or can you chose to board separately later on? We'd like to leave our luggage to get loaded onto the boat, and then go out to explore the city. I'd like to do a whale watch that afternoon....but that will be tight if I have to spend 2+ hours hours hanging out in the Concert Hall and then board with the horde as our only option.
