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Peregrina651

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  1. It is best that you confirm your issues with the restaurant staff when you board just to make sure that it has been duly noted.
  2. If you haven't seen them already, check out these two threads: ORION -Noisy cabins ? 6072-6094 Viking Ship Juniper - Are rooms above the restaurant noisy? This thread drifted a bit and talks about cabins under Aquavit
  3. Andy, your announcement is crushing. For you, to have been brought to this point. For those of us here, who have depended on your understanding of the industry for clear, reasonable explanations of the inner-workings and who have so enjoyed your blog. Your voice will be missed.
  4. We were just discussing these cabins on another thread (which is not what you would expect from the title but that happens sometimes.) : Viking Ship Juniper - Are rooms above the restaurant noisy?
  5. Three times now over the dining room and not a sound, not even the cleaning crew. We have two more sailings booked in the same vicinity. I have tried other locations but have decided that Deck 3 aft in a DV6 is my preference. Being over the dining room is a lot better than being under the buffet, where the sound of scraping chairs on bare deck is more apt to be transmitted to the deck below.
  6. Keep checkinging. Ya never know.
  7. At Skalanes Nature Reserve with a wonking powerful telephoto lens. We did Vigur Island as well but I got better shots at the nature center. BTW, my little point and shot had a high powered zoom lens on it. Instead of dealing with one body and multiple lenses, I use two different point and shoot cameras with different telephoto capabilities.
  8. I wasn't a fan of the felt pouches but I do miss the cruise gifts, in particular, the mesh travel pouches in three sizes which are about the only travel gift that I actually continue to use.
  9. Insider tips: Keep trying for sold out shore excursions. People change their minds and, given the demographic, people cancel at the last minute. Try again when you board the ship. Another trick is to e-mail Viking at tellus@vikingcruises.com. Tell them how every disappointed you are that thus and such shorex is sold out and ask them if they will be adding more buses to the tour. Just remember, lots of honey and no vinegar. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't -- but it can't hurt, especially if every booking in your party writes. We did this very same itinerary when Viking offered as one of the Welcome Back itineraries in 2021. It was an amazing adventure in spite of the limitations caused by Covid and all the pre-cruise hassles (like shorex not opening until just weeks before departure). Be patient. Viking will not inform anyone of changes in availability so you do have to keep checking for openings on MVJ. All advanced booking (shorex, spa, restaurants) will close 7 days prior to sailing. Here's a tease:
  10. At least preCovid, never a doubt that I was communicating with the customer service gods of the company. I just did not know the complete significance of the name. Thanks, @photopro2 for doing the Google leg work.
  11. Okay then, let's get you some answers -- or at least some suggestions of where to get answers. โ€ข Check out the Paris HOHO website. Someplace it should tell you the approximate time to do the loop without getting off the bus (although the Viking excursion does include a panoramic ride around). The website will also include a route map so that you can see how close it comes to the Viking drop off and meet-up points. (Download the HOHO route map to your mobile). โ€ข You need to find out the following directly from: 1) what the "panoramic bus tour" portion includes, what will they be driving you past; 2) if and where they will be making a pit stop upon arrival in Paris (there will be one on the road but hopefully there will also be one upon arrival; you can depart the tour here if it is near enough to the HOHO stop); 3) where the pick up point is and at approximately what time. Even so, this information should be confirmed as your journey gets closer and then again when you board the ship. as the details can change over time. Contact Viking at tellus@vikingcruises.com; don't bother with "chat" or the call center because they won't have the answers. Having been with Viking in Paris (but not all the way from Honfleur), I suspect that there will be a pit stop at Place de la Concorde upon arrival, before the panoramic tour begins (there will be a charge for the bathroom; euro coins will be helpful here) and that the pick up point at the end of the day will be at the Winston Churchill statue, by the Petit Palais and not far from the Place de la Concorde. Regardless, you must confirm the pick up point and time from your guide on the day of the tour. If you leave the tour before the panoramic drive around, let your guide know. Have a great time in Paris and don't over plan your day.
  12. My worst nightmare. ๐Ÿ˜จ
  13. And even if you don't leave on your own, since there are some ports where the tour buses are on the other side of port security or no buses are involved at all. In most ports you must flash your room key to get through the gate. But no worries about forgetting your card since you cannot get off the ship without it, no exceptions. BTW, that includes leaving at disembarkation; you will have to present your keycard one last time in order to leave the ship. That is how they keep track of who is still on the ship.
  14. And if you don't have a piece of plastic, a folded piece of paper will work. (Just make sure that it is big enough that you can get it out of the slot).
  15. They haven't been marching so much as meandering through the planets; and, do you really thinking they are stopping with 9 ships? So, we still have time for Mercury and maybe Pluto before we have to start guessing where they are going from there. We have an Orion, so maybe back to constellations and stars?
  16. I do the same downloading of important docs to both my phone and my tablet -- final e-docs, hotel reservations, flights, etc. They don't take up much space and at least for me, they are easier to access then fumbling around on the internet.
  17. Thanks. You had way more patience than I did. ๐Ÿ˜‰ However, It is not a roll call until it is moved to the Roll Call forum. @randibee, as thread starter, has two choices. This thread can be moved there (I think that the request has to be made by the person who started the thread) OR simply start a new thread in the roll call section (Viking Jupiter Roll Calls) using the same title as was used here. Personally, I suggest option 2 because it will get rid of our long explanations including where we say that this thread is not a roll call (which would only confuse people).
  18. Good thought. I never thought of steps. I was thinking about space in the Viking tender for people and luggage.
  19. C, normally, yes, that is the plan. Times are announced the day before and guests who are not using Viking transfers can depart at any time before the stated "you must be off the ship" time (usually, but not always, 10am based on my experiences). But Jerry asked about disembarking in Greenwich, where tendering is involved. So the big question for those who do not have Viking transfers is if they can depart at any time or are all pax assigned a departure time and expected to depart at that time. That's why I said it was a good question, because we don't know if there is a different procedure in Greenwich because of the tendering involved; I don't think I have seen it mentioned on CC. Hopefully someone with an independent transfer who has docked in Greenwich will speak up. The other question I would also be asking at this time, since we usually carry our own luggage off the ship, is if we are allowed to do this if we are using tenders (or must we put our luggage out for collection the evening before).
  20. To further explain, Viking has a couple of ships that spend part or all of the season sailing from Barcelona to Istanbul and back again. The trip is broken down into four 7-night segments: Barcelona to Rome, Rome to Venice, Venice to Athens and Athens to Istanbul. Each of those 7 night segments is a named itinerary. However, enough people want longer cruises that Viking also builds longer itineraries from the same 7-night segments and gives them distinct names. (7nights is the same as 8 days). In other words, Viking builds a series of Back-to-Back cruises and gives them each a distinct names and they all sail on the same ship. You will be on the ship with folks who are sailing for 4 weeks or 3 weeks or 2 weeks or just the single week that you booked. Unfortunately this can cause multiple, overlapping roll calls that are all legitimate but definitely confusing.
  21. Darn good question, Jerry! I know that we are dependent on tenders in Greenwich but are we assigned precise times for disembarkation even if we are not using Viking transfers? I know this is a special circumstance and usually those with independent transfers are free to leave whenever they are ready to depart.
  22. Even if you start a roll call for just the Venice to Athens segment that you are on you'll want to follow all of the roll calls that cover your dates because 1) those participating will be on the ship at the same time as you are and 2) because you never know what you will learn where.
  23. Alas, the word "guaranteed" currently does not appear in the description. I noticed when I went looking for something the other day. I've snipped a bit from the website description of the Stateroom Features for PV and DV (because they line up so nicely). Here's the link to where I snipped it from: https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/ships/viking-star.html. I also don't know that they mean by "priority" reservations in their description or if priority implies "guarantee."
  24. Okay, what we really need is a "campfire" singalong on the pool deck!
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