Cattom

Thanks as I like to read or watch about where we're traveling also. I don't have Audible as we have such a great library system and can access every University library in our state (Colorado). I was able to order it (audio) for free-just in case others might not have Audible.

Thanks so much for all the great info! I'll make sure to take some of your suggestions into consideration! Hope your husband is healthy again and you're off and travelling. Sometimes it's hard to plan so far in advance-we're in our 70s-healthy and active, but have had some Orthopedic issues and I'll need to have another one of my Total Knees replaced, but so far so good!

Thanks so much Clay! Hope you have many more fun travels!

I was wondering if you'd be willing to share what tours you did or if you used private companies? I'm working on my spreadsheets right now. As there are just two of us, I'm finding that the prices are even higher than the Viking prices. They would be good if we were a small group. We're on the Grand Pacific from Vancouver to Aukland September-December 2024. Thanks in advance!

We were on the Viking Jupiter in May and the ship was almost full (880+). Their advance reservation system wasn't working properly and all advance ones were lost which we found out on board as they didn't show on our calendar. However, they were able to accomodate us for both venues. Also, as stated above, one can make reservations fairly easily which we were able to do. Can call during certain hours from your room, at The Restaurant during certain hours and at the desk near the hand-washing station in the World Cafe. We found the latter to be the easiest. Do it fairly early like we did and we were able to get our first choices for both restaurants and our preferred times. On our cruise, the Chef's Table was not as popular as Manfredi's. Have a fun time!