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We've never been on anything bigger than the Signature class but are booked on the Koningsdam this coming January. But reports like this and others reporting poor service and long lines are not encouraging. Are the problems due to the design of this class itself or something else?

OBC is just used for any purchases/charges on board. Once it's gone, your credit card takes over. So, it's done automatically.

PS It looks like we'll see you on the January 2025 Hawaii cruise!

Right - we enjoyed that very much as well. As an amateur musician, I appreciated their talent!

Wow, I understood that BB Kings was still on the Nieuw Amsterdam. So, are both rock and blues in the new Rolling Stones lounge?

We have an upcoming cruise with many sea days, and I may get the pass. However, my wife and I will probably never go simultaneously. Do we need two passes? I'm guessing that we do. But I seem to remember that we just had one in the hazy pre-Covid days, and it worked OK.

It's OK either way. We've been there a number of times and wouldn't mind an extra sea day if necessary. Thanks!

Great - thanks! We did this itinerary before, but Key West was the first stop instead of the last.

We're on a Thanksgiving cruise and Key West in our last port. I'm wondering how that works for immigration. Do we do it there since we are returning to the U.S., or when are we back in Fort Lauderdale?

Yup - they would probably be quieter than guest cabins!

Thanks, I'm thinking that they wouldn't be any noisier than having guest cabins below you as they need to sleep after a long day/night.

Right - that would be my bet as well.

On deck 2 on the Viking diagrams, some cabins show other cabins below while others show open areas. I'm guessing those are crew cabins?

That's the one - 15 days.

Great info - thanks!

We are doing our first river cruise next year, and I put a deposit down today. The price included free airfare. We board on 7/1/25, and the flight arrives the same day. Last year, we did a British Isles cruise, booked our own air, and spent four nights in London pre-cruise on our own. That's an option with this one, but with the free air, the cost of a pre-cruise stay with Viking is very expensive. So, it's a 14-night cruise starting in Budapest with an overnight stay, and I'm wondering if anyone has experience with using the cruise line airfare arriving the day of boarding the cruise.

Same here - the Allianz plan has paid for itself a number of times. Just last year, our flight from the UK to the US was delayed by 6.5 hours, and the plan paid us $600.

Directly across from us, then.

Not yet - it should be OK. I'm hoping we don't get noise from below us in the Spa check-in area. But, I think it will be OK. Which one do you have?

We have 10028 on the Thanksgiving cruise on NA this year. Since it wasn't very much, we've taken the upgrade to Signature before (pre-Covid). The extra space is nice, but each has to figure out if it is worth it.

"Chogs" are showing signs of mutating!

Right - but for 17 nights, I figured we'd not take that chance.

Issue solved: moved down one deck. Thanks for the help!

From what I can tell, the area above us should all be carpeted. But I think I'll try to get something different to be sure.

Hard to define - I agree. We did a UK cruise last summer with a connecting room. That I will not do again, for sure! The folks next door had two kids who watched TV and yelled until at least midnight each night.