Strange scheduling

[tgh]

Always good to find an interesting cruise , and Bergen to Montreal sept /17 ticked a few boxes.

Started planning as we need to grab points flights 350 days out.

To my surprise , I find that there are actually two identical itineraries 10 days apart.

Viking Sky on the 9th sept and Viking Sea on the 19th.

 

How strange !

 

Will they run both ?

Will they eventually cancel/redirect one ?

Which one ?

 

I have asked my ta these questions , but no answer so far…. :-)

[Saxon830]

We are on the 09/17/2017. Maybe see you there!

 

 

 

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[almelanson]

My guess is that they will run both. If I recall the Sea is going to take the world cruise starting in Miami and would be a smart way to bring her from the European area to the Americas. The Sky will stay and do the same itineraries the Star is doing this year. This s is only a GUESS?

 

 

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[Saxon830]

We are on the 09/17/2017. Maybe see you there!

 

 

 

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[Peregrina651]

These are re-positioning cruises for each of these ships, bringing these ships in subsequent cruises from Montreal to NYC and then from NYC to the West Indies for winter cruising in the Caribbean.

[Peregrina651]

My guess is that they will run both. If I recall the Sea is going to take the world cruise starting in Miami and would be a smart way to bring her from the European area to the Americas. The Sky will stay and do the same itineraries the Star is doing this year. This s is only a GUESS?

 

 

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I was just checking all of this out. The SUN will be doing the world cruise, with a couple of cruises to Cuba before it takes off for London via the western route. The SEA will be doing various Caribbean runs and I can't figure out what SKY or STAR will be doing for the winter. A month by month chart showing what each ship will be doing would be so helpful!!!!!

Edited September 6, 2016 by Peregrina651

[tgh]

Lots of responses , thanks everyone

 

Soo.. as they have 1800 odd pillows to occupy , will they start discounting ?

 

We are Silversea regulars and have no idea how Viking manage their discounting structure.

 

Do they have any kind of a lowest price guarantee system ?

[Peregrina651]

Lots of responses , thanks everyone

 

Soo.. as they have 1800 odd pillows to occupy , will they start discounting ?

 

They might but not until much, much closer to the sail date. Or they might offer some fantastic deal on air-fare in lieu of a discount.

 

 

 

We are Silversea regulars and have no idea how Viking manage their discounting structure.

 

Do they have any kind of a lowest price guarantee system ?

 

No. Not at this time. With so few ships to fill and a lot of people looking to give Viking Oceans a try, they seem to be filling their ships at least to break-even if not to capacity and doing it without much discounting.