rmalbers

I was thinking this one from NYC to iceland, that direction: Iconic Iceland, Greenland & Canada

VO has a few Iceland options.

I think the X ships are about the safest place you can be but: I've got a couple of things: On a X holiday cruise a 30 something from europe did something, I'm not sure what, that was caught on a camera, there are cameras everywhere, and escorted to a room where security read him the riot act. He took that real serious, I think that security is real good at their job. Another thing, a woman who was on that costa? ship that 2/3 sunk in the med., she said that as everything was going on NO ONE followed instructions and it was a serious mess until everyone (almost) got off the ship. If something crazy happens, just keep your cool.

Interesting, I wonder how much FCC will go unused, there has to be some I would think.

That's what I was going to say.

The comments on suites not full on cruises out a year or so is interesting, I wonder if that means that the FCC is getting close to having moved thru the system. I sort of makes since.

I'm so out of touch I didn't know they are back in PR after the cruise port building 'arguments'. I agree with the person about this port town being a great place to go early (or stay after).

I haven't read very many replies but I didn't see one that talked about how starlink service isn't the same all around the planet, so it's a YMMV, depending on where you're sailing. https://satellitemap.space/

I sailed in a IV on Viking, this summer, first time in an IV. I didn't think I would like it but it was fine for that cooler weather trip, Great Lakes in late summer. I think the IV is just fine for itineraries where you really can't use a balcony much. I think they will put screens on them somehow, eventually. A couple of bats got into a few cabins and there is the bug problem, again, on certain literariness. On pricing, I still think there is FCC money that has to more thru the system before the prices get better. But I also think there is a demographic that is gaining more disposable income as the 401k withdrawals start hitting US baby boomers.

I have to say the lobster I've had on X are really not that good at all. It does make since that with the quantity they need there is no way they can buy good, large, lobster to serve. The last time I had them on X they were so small that it was like, three bites worth. Anyway, every time the lobster topic thing comes up on here you hear the same thing.

As you call tell from these comments, there is no way a bunch of strangers can give you an answer to your question. You are just going to have to find out the hard way or find someone who has sailed X with the same itinerary as you are planning and knows your kid well, then you might get a more accurate answer.

I think that you have X pretty much figured out. The rough seas you can never really avoid but all the other comments you made pretty much fit what X is all about.

I wonder if all the FCC has moved thru the system yet. They probably need to get the remaining FCC thru this year and then things should settle down. I would think that will all the capacity coming online there will be some competitive pricing in a year or so.

Monoprice over the ear

I saw those comments also, I thought it was fine. Try before you worry about it.

I think it shows how much FCC money has to still flow thru the cruise line, I think it will be really apparent, when the FCC flow ends.

I didn't read all the replies but my wife said the instructions were only in one spot off to the side so she said one person read the instruction well the other pushed buttons. This was on octantis exp.

That's interesting, no risk assessment. It sort of isn't even insurance then. It's sort of a trip protection fee, lol!

Ya, the voucher would sure be better than the regular cancel costs that's for sure. Yes, that's right about purchase timing. My TA has already got me into a cheaper insurance but I got the email for a trip that had: "This plan may only be purchased up to 120 days (180 days for voyages of 35 days or longer) prior to your scheduled Viking cruise departure date." There was other fine print I didn't read also, loL.

I couldn't tell you any of the captain's names but I did see captain kate before she got a ship, I'm in the 'I like her' club.

Wow, I never thought about it until I saw this, I was on a Viking Expedition cruise last month and there were no ship photographer/s.

I 'thought' a big reason to go with viking is because their insurance had 'cancel for any reason', I thought that's why it cost more. Is that not correct?

Wow, you should post that in the 'Ports of Call' section. BTW: I recognize some of those, my sister used to live there.

Yes, I think that was part of it but our travel agent also had to say that whatever they had for day1 travel would not work for us. The story is even more crazy actually: on the return they wanted us scheduled to get off at 3AM. Our TA said there is no way and had that straightened out to the later flight 11:00am, for a while, then they reverted it back to that 3am thing. It gets crazier, at end of cruise we are waiting at 3am to get off and they announce the flight has been cancelled. We end up on the 11:00am flight that we were actually scheduled on originally. It's so crazy I hardly believe it. It was a 22 hour trip home and not even that far, I could have driven it in 1/2 the time. Oh, I didn't know we could say prices here but I saw another post that had price stuff in it. That trip did/was part of a $399 airfare deal that was going on, I think, the first part of aug or last part of July if that makes any difference.

Ya, our TA just mentioned the 3.3% savings if payment is direct (no credit card), that's a chunk of change on a 15 day cruise down payment and final payment! I'm new here but haven't seen that mentioned before, maybe it's new.