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    Europe and Polar Regions
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  1. I downloaded the Stockperks app to my iPad on Friday (last week) and submitted a monthly statement from my brokerage account (striking out all account information other than my name and Carnival information). I received a confirmation from Stockperks that the brokerage scan was received and I could use the Stockperks app to input my Princess booking number, my name, email and sail date. The app indicated that I should receive an OBC confirmation in about five business days. Although this seems to work - I prefer the old days of faxing my info to Princess rather than dealing with an app. The account statement seems to be valid for 5-6 months before a new statement needs to be scanned for Stockperks. In early February I tried the fax approach to Princess and never heard any word back that the process had changed (and fax failed to be accepted). I just happened to check the CruiseCritic boards and stumbled on the change.
  2. Hello Shiba_Lover When you went to Machu Picchu, how much time did you actually have at the site and about what time did you arrive and leave. We are doing the same trip in late January .
  3. I believe we were on the same trip.... We also arranged our overnight stay in Venice with Viking in advance. The excursion staff told us we could join a Viking shuttle in the morning and return to the ship. The excursion lead at the Venice dock was fine with us joining a return shuttle to the ship. Of course, if we missed one of the several return shuttles, it would be on us to deal with it.
  4. Thank you all for the above responses. Looks like we’ll keep our cabin that backs up to the elevators.
  5. On a recent Viking Ocean cruise, I forgot to bring meclizine/bonine. I went to the medical center and it was given out free. I was told Guest Services also has a supply for guests. From past experience, I won't use a scopolamine patch. Besides the 'dry mouth' issue, I felt nauseous for several hours while back on land after patch removal (a side effect for some). I have not had this response with meclizine/bonine. With meclizine/bonine the trick seems to be taking it -before- you are seasick.
  6. We’re looking at a veranda cabin that backs up to the elevators on an Odyssey class ship (e.g., 815, 717, or 621). We were wondering if noise from the elevator shaft/doors could be heard from within the cabin. Our alternative is a penthouse cabin with a connecting door in a location that is not near the elevators/stairs/exterior doors/public spaces. Which would be better? This would be our first Seabourn cruise and I’m admit to being noise sensitive. I realize that noise from a connecting door cabin is dependent on the folks in the cabin. Thanks.
  7. You might check my Venice content at https://travelscrivener.blogspot.com/2022/10/venice-september-2022.html
  8. I can’t recall the Viking water taxi schedule from ship dock to Venice pier. That said, on day 3 for our AM return to the ship, we simply joined a Viking water taxi bringing guests back to the ship (no pre-reservation required). We checked the likely AM pickup times with the Viking excursion staff on day 2.
  9. We had a Viking Sky visit to Venice during 9/9-11/2022. The first day we used the Viking water transfer from Chioggia to the Venice Coldnoldi pier and the one-way trip took about 90 minutes. We found this experience not a great use of time (3 hours total round-trip on a water bus). On day 2, we took an 8 AM Viking water transfer to Venice and spent one night in Venice (Hotel Palazzo Barbarigo). On day three, we returned to the Sky via a 10am Viking water transfer from Cornoldi to Chioggia. We very much recommend a Venice overnight stay, particularly if you haven't done so in the past. Venice in the evening and early morning is a completely different (and often wonderful) experience than during the day.
  10. We are on an upcoming Viking Sky cruise that will be in Venice for two nights and departing Venice on day 3, at 5pm. We prearranged with Viking corporate to spend the second night in Venice, at a hotel of our choosing.
  11. We finally received approval for spending one of the itinerary two nights at a single port for an overnight stay. It took many weeks to receive written approval from Viking for this activity. We were alerted that we are responsible for carrying our overnight luggage off/on board without ship assistance. This should be relatively easy as it is only one night. We're pleased that this was approved.
  12. Our Viking Ocean itinerary will have 3 days/2 nights at the Venice port. Does Viking permit a guest to remain in a port city overnight to avoid the evening return to the ship on night #1 and enjoy 24+ hours in the port city? I'll asl Viking but was curious if anyone has done this. Thanks.
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