DivaFeather

Nope. Bring your own TicTacs.

Agree with all three. Find some other place on your cruise to snorkel.

Susan, (Diva Feather)\,

 

I was being facetious about the Sun's condition after her second world cruise. We have sailed 4 times on the either the Sea or the Star and know how hard the crew and staff work to maintain the ships in tip top condition not to mention the crunch they have when its turn around day.

 

We are embarking on the Star in the middle of October for a 15 day Around the Caribbean Sea (NYC to Miami) cruise. It will be almost 3 years to the day since we last sailed on her. The fall of 2015 was her inaugural season and we greatly enjoyed our first Viking cruise (Istanbul to Barcelona - 22 days) on their first ship. It will be interesting how she has stood up to 3 years of constant cruising.

 

We would really enjoy cruising with you, but between the cost of a world cruise and trying to figure out how to be away from home for such a long period, it isn't in the cards in our future. We will be content with 1 to 2 cruises a year on a Viking ship. Someday, we hope that Viking might base a ship out of Boston's Black Falcon terminal for a fall season of New England and Canadian port cruises. After all, Viking Cruises is planning on having 16 ships by 2027 or 2028 and they have to go somewhere. Ports in Massachusetts, Maine, Nova Scotia, PEI, Quebec City and Montreal are some of our favorite places to cruise.

 

Oh yes, you forgot to answer my initial question about bringing your ukulele on your upcoming world cruise. :D:D:D:D

 

Richard and Margie (Senior Gators)

About your desire to cruise NE Canada and New England: BOTH are part of Viking’s 2020 world cruise, and you can purchase just that ‘leg.’ Check it out!

The ukulele is still up in the air, so to speak. I only performed once — a singalong at the end of the cruise, for about 50 people in Torshavn, the ‘black box’ bar cum theatre cum dance hall — and it’s a bit of a pain to have that as my only ‘personal item’ on the plane. We’ll see...

Best,

Passepartout

DivaFeather (Susan aka Passepartout),

 

Will you be bringing your ukulele along with you again?:D

 

We became fans of yours shortly after you started posting on your last world cruise. It is incredible that for your first cruise you chose a solo world cruise. Your blog was fascinating and certainly conveyed your joy and enthusiasm with your decision to sail on Viking's initial world cruise experience.

 

We look forward to "Passepartout's" continuing posts about your adventures. You do have a way with words and are a great story teller.

 

We will be taking a cruise on the Viking Sun (British Isles Explorer) next May. It will be the first cruise for that ship after the upcoming world cruise. We are hoping that she isn't too worn out from her second circumnavigation in 18 months. 😉

 

Best wishes for another great cruise.

 

Senior Gators (Richard and Margie)

Thanks, Richard and Margie, for the ‘fan mail’ ! Sorry you won’t be on the next WC. Re: Will the ship be ship shape for you?: The afternoon before we disembarked in London, I asked a steward ‘How long does it take to turn the ship around for the next trip?’ He replied, ‘They'll start coming on board at 2 tomorrow afternoon!’ Everyone on our cruise had to be off the ship by 8 a.m., but most of us had left HOURS earlier, like at 3, 4, or 5 a.m., in order to 1) shift 850 passengers off and 2) get us all to our homeward bound flights on time. So the housekeeping staff could start work as soon as a stateroom was vacated.... but they had only 8 or 9 hours to clean the ENTIRE ship! I'd love to see a time-lapse film of that!

There's a single woman on the World Cruise right now and she's having a ball...I've been following her blog. It's her first cruise, too!!

Gee.... that sounds like me! And I'm going on the next one, too! Susan, aka Passepartout. My blog: https//:http://www.wordwrite.wixsite.com/passepartoutparttwo

I re-read the 'Posting Rules' on the side of the page and assume I am not breaking any (hopefully !) .. :)

 

This is them -

 

https://baschieltz.blogspot.com.au/

 

https://wordwrite.wixsite.com/passepartoutparttwo

 

http://ourwideworld.com/

For reasons I won't go into, I am "DivaFeather" on this board.... but I am REALLY "wordwrite," aka Passepartout and PassepartoutPartTwo, as listed above. Please, just call me Susan ! See you all Jan 3 !

Yes, the woman on the phone said it should be fixed tomorrow, Monday....

Susan aka Divafeather

Early this morning I had e-mailed Viking stating the problems I was having; this afternoon I rec'd this reply -- which doesn't mention "updating" which is waht the owman on the phone told me:

We apologize for the difficulties you are experiencing with your My Viking Journey web account. We are aware of the problem and will continue our efforts to remedy the issue until fixed.

In the meantime our agents have been instructed and are ready to assist our clients with their needs by phone. When you call in if the agent you speak to is not able to assist you, please ask to speak to a Supervisor.

Please call us at your soonest convenience. To discuss this matter further please call us directly at 1-855-338-4546 and speak to one of our Representatives.

They will be able to assist you and can address any questions or concerns you may have.

Best regards

Viking Cruises

Viking Cruises|vikingcruises.com

Viking Cruises: 1-855-338-4546

Representatives are available from 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (PST) Monday through Friday

5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (PST) Saturday and Sunday

Sunday afternoon: After 24 frustrating hours trying to get the page to load, I called Viking and they confirmed that the "My Viking Journey" site is currently being "updated." They expect it will be up and operational tomorrow, Monday, June 24. They should have put a notice on their main site to that effect to save us all the time, trouble and angst!