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There are two types of pairings at Chef’s Table, regular and premium. There is no added charge for the regular pairings. The premium pairings are $25pp, unless you have the Silver Spirit Beverage Package; if so the premium pairing are included in the package.

I’m on the 2024 cruise with Peregrina.

Me too.

Isn’t it wonderful? One of the wonders of the medieval world. I’ve never spent much time looking at Viking’s.

We are on May 9 on Neptune, the cruise leaving after the WC ends in Greenwich!

Thank you. Filing away for May 2024.

And may I just give a shout out to photopro2, who started this thread for virtual friends to get together during hard times. It’s still relevant today! And where I always come for random questions. Thank you!

But you know, the opposite also occurred to me. If I left that 6009 tag on and had the sweater cleaned again, this time we are in 6008. Might be confusing to the laundry.

Oh, Linda. I always insist on being fashionable. Tomorrow we are going to REI to pick up more cutting edge fashionable items for the trip. 😂

And the winner is …. THE HAIRDRYER! ( although I’m sure an iron would have accomplished the same thing). The heat sort of melts the glue, and bit by bit I was able to carefully pull it off. Thanks, everyone, and Jim, I owe you a drink.

It is cashmere, so qualifies as wool, I guess. But I am embarrassed to say, I don’t even have an iron. I guess I could find a friend with one and borrow it?

This is an excellent idea and I will do it with at least one of the sweaters I’m taking (unless I figure out another way before hand). Problem is, we have a five day Denali extension before we board, and this sweater is a layering piece that I will be wearing before boarding.

I will try this shortly, thanks!

I know this question has been asked and answered before, but I can’t find it anywhere. I had two sweaters dry cleaned on board in March before we came home from our Mediterranean cruise. Both of them have a laundry tag with our room number, and the tag has been “laminated” on somehow and it won’t come off. And, the tag is “crinkling” the sweater on the outside. So, friends, how do I get these tags off before our Alaska cruise next month?

Funny, we often do the opposite. If we have 6:30 we often arrive a bit later We have never been turned away. And often, we would arrive to what had been labeled sold out and find the place half empty.

Same here at 6am. OK, a question. About three weeks ago was my day to book dining for our May 30 Alaska cruise. It said I could book at 8 pm Pacific time. But I Just checked when I got up at 7 and reservations were open. I just now checked our three other upcoming cruises, and the red box at the top says I can book on the specified day, but has no mention of the time booking opens. I see that you both booked early in the morning. Did Viking specify that as the set time, or did you just go in and try? Maybe they are doing away with the timed opening for reservations. I will say that at 7 am, 70 days out, I was able to book three 6:30 and one 8 pm slot, which are within our preferred times.

Two of our favorites!

We had #1 also, the first time it was ever offered with the originating chef in attendance right before the end of the 2019 WC. We also didn’t like it, and we’re eating with British friends who called the chef over and well, let’s say it wasn’t pretty. And she just kept defending her choices and her meal. We’ve never wanted to have it again.

Oh, I hope you are right. We were on the first inaugural Iceland cruise, and I do believe it was just her. It would certainly make financial sense to hire some interns. I doubt we will ever go back, but if we did, I would move heaven and earth to do it again.

The problem is that Vigur is a private island, owned by a couple, with a young son, and a friend of theirs. It is a working farm, and she leads the tours. So hard to do much more than she was doing when we were there in 2021. I found their story fascinating. To read more: https://www.vigurisland.com/about

I saw this too. And I was so excited. I just hope we can still do this in a couple of years, as we are booked out through 2025. Malta is the last place on my bucket list.

I second all of this. Vigur Island is the best. A must do. Skalane is also good, and just lovely, but nothing like Vigur for Puffins. TayanaLorna and we did this two years ago on the first Welcome back cruises. Just spectacular!! My husband got the first with a telephoto, but the second is just my iPhone, from Vigur.

I usually just call Viking, but I got something similar taken care of recently by using the chat feature on MVJ.

I would have to agree. Although for us, from the very first Viking cruise we took years ago, the food has been Viking’s Achilles heel! We considered not doing the WC in 2019 because of if (glad we went, though,) We have had the chef come to our table more times than I can count. Over the years what we have been told again and again is that Viking provides the recipes and the chefs just follow along, unless they are doing a special meal. On our Mediterranean Antiquities cruise last month, we had terrible Osso Buco in Manfredis. We talked to the chef, came back a week later and he made it to our satisfaction. We had terrible Peking duck for our favorite Asian Panorama menu at Chefs Table. We talked to the chef, who said he really DID know how to make Peking Duck, and this wasn’t it. When we came back a week later, he made us wonderful Peking Duck. The worst was the Bouillabaisse in the restaurant. It was salty yellow water with one shrimp in it. French people throughout the country would have been tearing their hair out. It was so bad, we told them not to send the chef, and we went up and ate in the world Cafe. As to the gelato, I am not a desert person, but I do like the salty caramel gelato. But gelato is not, as I understand it, ice cream. It is, by definition, quite a bit lower in butter fat, using more milk than cream, although it does use cream. Anyway, just my two cents worth…

No, Viking will auto populate he payment if using a bank draft ( assuming you have already entered that number, so do that beforehand). However, if you check the payment by credit card option, you will have to enter the cc number each time you check out. You can book for both people in a cabin, and you can book them different excursions if you like (we do this every once in awhile). I can’t speak to multiple cabins. And do review on the calendar when you are done. On our last cruise I had left my husband off an excursion one day. So I went back and bought the excursion for him.