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I stumbled upon a list of top 10 travel advisors for 2023 so I might be going in the right direction. Also, watched the YouTube-great info!

I was talking to the band there one night and while they agreed Syd's is small, they really enjoyed and appreciated the "intimate" atmosphere for them to play and interact with the audience.

I just wanted to hop back on here to say we did the Viva March 17th sailing out of San Juan to the southern caribbean and ended up LOVING the ship!!! We loved the layout. It didn't feel crowded and the decor was very nice. Yes, venues were small and sometimes that was an issue, but overall it helped greatly with crowds. As for Syd Norman's, we never stood in line and just walked in right before the shows. Yes, we had to stand, but the shows were only 45 min anyways, not a big deal. Yes, we couldn't get in to the comedy club one night, but they were live broadcasting it in Syd's and there was no one there. I just want to add that we felt the Indulge Food Hall was brilliant! So many food choices. We just starting clicking some items on the table top ipad and they were brought out to us at our table literally in a minute or two. I love this concept.

Sorry for the confusion, I was referring to Virgin Voyages, not Viking.

Not new to cruising(but only 6X), just got off of the new NCL Viva (LOVED it) in the caribbean, but totally new to cruising in Europe. It's a dream of hubby to see Italy, so I was thinking a cruise would be a good way to do this. I have been very intrigued with Virgin Voyages after reading and talking to people about them.........but found the NCL Breakaway to have better stops. The Breakaway doesn't seem to get the best reviews, pretty large, too many kids (even for Europe)? Is VV more of a short/caribbean destination line? I could post this on the NCL and VV boards but will likely get more biased opinions. Is there any cruise line better suited for Europe that I should know about before I continue my research?

I understand you can't name agents here, but if I were to want to find a good agent like you have, how would I go about finding them? I feel like there will be a ton online, and not sure all are good choices.

I'm not a water drinker, so I am bringing some Gatorade flavor packs with me, hoping I will drink more. Plan on a yeti type mug as well, to use in the cabin.

Will be watching for more posts. We are on Sunday the 17th sailing and getting excited! Thanks for taking the time.

We sail next weekend (!!!) and realized I need to start thinking about packing for our Viva Southern Caribbean Cruise. I'm normally a shorts, tee shirt and flip flop gal, but given this is a shore excursion heavy cruise, and very beachy, I anticipate wearing mostly swimsuits, cover ups and easy dresses (for dinners). I hate living in a swimsuit all week, but I think it makes sense. Thinking of bringing two pairs of shorts and just a couple shirts, in addition to a bunch of dresses and cover ups. Anyone else been on this schedule and what did they find worked for them?

From what I see about River Cruises in my research is that they tend to be a more "mature" group of cruisers. I wouldn't worry too much about spring breakers.

Still no eDocs this morning, so I did the online chat. They said they could see them on their end, but of course I had to call the Digital Dept to get that cleared up. Luckily that was quick and painless and NOW I think I am finally all set. Good grief. LOL Nordicacres - sorry for hijacking your thread.

Another update - had to call shore excursions, but they understood the problem and immediate took care of the balance due and it now shows a zero balance again. Still can't see my E-docs, but she said that could take 15 min or so. Hopefully this is a done deal, I guess I will never forget to include our middle names again (we normally do, so I'm not sure what I did).

To be safe, I started on online chat. She could see the "merger" of my husband's account that caused his shore excursions to show up again as amount due. She said I have to call Shore Excursions dept to have that fixed. Hopefully that won't be a big mess. In hindsight, should have just had the person on the phone add his middle name, not merge the booking to his Latitudes account from the previous cruise. Friends travelling with us just had to do the same thing and it was done instandtly.

Ha! No, I appreciate the tips and advice! I am keeping an eye on it and will check again in a bit. I will definitely call or chat to get that cleared up, Maybe it's not letting me see our E-docs because of the balance due.........

Thought I'd report back. I did call NCL over my lunch and they were able to add husband's middle name. She didn't confirm one way or another if it was REQUIRED to be the same, but her words were "should be" and "NCL recommends" that they are the same. It may have been easier because we had cruised NCL before so they had his full name already in the system. For whatever reason, it wasn't booked with his Latitudes number when I did the original booking, so they added that as well. They were able to keep his check in, but I did have to re-enter a few things. The only glitch I can see, and maybe it will get cleared up on it's own (I can't see the E-docs just yet), is that it is showing a balance due for his two excursions we booked - which we had already paid in full. I'm sure that part didn't carry over on the account with the name change, but I feel confident on getting that fixed. I was much more concerned about the name and not being able to board!!