millybess

It’s a very personal choice. We enjoy dry red wine and we have found that the included wines at lunch and dinner aren’t dry enough for us. I also like mojitos, particularly after an excursion, and DH likes beer. We often spend evenings in the Explorers Lounge and occasionally in Torshavn. For us, the SSP is worth the price. Our next trip is a Trans Atlantic so we probably won’t purchase the SSP until we board so we can use up some OBC.

That is an excellent point regarding veteran Viking cruisers. I recall our first Viking cruise several years ago. We were anxious about both restaurant and excursion bookings when our window opened…..never to be repeated!! It was a total waste of time and, at that time, very early morning energy. We also like the World Cafe. It’s nice to just wander in whenever you want and not have to stick to a previously scheduled reservation. It’s just more relaxing that way and it’s also a very friendly environment.

We’re the same. We might do Chefs Table once, Manfredis twice and we usually cancel the rest. We enjoy dinner on the Aquavit, especially during sailaway, and then depending on what we have going on the the next day, we like to spend the evening in the Explorers Lounge.

TayanaLorna is a regular and very helpful member on this board. You might just want to start a thread “TayanaLorna can you help me find…….” I think that might get her attention and a response. 😊

EXCELLENT list! It makes me want to take a World Cruise 😊 BTW, we need your help over “there” ——>

Or this one?

Well said, as usual Dawg. Thanks!

I learned from the best 😉 and it's a fun and chummy crowd over there.

Very good idea. Thanks!

Has anybody seen the movie Stepford Wives? This thread is starting to remind me of that movie.

Hahaha Peregrina, you are so right!! Your optimism on this Viking forum has always been so uplifting. We, like so many others, always look forward to your contributions 🙂

My advice, if you are going to the Dead Sea, is do not shave your legs just before! My first time there, I had done just that and had to be carried out — so painful and so embarrassing! 🫣 On subsequent trips, I saw this time and time again, but I had learned my lesson and just floated around, enjoying the day. It really is a beautiful time there and highly recommended. 😊

Right you are! In May, we were to fly Santorini-Athens-Toronto. I went online to choose our meals for Athens-Toronto and the flight wasn’t there! It took a lot of scrambling to change the Athens-Toronto flight to Rome-Toronto and then to get a flight from Athens to Rome. It was only after all that, that we received an official email from the airline that the Athens-Toronto flight had been cancelled. 🙄

Thanks for this. We will definitely want lunch before we board for London. Any other ideas out there?

When we were in Norway in May of this year, we did the Norwegian Forest Hike -- a Viking excursion. We had a lovely, elderly, knowledgeable Norwegian guide who was able to answer all of our questions. However, it was pretty obvious that we were in the way of the early morning runners and bicyclists in the forest. There were many sweaty scowls and stops and starts. It was a small trail and there were only about 20 of us, but I felt a little sorry for them. The guide had to keep telling us to stay off of the trail. There is certainly a positive and a negative to being a host to a Viking ship.

This is very helpful! I went on an online hunt for these after DrKoob posed the question, which was unfortunately unsuccessful. Thanks for this. 👍

When we boarded in San Juan in January 2020, all embarking passengers had to wait outside the gate until all disembarking passengers were off the ship. We were there for some time and we didn't board until shortly after noon.

Indeed, it's splitting hairs. From our normal location the chairs are on the way to the coffee. 🙂 I agree with you about 2 chairs being saved in such a manner and that the 2 people are probably on their way to an alternate activity. But, it seems that on this thread, that isn't the only issue.

Nice to hear from you D. I have been wondering how you are doing. Best wishes for a full recovery.

Absolutely agree with all you have said, but what is all over the place on this thread is the time limit of “the bit”. And to everyone “the bit” is different.

Calling people “piggish”, “rude”, “bad mannered”, “selfish”, “grabby” is just a form of bullying. This person asked a legitimate question and was verbally abused for doing so. Why not have a mature and substantive conversation about a topic which is of a concern to many others without throwing out belittling or disparaging adjectives? If you want to contribute, come up with a plausible solution!

Agreed! It’s “the bit” that nobody can seem to agree on 😊

In Covid world I wash way too much. You should see my hands 😢

Hehe. That seems to be exactly what’s going on here. IMO if you eye a chair that you want, and you watch it for an hour or so (like you have nothing else to do) and you see it’s still empty, complain and ask an attendant (?) to remove their stuff. We all have our different opinions on what is an acceptable time limit. “Be right back” from breakfast for me is probably less than 20 minutes which is acceptable to you, but not to others!

But what if I go to the washroom and then to the bar and the bartender has to make a complicated drink, like a mojito with Splenda and he/she has to go search for the Splenda. Is it my fault that I was gone for 16 minutes?