May B

Love you, Patty. The like button wasn’t strong enuff.

But would Toyota owners be happy to call their cars Lexus Jrs? I think you got your analogy backwards. If I’m using the word analogy correctly. I suppose you’re going to tell us you drive a Bentley. And btw, Mr B drives a Toyota Avalon, which is closer than a Camry to a Lexus Jr.

Scary, isn’t it?

I watched the video again and there are definitely four drawers between the wall with the window and the front of the desk.

I tried to make an instagram acct. but failed, so I downloaded the instagram app. That worked.

I still think we can’t see drawers between the desk and the wall. Time will tell. For me, it’ll tell on Nov. 2nd, if all goes according to plan.

Bon voyage! So happy to have you taking us along with you!

Three days before our flight, we received an email with the 24-hour Viking Travel Emergency Hotline, which is (877) 523-0576. Please only call this number while in transit to or from your ship, and for flight emergencies only. Otherwise, call your TA or Viking at (855) 338-4546 for all other questions. The Viking number is 8 am to 10 pm Eastern time. Bob voyage!

Does your friend like the motion, also?

It’s also when they rehearse. A friend was bothered when she was having an afternoon nap. If you manage to get the first or second stateroom forward of the stairs/elevator, I think you’d be fine, but I’m not 100% sure. That would also cut back on the motion a bit.

The funniest part is it’s called “cozy” when it’s listed as the single, but not when the same size stateroom is listed as a double.

And at the very upscale hotel (Pan Pacific) at the Vancouver cruise dock. Hotel that’s designed to evoke a feeling of being on an ocean liner!

I think it’s the Restaurant menu that changes daily. From the post to which you are responding, I now have high hopes for all the Restaurant menus to show up for me on the app, on embarkation day. At Shawshank, hope is a dangerous thing, but here, hopefully not!

That happens on other cruise lines (mass market, even what used to be the “best” one). On my Viking Octantis, the only challenge was finding it. Which pretty soon we did. It never dawned on us to ask for it!

Symphony was my first Crystal. I remember that, just to the left of our embarkation entryway was the library … with the librarian standing right at her desk! Great memory. We were especially in awe of the library when Mr. B found two books he thought he’d be waiting a long time to get from the library at home. You know how you only get one chance to make a first impression. It doesn’t get much more favorable than that! Then at dinner, he couldn’t decide between the snapper and the halibut, so he asked the waiter’s opinion. Have the halibut, the waiter said. Bingo. Ah, so nice to look back at our first day on Symphony. June 2015, NYC to Reykjavik, nine days of pure pleasure. Now we can hope that NC can match that experience.

Perhaps too many cruisers have experienced a brand new ship’s first voyage and been less than enamored. I once booked one, full well knowing it might not be 100% ready. Instead, it got done quicker and they added a sailing before ours!

I know b/c I was looking at cruises to see if I could find a satisfactory substitute, in case I get offered a MoveOver. 😁 Months ago, you had announced that both of our cruises were sold out. Mine kept opening up again. Finally it stayed sold out. I was surprised when yours showed availability. I was certainly surprised when yours showed up at all. I was looking at it probably when you had already had your dinner! I hope you’ll be able to fall back to sleep! And, bon voyage.

Ah, now I remember it better! B2Bs were the ones that wouldn’t work. And of course guests are always flummoxed when they’re trying to spend gaboodles of mine but there’s no way to do it legally.

Patti, I just saw that two staterooms just opened up on your cruise! Must’ve been no-shows. Talk about last minute! 😳

I believe they made the same error when initialing offering Octantis itineraries, in 2022, first year in the St Lawrence and Great Lakes, going Canadian port to a different Canadian port.

This must’ve felt so frustrating for you. Of course we’re glad it’s not across all the ships, but none of us wants to find ourselves on the one ship that’s undergoing a kitchen/serving problem!

Thank you, all, for the rest of your stories! I find the whole thing fascinating. Those dedicated agents have been busy lately. Once I read about a cruiser who flew half way around the world to board a mass market line in Sydney, Australia, only to be told there was no room on the ship for them. This would’ve been SO much better for them. 😳

@stlrod @zalusky If I might ask yet another question, did you have to select your new cruise, at the very same phone call when you accepted the offer?

Wow! That’s doubly great, that both couples could take advantage of the same offer. So, now when are you booked for?

Sometimes the best travel experiences are the unique people you meet. So far, you’ve met two!