Viking marketed it as two separate cruises, and also as a combined one. I booked the second voyage not realising it was also attached to the combined cruise. The run of the mill back to back cruises are fine, separate excursion release dates, but this one was effectively marketed as 3 cruises, the combined cruise allowed booking of all excursions for all dates for all cabins before the PV and below cabins opened us fpr pur dates. I effectively took Viking out of the equation by booking the Must Do - Petra, and Israel. Israel now has two full minibuses for two days booked privately on my booking.