We booked a combo two week New Zealand and 4 week Australian cruise for 2025. With the add on land trip, we are gone 7 weeks. The on board consultant was able to half the required deposit so we paid $2,000 each.the final pat date for the 1/4/2025 cruise is July 2024. She had to get approval from her shoreside boss.
they knew we wouldn't book the cruise if we had to pay the whole thing at booking. She claimed that sometimes these exceptions are not granted. We did not include Viking air or a drink package.