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We are on one at present, room 110, no real problems at all. People in the first room on the side of the odd numbers have said there is a lot of noise from above with chairs being moved - think there is the reception / office above 🤦‍♀️. Generally ok if there are cabins above your room, though interestingly those at the back of the ship seem to suffer far more engine noise 🤷‍♀️.

We made it under the bridge but still no access to the upper deck because of the high water. Could go up afterwards but have had amazing fog as we sailed after Passau. Cleared around 10pm.

Stunning to think the water levels two weeks ago would have been around around the height of my husband’s head! Danube side all clean, there was still some mud on the Inn side where it had obviously come over the bank in a couple of places in the last few days

We travel in October and have been told $35, and also to take a passport size photo

The Viking Edgir has not moved from Linz for days (~5??) now. We are due to board her in Amsterdam on Wednesday, presume it will be an alternative ship now 😊 Thank you notamermaid for all your very informative posts, I have been following them avidly.

We are looking to visit the Jamieson distillery at Middleton. Can you pick up a taxi in Cork or is it best to prebook one, and if so does anyone know of a good taxi company to use please?

We pick a DV cabin directly across from the elevators, never been disturbed by noise.

3036 is our favourite DV6 cabin, no noise from below and also we have not noticed any noise from the elevators

The Elite breakfast use to be a buffet! Can’t remember when or why (?Covid) it was changed to waiter service.

We did the Princess 50th anniversary sailing on the Pacific Princess which had all the stars of the Loveboat onboard. We also visited most of the ports, except Acapulco. It was a really memorable cruise 😊

We were on the cruise with Lorna. As she said Viking did nothing to celebrate crossing the equator, was not even mentioned over the tannoy system that we were crossing it, nor any certificate. I took this picture on my phone using Google maps.

Hi Lorna We have done the Kkra falls but not with Viking. As others have said, to get the full ‘experience’ it is quite a walk down to the falls but generally easy with broad walks as shown. There are a couple of places where it can be a bit dodgy! The falls are now viewed from a distance, you can no longer paddle/ swim in the water 😞. They are beautiful. Again as has been said, the walk back to the meeting place is shorter in time but involves a lot more short, sharp uphill (steps) than going down. I think you can go back the way you come down but due to time constraints it may not be feasible. Croatia is a beautiful place, there are so many wonderful places to visit.

I have never had an email telling me my points total. I only ever know if I sign into my account.

It differs between Ocean and River cruises.

They have cancelled the Jerusalem pre trip stay for those on the Nile cruises and have rearranged flights direct to Cairo. All cruise ships have rescheduled their Israel ports, when is the first Viking cruise due to visit?

Great service from X UK 😞

We use Hotel Olimpia which is just by Pizzale Roma very convenient for the train station, Vaporetto station and aerobus for the airport. Only one bridge to cross with luggage. Great places to eat in walking distance and lovely to wander through the streets to St. Marks. We have stayed here 3 times, it is our ‘go to’ hotel. Offer a lovely breakfast which you can eat in the garden behind the hotel or inside.

Yes but some agencies do not pay the cruise companies as soon as you pay the agencies! Some well known ones here in the U.K. ask for the balance ahead of the time when the cruise companies would but then don’t pay them until much nearer the departure date - obviously an agreement they have. However when cruises were being cancelled during Covid, because our balance was being held by the agency we waited far longer to get our money back than we would if we had paid direct to the cruise company.

We live in the U.K. but visited Liverpool a couple of years ago. We stayed at a hotel in the Albert Docks and parked the car in the shopping centre for the 3 days we were there. Worked out about £20 per day. It was ~ 7 min walk from the car park to the hotel.

We were already mixing cruises - Celebrity and other lines. Our last Celebrity cruise was just OK which isn’t good enough for the prices they charge. This was before the new President started implementing her changes. Considering what we can get on other cruise lines, Celebrity is no longer a major player in our eyes. Price is not the only consideration, itinerary is important to us and we have exhausted most of the Celebrity ones that appeal to us, apart from the Galapagos.

We had Damian as our cruise director on our last Viking cruise, I agree he was very talented and an excellent cruise director.

So glad to hear you managed to escape the U.K. on Monday with all the flight problems. Have a great cruise?

You can get a taxi from the terminal building into Bruge. If you get the train, the city itself is ~15 mins walk from Bruge train station. Since the taxis take 4, we asked another couple at the terminal if they wanted to share the taxi into town, so we split the fare

Whereas Torshavn itself is fun 😊

We usually have the SS package but on our last cruise decided against it. We found our bar bill was nowhere near the price of the SS package for the two of us!