SEACRUZER

We were on the Viking Sky from Barcelona to Roma (11/12 to 11/19).  We agree about Fatima in Manfredi's.  She was wonderful as were the bar tenders in the Living Room (Alex and Karen).  We found the rest of the food service a bit off.

I am also a bourbon drinker.  When I realized that there was only vodka and gin in the mini bar, I left a note for the room service to substitute bourbon for one of the mini bottles.  Evidently, they can't do that.  Instead, he would leave me a healthy pour of bourbon in a glass each night.

We just got off of the Viking Sky yesterday 11/19/22 on the Ionic Western Med sailing out of Barcelona.  I don't have time to read you whole post now, but you description of you experience at the main dining room on the first night echoed our experiences.  The service in all the dining areas was just off.  Thanks for your write-up; I can't wait to read more.  You get to the point where you start thinking, "maybe it's just us".  It's nice to know that it wasn't.

But, the TA spotted a typo on the documents (Avalon had us flying back to the USA the day before we got to Amsterdam). She called Avalon and they Fed Ex'd the corrected papers Monday.

Now, I'm trying to figure out the luggage tag. There is a nice blue, plastic piece with the Avalon logo on one side and a place to write your name/address on the other side. Plus, there is a matching stainless steel plate (same size as plastic piece) with one strap. The stainless steel piece is HEAVY. I'm guessing that you are supposed to string them back to back and the stainless piece is supposed to protect the info on the plastic part. But, why a heavy metal piece? I don't need to add extra weight to the suitcases.

I used to backpack in my younger days; and, the saying used to be "take care of the ounces and the pounds take care of themselves".