Repositioning Cruises

[Canadian Sunset]

My husband and I are thinking of taking a repositioning cruise next year between the US and Europe. We were wondering how the smaller ships stood up to the North Atlantic, and also wondered what kinds of activities were offered on the numerous sea days?

Thank you.

 

 

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[Azulann]

There has only been one US to Barcelona TA last year. This year there will be two, Viking Sky March 4 and Viking Sea March 27 both leave from San Juan PR and cross farther south in the Atlantic.

I am on the March 27 sailing and will post a live thread while on board. We will have six sea days in a row! Looking forward to them.

I did see some reviews from last year if you want to scroll through the Viking Ocean ship reviews. You can access these on this forum page on the right hand side.

Also there are reviews of the In the Wake of the Vikings which is from Europe to Canada. These sailed the North Atlantic and stop in Greenland and Iceland on the way to North America.

[sunbrookgal]

Mike and I are on the March 4, Ill post a short review. I have to add, we did round the Horn twice. The first experience was calm. Calm as glass. The second time the wind was 68knots, with 22' - 28' seas. As for small ship? Good Q. We'll find out . Cannot wait. Go for it if you find that cruise inviting .

[Canadian Sunset]

I look forward to reading your posts.

We have no plans until 2019 because I have health issues to deal with first, but love Viking and want to try this. We’ve not visited Spain and thought this would be a good way to have the experience.

[Geosez]

We did "Wake of the Vikings" last fall on the Sea. Opposite direction from what you asked but maybe this will be helpful. Between Iceland and Greenland we had some rough weather -- not bad enough to confine passengers to cabins as on the trip the year before, but we were rocking and rolling. The ship handled it beautifully. We missed the first port in Iceland because it was too rough to tender in. When we got to Newfoundland, the weather picked up in the afternoon and it was rough enough for the tenders to have trouble. But the crew was wonderful and extremely competent getting folks from tender to ship, even some with significant mobility issues. I say all that to say you can have confidence in the Captain and crew. In fact, we've just booked another North Sea trip for 2019 -- Iceland's Majestic Landscapes -- Reykjavik to Bergen.

[sunbrookgal]

Geosez Thanks