Viking Ocean - Combined Cruise Schedule

[PeabodyMa]

@CharTrav  Do you know when Viking Polaris will be out of service for repairs, and when in April 2024 Polaris is expected to re-start cruises?

[CharTrav]

4 hours ago, PeabodyMa said:

@CharTrav  Do you know when Viking Polaris will be out of service for repairs, and when in April 2024 Polaris is expected to re-start cruises?

Sorry - don't know about either. News to me that she is scheduled for repairs. FYI - the "Find my Cruise" pages for VO and VE for sure and possibly (haven't checked) VR in 2026 are seriously out of whack. Viking is aware and their IT folks have been working on it since last weekend. Definitely works OK for 2024 and I think 2025. Don't know why it's taking so long to fix but it is. sigh...Until they do I can't check it for updates.

Edited February 12 by CharTrav

[CurlerRob]

15 hours ago, PeabodyMa said:

@CharTrav  Do you know when Viking Polaris will be out of service for repairs, and when in April 2024 Polaris is expected to re-start cruises?

Is 2024 a typo? Polaris is active in Antarctica right now and appears fully scheduled through the summer in the Great Lakes.

 

I'm unaware of any withdrawal for repairs - are you perhaps reacting to the past rogue wave incident (for which the repairs are long completed)? 🍺🥌

[PeabodyMa]

See Page 2 “Viking Polaris to be repaired soon” for Dec 2023 Report on window reinforcement recommendations.

 

Somewhere else, I read Polaris would have work done in Spring 2024, but I don’t recall where I read it. 

 

 

 

 

[CurlerRob]

9 hours ago, PeabodyMa said:

See Page 2 “Viking Polaris to be repaired soon” for Dec 2023 Report on window reinforcement recommendations.

 

Somewhere else, I read Polaris would have work done in Spring 2024, but I don’t recall where I read it. 

 

 

 

 

 

That thread can easily be confusing, as it was started in January 2023, following the wave incident. The Polaris damage was repaired shortly thereafter (hence the thread title).

 

The thread was restarted recently, when the Chief posted information from a report on the incident. The report makes various recommendations, but there are no mandated additional repairs in it. As well, in my brief review, Polaris' schedule from now through the summer does not appear to have any gaps. 🍺🥌

[CharTrav]

Have updated the spreadsheet and uploaded it to DropBox.  If you already have a copy, you know how to download a fresh copy of it (the link on the ReadMe page. If this is your first time to this thread, open this folder in my DropBox (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8pm1betyh91wlhf/AABBcPIWuqWJQtR5JrNSFOqMa?dl=0).

and download the file called "Viking Ocean & Expedition Cruises (2024 to 2026).xlsm"  No DropBox account required.

 

With regards to the changes since my last update on 27 Dec 23:

For VO:

* Cities of Antiquity replaces Cities of Antiquity & the Holy Land on the Star in 2024 and Feb 2025.  Itinerary modified to avoid ports in Cyprus & Israel.

* Viking World Cruise and Viking World Journey added for Sky in Dec 2025 and Jan 2026, respectively.

*  Iberian & Mediterranean Odyssey added for Saturn and Vela in Oct 2025.

*  Mediterranean Discoveries added as 15 day cruise on Vela in Jan 2026 (with 8 day Iconic Mediterranean and Iberian Explorer as segments within)

For VE:

* Added From the Arctic to Antarctica for Polaris in Sept 2026.

* Added two new Longitudinal World Cruises: 70 day LWC VI (Octantis) and 63 day LWC VII (Polaris) from BA to Milwaukee.

 

Please note the the "Find a Cruise" page (the one I use) is fixed for Viking Oceans but, unfortunately, NOT completely fixed for Viking Expeditions.  It's in a state of "mostly but not totally fixed"; a situation that drives me absolutely bonkers. It's clear their IT gang broke the dang thing.  It should have been completely fixed by now but it's not.  I decided to fire off ANOTHER email to Customer Relations about it and, for good measure, cc'd Chairman Hagen. Should prepare myself for a phone call tomorrow.

[CharTrav]

Just an update.  Response to my email was a call from Viking two days later, can't remember who.  Forgot to write down his name. Gave me assurances that not only would he pursue the issues I'd described in my detailed email but that there would be a server update, scheduled for last weekend.  Well...sadly.. the issue I reported is still there with "Find a Cruise" for VE -- cruises not being displayed in "Find a Cruise" but which, if you search for them by name, clearly are. Am referring to Chilean Fjords & Scenic Shores in Oct 2025 and Niagara & the Great Lakes for 2026 as a whole.  And now there's a really odd one for VO: Mediterranean Discoveries on the Vela in Jan 2026.  It was shown in Find a Cruise last week but as of  March 2nd (when I first checked) isn't.  If you search for it by name you find it is scheduled; however -- and this is the weird part -- only shows the airfare.  Which makes me think the cruise is still in flux and most definitely not available to be booked.  A true head scratcher.  Will keep checking and hold off firing off another email for at least another week.

[CharTrav]

FYI -- not a schedule update -- but just an announcement that I've posted the Viking Dailies from British Isles Explorer and Into the Midnight Sun that we did back to back last July.  Note that I regularly scan and post the Dailies from all the cruises we do with Viking -- be they Ocean, Expedition, or River.  Our first VE cruise is booked for next year.  These dailies are posted in the folders for each cruise contained in the following DropBox folders -- Ocean (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ndlhq33ccwbdzs3/AAAGWLc9zZwNE6VU4WPTG9pba?dl=0),

Expedition (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9lrwpbdudm82hxr/AABzHx6LexrQf6imEklmM1aTa?dl=0 ) ,

and River (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gn6c0ksfrske43v/AAB7cWswBU83_6RY4DQ8vqLTa?dl=0).

 

Hope you all find this useful.  Will use this thread to share when I post Dailies from a recent cruise.