jenna37 Posted June 13, 2021 #476 Share Posted June 13, 2021 8 hours ago, Glenndale said: We would have been happy to join you but it sounds as if that won’t be possible 😉 We would have loved to have you join us but unfortunately it looks like we will all be on on own . Never mind , I am sure it still will be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessM66 Posted June 13, 2021 #477 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Someone on the ‘other’ site just posted what happened regarding the people who were asked to leave the Viking Venus ship. I can’t verify their account, but they said it was a couple who had self isolated for 10 days , they were both fully vaccinated, and had had negative lateral flow tests, however the lady had an inconclusive ‘spit’ test. She was asked to do another and got the same result so they were both asked to leave the ship and drive home, both had been drinking throughout the day. I can’t vouch for this post, but it was swiftly removed from the site as it was deemed to have breached the groups rules!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcpvwill Posted June 15, 2021 #478 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Just spotted Venus is off the west coast of Scotland today near the Inner Hebrides. Where is it going? Scotland isn’t allowing cruise ships at present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcpvwill Posted June 15, 2021 #479 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Sorry I should have said where is she going but was too late to edit. Sorry Venus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet&David Posted June 15, 2021 #480 Share Posted June 15, 2021 55 minutes ago, kcpvwill said: Just spotted Venus is off the west coast of Scotland today near the Inner Hebrides. Where is it going? Scotland isn’t allowing cruise ships at present. It's a cruise that was arrange to fill a week's gap in a series of 'English Scenic Shores' cruises. The cruise starts and ends in Portsmouth, stops in Liverpool and Portland and cruises the seas around Scotland for one or two days without docking anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcpvwill Posted June 15, 2021 #481 Share Posted June 15, 2021 J an D, thanks for the reply. I didn’t spot there was a different one, I thought they were all England’s Scenic shores. This one appears to be Scenic British Isles. Was it because one or more of the ports couldn’t accommodate them or just to offer an alternative? Perhaps someone might have done a B2B just to celebrate being back on board! I hope all on board are enjoying the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlowood Posted June 15, 2021 #482 Share Posted June 15, 2021 3 hours ago, kcpvwill said: J an D, thanks for the reply. I didn’t spot there was a different one, I thought they were all England’s Scenic shores. This one appears to be Scenic British Isles. Was it because one or more of the ports couldn’t accommodate them or just to offer an alternative? Perhaps someone might have done a B2B just to celebrate being back on board! I hope all on board are enjoying the cruise. I think several people may have done a B2B. We were on the previous cruise which docked in Portsmouth last Saturday. While on board we heard that they were offering some excellent deals for anyone wishing to stay aboard and do the B2B. Unfortunately we had commitments this week otherwise we would have been sorely tempted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet&David Posted June 15, 2021 #483 Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, kcpvwill said: Was it because one or more of the ports couldn’t accommodate them or just to offer an alternative? I think that Viking gradually extended their programme of UK cruises. They started with three iterations of the England's Scenic Shores, which they contacted past customers about before promoting them on the open market. Then they added another couple of these cruise, with a week gap after the first three. I reckon when it looked like the cruises would run without too many snags they quickly added this week's cruise as a filler. We were on the second of the first three cruises and had a great time. The offer to come back on board a week after we got home was tempting (and the prices were very good) but we decide to give it a miss and keep our fingers crossed that our next Viking cruise in November will go ahead. Not sure why they changed the itinerary - clearly saving the port fees for two fewer destinations and not providing inclusive excursions there would have reduced the costs. By the way, I got the ports wrong on my previous post - this week's cruise is stopping at Liverpool and Falmouth. David Edited June 15, 2021 by Janet&David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilP57 Posted June 21, 2021 Author #484 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Hi folks, Are you able to confirm what Viking required as to Vaccination status? We are on the 31/7 departure to Iceland and we assume that the NHS App Covid pass will be sufficient but just wanted to check what was required on the UK Welcome Back cruises and when it was first checked. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Clay Clayton Posted June 21, 2021 #485 Share Posted June 21, 2021 14 minutes ago, NeilP57 said: Hi folks, Are you able to confirm what Viking required as to Vaccination status? We are on the 31/7 departure to Iceland and we assume that the NHS App Covid pass will be sufficient but just wanted to check what was required on the UK Welcome Back cruises and when it was first checked. Neil Folks on the first Iceland cruises were directed to use the Verifly app. I have gone ahead and uploaded my information and received a “ready to travel” status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilP57 Posted June 22, 2021 Author #486 Share Posted June 22, 2021 9 hours ago, Clay Clayton said: Folks on the first Iceland cruises were directed to use the Verifly app. I have gone ahead and uploaded my information and received a “ready to travel” status. Hi Clay, thanks for the answer but I was trying to find out what Viking used on its UK cruises to satisfy itself that its UK passengers had been vaccinated. There would have been no associated air travel for passengers on these cruises so Verifly would not have been used. It is likely to have been either the NHS App which is working well in England (not sure about rest of the UK) or some form of self declaration. I was looking for guidance from them so I could read across what Viking is likely to do in Iceland when arrive there on July 31. So plenty of time for it to develop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenndale Posted June 22, 2021 #487 Share Posted June 22, 2021 We showed our vaccination status on our NHS app. Dates of vaccination were recorded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinchrissy Posted June 22, 2021 #488 Share Posted June 22, 2021 We showed our little cards that we were given after vaccination. Here in Wales, we don’t have the NHS app yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilP57 Posted June 22, 2021 Author #489 Share Posted June 22, 2021 45 minutes ago, Glenndale said: We showed our vaccination status on our NHS app. Dates of vaccination were recorded. 34 minutes ago, cruisinchrissy said: We showed our little cards that we were given after vaccination. Here in Wales, we don’t have the NHS app yet. Many thanks, as expected. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W 10 Posted June 22, 2021 #490 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Neil Viking accepted NHS app or card. Foreign Office advice states Iceland accepts NHS app. We printed certificates from app. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Clay Clayton Posted June 22, 2021 #491 Share Posted June 22, 2021 4 hours ago, NeilP57 said: Hi Clay, thanks for the answer but I was trying to find out what Viking used on its UK cruises to satisfy itself that its UK passengers had been vaccinated. There would have been no associated air travel for passengers on these cruises so Verifly would not have been used. It is likely to have been either the NHS App which is working well in England (not sure about rest of the UK) or some form of self declaration. I was looking for guidance from them so I could read across what Viking is likely to do in Iceland when arrive there on July 31. So plenty of time for it to develop. Understand but we aren’t using it to fly. Viking is having us do it for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet&David Posted June 23, 2021 #492 Share Posted June 23, 2021 (edited) On 6/21/2021 at 10:12 PM, NeilP57 said: Hi folks, Are you able to confirm what Viking required as to Vaccination status? We are on the 31/7 departure to Iceland and we assume that the NHS App Covid pass will be sufficient but just wanted to check what was required on the UK Welcome Back cruises and when it was first checked. Neil Hi Neil We had the NHS app ready on our phones but just showed the little cards - it seemed quicker and easier. David Edited June 23, 2021 by Janet&David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Azulann Posted June 23, 2021 #493 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Folks have already posted cruise reviews for the Viking Venus. Look for them on main page under cruise review. New Viking cruisers love the ship , crew, food ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendlyfifer Posted June 29, 2021 #494 Share Posted June 29, 2021 On 5/30/2021 at 3:31 PM, MikeD1000 said: Thank you so much pcolmer that was so helpful. One query did the men wear jackets in the evening? We sailed on the Venus on 29 May. I wore a jacket 2 or 3 times but that was personal choice and not necessary. I would say about 15% of men wore a jacket. Nearly everyone looked smart in the evening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les37b Posted June 30, 2021 #495 Share Posted June 30, 2021 On 6/22/2021 at 8:43 AM, cruisinchrissy said: We showed our little cards that we were given after vaccination. Here in Wales, we don’t have the NHS app yet. Glad that worked for you but very surprised. Those cards can easily be forged. We have something booked up and taking the troops with us. We all have the NHS on phones and all vaccine status is there and all is dandy.... apart from one of the boys.... His shows CID7021 error which suggests go to the GPs and get them to authorise access to the surgery data. We are now running around in circles. Several emails to the NHS support and to the GPs. They have granted access - but its still not working. Luckily there is a telephone solution. England https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/covid-pass/ number to call is 119 Wales https://gov.wales/get-nhs-covid-pass-show-your-vaccination-status-travel 0300 303 5667 Scotland https://www.nhsinform.scot/covid19status number to call is 0808 196 8565 I rang them (119) and the NHS DOES have access to his data, so no idea what is wrong. Hope that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessM66 Posted June 30, 2021 #496 Share Posted June 30, 2021 On 6/21/2021 at 10:12 PM, NeilP57 said: Hi folks, Are you able to confirm what Viking required as to Vaccination status? We are on the 31/7 departure to Iceland and we assume that the NHS App Covid pass will be sufficient but just wanted to check what was required on the UK Welcome Back cruises and when it was first checked. Neil Some Countries...Malta for example are not accepting the NHS app, or the print out with the Qcode on, they are only accepting an official letter from the NHS, which you can apply for, but takes about 5 days to receive. To be Belt and Braces, I would get one, just in case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinchrissy Posted June 30, 2021 #497 Share Posted June 30, 2021 13 hours ago, les37b said: Glad that worked for you but very surprised. Those cards can easily be forged. We have something booked up and taking the troops with us. We all have the NHS on phones and all vaccine status is there and all is dandy.... apart from one of the boys.... His shows CID7021 error which suggests go to the GPs and get them to authorise access to the surgery data. We are now running around in circles. Several emails to the NHS support and to the GPs. They have granted access - but its still not working. Luckily there is a telephone solution. England https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/covid-pass/ number to call is 119 Wales https://gov.wales/get-nhs-covid-pass-show-your-vaccination-status-travel 0300 303 5667 Scotland https://www.nhsinform.scot/covid19status number to call is 0808 196 8565 I rang them (119) and the NHS DOES have access to his data, so no idea what is wrong. Hope that helps The little cards were accepted to board the Viking Venus UK cruise. We have got the NHS official certificate now for entering Malta. In fact, it’s probably prudent to take cards, certificate and printed out NHS QR code . I always like to err on the side of caution ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisiamc Posted July 1, 2021 #498 Share Posted July 1, 2021 14 hours ago, JessM66 said: Some Countries...Malta for example are not accepting the NHS app, or the print out with the Qcode on, they are only accepting an official letter from the NHS, which you can apply for, but takes about 5 days to receive. To be Belt and Braces, I would get one, just in case. Thank you, that’s really helpful to know. We’ve booked to cruise from Malta in September, so I’ve requested my letter now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeabodyMa Posted July 4, 2021 #499 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Who is the Future Cruise Consultant on Viking Venus? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessM66 Posted July 4, 2021 #500 Share Posted July 4, 2021 14 hours ago, PeabodyMa said: Who is the Future Cruise Consultant on Viking Venus? Thank you. Sam Corbin I believe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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