Iceland's Natural Beauty General - 2022

[VolTravler]

30 minutes ago, ValarieDennis said:

I thought the same - crew. Put some crew members on the Sky that have been through a sailing with the new protocols. Makes sense. If that's the case, I would expect that the Jupiter will inherit crew from the Sky.

 

Now, my experience in shipping under my own pilotage is small (envision a 20 ft. runabout, 20 ft. tritoon, waverunner, all on a local lake/river) but that seems an expensive way to move crew around at first blush!  Unless it is in the hundreds, which it could well be!

 

So looking forward to this trip!

 

Peace!

[philw1776]

I am asking anyone who has made Spa reservations can they still see them on their MVJ calendar? I thought they were there but they're not there now. Did Viking chat and agent could not access Spa reservation info to confirm. Said to confirm onboard. Meanwhile all times for all days booked.

[Dukefan]

22 minutes ago, philw1776 said:

I am asking anyone who has made Spa reservations can they still see them on their MVJ calendar? I thought they were there but they're not there now. Did Viking chat and agent could not access Spa reservation info to confirm. Said to confirm onboard. Meanwhile all times for all days booked.

I just checked and our two Spa treatments are no longer on our calendar.

[VI_Lounger]

13 minutes ago, Dukefan said:

I just checked and our two Spa treatments are no longer on our calendar.

my spa reservation also has been removed!

[VI_Lounger]

21 minutes ago, Dukefan said:

I just checked and our two Spa treatments are no longer on our calendar.

Just did a live chat and was told the website is undergoing maintenance which might affect MVJ. He then reminded me that I have to check in at the spa to confirm reservations once on board anyway. Hmmm...hopefully didn't lose them as they were hard to book!

[mhb1757]

Spa question… have you been able to book times to use the spa facilities on line?  Not a massage or spa treatment, but I read that reservations were needed to use the hydropool, sauna, etc. Anyone know when/how/where we can do this?

[Peregrina651]

17 minutes ago, mhb1757 said:

but I read that reservations were needed to use the hydropool, sauna, etc. Anyone know when/how/where we can do this?

 

We have to do that once we board.

[Louhut1]

2 hours ago, VI_Lounger said:

my spa reservation also has been removed!

Mine has disappeared also.  Louise

[Clay Clayton]

2 hours ago, Dukefan said:

I just checked and our two Spa treatments are no longer on our calendar.

Are your other reservations still there? Just check and all ours are. 

[Dukefan]

Just now, Clay Clayton said:

Are your other reservations still there? Just check and all ours are. 

Yes the only thing that was dropped were the two spa appointments.  Everything else has been unchanged (so far) .

[philw1776]

SPA reservations are only ones nuked

[id4elizabeth]

Mine are still there - 2 facials and 1 massage - on different days.  July 17th sailing.

[Heidi13]

9 hours ago, Dukefan said:

That's kind of going to Reykjavik from Skagen by the scenic route isn't it?  Surprised it is going south of the UK to get there.

 

Definitely more scenic, but I'll bet the Bridge Team would prefer the original orders, which avoided the English Channel & Approaches. Always a challenging navigation, even with GPS these days.

[Heidi13]

8 hours ago, VolTravler said:

 

Now, my experience in shipping under my own pilotage is small (envision a 20 ft. runabout, 20 ft. tritoon, waverunner, all on a local lake/river) but that seems an expensive way to move crew around at first blush!  Unless it is in the hundreds, which it could well be!

 

So looking forward to this trip!

 

Peace!

 

If boarding crew, they can be limited in the countries and ports that will accept crew changes and even newly arriving crew. Throughout the pandemic, as a seafaring nation, UK has looked after mariners.

 

When Viking shut down operations last year, many of the ships stopped in Portsmouth to sign-off crew and ship them home via LHR.

[Clay Clayton]

Happy National Day!

[JER/MPR]

6 hours ago, philw1776 said:

I am asking anyone who has made Spa reservations can they still see them on their MVJ calendar? I thought they were there but they're not there now. Did Viking chat and agent could not access Spa reservation info to confirm. Said to confirm onboard. Meanwhile all times for all days booked.

Our spa treatment have now returned to our MVJ calendar after being gone this afternoon. 🤩

[azdrydock]

9 hours ago, VolTravler said:

 

Now, my experience in shipping under my own pilotage is small (envision a 20 ft. runabout, 20 ft. tritoon, waverunner, all on a local lake/river) but that seems an expensive way to move crew around at first blush!  Unless it is in the hundreds, which it could well be!

 

So looking forward to this trip!

 

Peace!

Might be the ship to ship transfer can be done within the confines of the "Viking Bubble" avoiding a quarantine. Viking Venus is also headed for Portsmouth, unfortunately Marine Traffic AIS has it to Portsmouth NH, probably doing about 80knts. Hope they did better with the autopilot 😊.

[Dukefan]

Our spa treatments have returned to our calendar. Thats good news!

 

[Heidi13]

54 minutes ago, azdrydock said:

Might be the ship to ship transfer can be done within the confines of the "Viking Bubble" avoiding a quarantine. Viking Venus is also headed for Portsmouth, unfortunately Marine Traffic AIS has it to Portsmouth NH, probably doing about 80knts. Hope they did better with the autopilot 😊.

 

The Bridge Team have selected the wrong Portsmouth every cruise. Probably the 3rd Officer or Cadet who set up the AIS, but they should still know better.

[PeabodyMa]

2 hours ago, Heidi13 said:

 

The Bridge Team have selected the wrong Portsmouth every cruise. Probably the 3rd Officer or Cadet who set up the AIS, but they should still know better.

Not the Bridge Team's error. Apps (other than Marine Traffic) using AIS show Portsmouth, UK.

VESSELFINDER:: "The vessel is en route to PORTSMOUTH,UK, sailing at a speed of 6.6 knots and expected to arrive there on Jun 18, 20:00."

CRUISEMAPPER: Viking Venus...en route to PORTSMOUTH, UK. 

 

[NeilP57]

2 hours ago, Heidi13 said:

The Bridge Team have selected the wrong Portsmouth every cruise. Probably the 3rd Officer or Cadet who set up the AIS, but they should still know better.

Maybe the same person who worked out the FX conversion rates for our ShoreX. 
 

However, I will own up to ordering a hire car from Melbourne airport in Florida rather than Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. As I departed my flight from Sydney I was not too pleased that my hire car was not ready and waiting for me, until the guy on the desk pointed out my error with a wry smile and said I was not the first to make this mistake nor would I be the last! 

[DaveSJ711]

Are Viking folks surviving the sizzling heat? In Iceland right now, heat is the farthest thing from my mind.
 

https://www.icelandreview.com/nature-travel/mid-june-snow-and-weeks-of-cold-weather-in-iceland/

[FLORIDA FLOUNDER]

6 hours ago, NeilP57 said:

Maybe the same person who worked out the FX conversion rates for our ShoreX. 
 

However, I will own up to ordering a hire car from Melbourne airport in Florida rather than Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. As I departed my flight from Sydney I was not too pleased that my hire car was not ready and waiting for me, until the guy on the desk pointed out my error with a wry smile and said I was not the first to make this mistake nor would I be the last! 

Too Funny!  Melbourne, FL is my local airport (20 minutes away) and I do that all the time, but it's in reverse. 🤪

[Twitchly]

Here’s a fun article about the Icelandic phone book and their naming conventions. From the article:

 

In addition to the jovial first-name basis, we operate on a system of patronyms, meaning that you take your father's first name and simply add the suffix -son [if you're a boy] or -dóttir [if you're a girl]. Björk Gudmundsdóttir is the daughter of Gudmundur. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson is the son of Grímur. And so on.

http://EzineArticles.com/1545136 

[IWantToLiveOverTheSea]

7 hours ago, NeilP57 said:

Maybe the same person who worked out the FX conversion rates for our ShoreX. 
 

However, I will own up to ordering a hire car from Melbourne airport in Florida rather than Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. As I departed my flight from Sydney I was not too pleased that my hire car was not ready and waiting for me, until the guy on the desk pointed out my error with a wry smile and said I was not the first to make this mistake nor would I be the last! 

A dental specialist my spouse went to made local news here by flying to Grenada in the Caribbean instead of Granada, Spain for sightseeing/dental conference. Someone else had made his reservation, and the dentist didn't know anything was wrong until the plane took off and there was an announcement of flying time.  Ouch!