Viking Invades Alaska!

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Agree. But it’s never been done at midnight on even crass :p lines like Celebrity and Princess. It starts around 6am. Which is exactly what happened at the ship next to us this morning.
I think the noisiest one we had was at Valparaiso (Celebrity) where we docked at the large 24 hour container wharf at 3 am or so. Unfortunately for us our cabin was on the dock side! Lots of floodlights and noise.
 
Finally we could board. Train was packed.

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Our ticket included two alcoholic drinks and a meal. The first sitting went down almost immediately and didn’t return for 90 minutes, yowsers. During this time we saw a BEAR and a moose and they missed all that. We’d assumed they’d had a 3 course banquet but all they’d had was either a salad, pot roast or fish and chips. What the heck took so long. Consequently we decided to skip the meal entirely and get something at the train station. Bad move. Everything was closed. Back to the train.

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Thank you, Pushka, for your report on Viking Cruises.
I was amazed that they got so much wrong, especially at the start and finish of the cruise. They present themselves as top class.
I have seen an amazing itinerary (amazing for us) on Viking, but now, am not at all convinced that it would be worth the high-level price.
The food did look excellent, though.
 
Love those diesel locomotives.
Those drivers get the best view and get paid for it....
That’s what I’m told all time:p
 
Thank you, Pushka, for your report on Viking Cruises.
I was amazed that they got so much wrong, especially at the start and finish of the cruise. They present themselves as top class.
I have seen an amazing itinerary (amazing for us) on Viking, but now, am not at all convinced that it would be worth the high-level price.
The food did look excellent, though.
which ship is it on? Orion seems to be the major issue. When they get things wrong they go into CYA mode. Management issues. Crew were excellent. Other ships don’t seem to have the same issues but as first impression it’s done us in. We are doing a Viking River Cruise to Egypt as they have a great reputation on river cruises.
 
We are in Hawaii now in an AirBnb. It’s a studio. It will work as it’s quite large and in a good area.

Had a great flight here on Alaska Airlines. Did the premium seats and we picked aisle and window. That gave us free drinks but wonderfully kept the middle seat blank. A 6 hour flight with g&t and a cheese platter we bought and kept in the middle tray made for a good experience.

Jeez the restaurants are automatically adding the 20% tip even in basic ones.
 
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which ship is it on? Orion seems to be the major issue. When they get things wrong they go into CYA mode. Management issues. Crew were excellent. Other ships don’t seem to have the same issues but as first impression it’s done us in. We are doing a Viking River Cruise to Egypt as they have a great reputation on river cruises.
Hope their captain is better:
(though according to Viking he wasn't actually the captain in the earlier accident)
 
which ship is it on? Orion seems to be the major issue. When they get things wrong they go into CYA mode. Management issues. Crew were excellent. Other ships don’t seem to have the same issues but as first impression it’s done us in. We are doing a Viking River Cruise to Egypt as they have a great reputation on river cruises.
Viking Orion. I've been cleared to fly but will try some short hops first.
 
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