Insightful Mississippi Cruise

Item: Viking Mississippi
Rating: 4.4
Author: dan11499998

Viking Mississippi Cruise Review to River Cruises - United States

dan11499998

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

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7 Night New Orleans & Southern Charm (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 24, 2024

Ship: Viking Mississippi

Cabin number: 223

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 months ago

Review summary

This cruise clearly had technology issues. There were technology issues at embarkation and every day when scanning our cards to leave or return to the ship. About half the time, the crew member scanning the cards gave up and just started writing the names and room numbers for the people leaving or returning to the ship.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Viking made us stop at a hotel for a couple of hours before going to the ship. We had to check in there then again at the dock, then a third time when we got on board because there technology wasn't working properly.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Great food.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

We did not use the fitness center and it was too cold to use the outdoor pool.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Excellent room and restaurant staff.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Requested no feather pillows but when we arrived, all the pillows were feather. The in room safe didn't work and we had to ask three times before it was fixed. The phone didn't work, it continually flashed "initializing", off and on all night. The message light strobed constantly and if you tried to clear it you received a message that the service was unavailable. The phone was NEVER fixed. We gave up asking for it to be fixed on the 5th cruise day.

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

4 out of 5

DARROW, LOUISIANA

5 out of 5

St. Francisville, Louisiana

4 out of 5

Natchez, Mississippi

5 out of 5

Vicksburg, Mississippi

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

If you were standing at the gangway, you were told you could bisembark long before it was announced on the PA system. Even with that lack of coordination the process ran smoothly. Our bags were already loaded on our bus so we didn't have to claim them and then take them to the bus ourselves.

7 Comments

javawoody 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing your riverboat experience

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ddme 8 months ago

Thanks for your review. Interesting itinerary!

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Gwbigdog 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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cruising2004 8 months ago

Thank you for your review.

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Ruby13 8 months ago

Thank you for sharing. Unfortunately, these glitches happen.

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HeavySeas 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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ZATHROS 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing. I've never been on this line before. It sounds like they don't quite have it all together.

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