British Isle Explorer

Viking Neptune Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 66

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Viking Neptune

14 Night British Isles Explorer (London-Greenwich To Bergen)

Sail date: August 29, 2024

Ship: Viking Neptune

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 months ago

Review summary

Great Cruise! Great way to spend an anniversary. Toured England, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Orkney Islands and Norway.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Viking makes Embarkation easy.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
A lot of places to eat. We enjoyed Mamsen's for their signature Norwegian Waffles. The World Cafe's buffet always had a great variety. In the evening, you could always get crab legs, shrimp and fish. The Dining Room's service was superb. We had the Parmensan Chicken for our anniversary dinner and it was superb. Several times for lunch, I had the seared salmon from the Pool Grill along with fresh made onion rings.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
The spa was heavenly. The spa pool was our favorite. This was the first time my wife and I used this facility.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We went to the nightly show 10 out of 14 nights and enjoyed the variety. The guest act was the MacDonald Brothers (from Scotland) for a couple of nights.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
What can I say? This is one reason that Viking excels at. Their employees!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The best!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Nice. Delux Veranda.

Ship tip

Enjoy being pampered!

Ports of call

Dover (London), England

5 out of 5
Took the included tour to Camridge. Very good tour guide.

Liverpool, England

5 out of 5
One of our favorite places. Good included tour to get an overview! We did the exceptional optional tour of the Beatles Experience. Our guide was great.

Holyhead, Wales

5 out of 5
We did the included tour and enjoyed it.

Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland

5 out of 5
Great included excursion.

Dun Laoghaire (Dublin), Ireland

5 out of 5
It was a tender port and the weather was very rainy. We had recently spent several days in Dublin so we just stayed onboard the ship.

Ullapool, Scotland

5 out of 5
An absolute beautiful day. The included tour was great.

NEWHAVEN HARBOUR (EDINBURGH), SCOTLAND

5 out of 5
Very foggy. The Port Master wouldn't clear us to anchor until fog lifted around noon. Tender port and all excursions were canceled. It was a 30 minute tender ride then a 10 minute bus trip into a rainy town. We stayed on the ship.

Bergen, Norway

5 out of 5
Very rainy first 2 days there. Did some independent exploring but didn't take any tours. On 3rd day we disembarked and stayed for 2 days in a hotel. Weather improve somewhat and we did enjoy our extra time in Bergen. One of my favorite Cities. Found good restaurants, went up the funicular and took a Fjord cruise. Also booked the Fjord cruise on Shipmate. Quite enjoyable and mostly a dry and clear day.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

4 out of 5
We did an optional tour through shipmate and they gave us some incorrect information on what time to meet our tour. We almost missed the tour but did do the Giant Causway. Overall a very good trip. The driver was very good but had forgot to charge his microphone. Being in the rear of the noisy van, we could not hear any of what he was saying.

Invergordon (Inverness & Loch Ness), Scotland

5 out of 5
Did the Castle and Loch Ness. Great optional tour.

Greenwich (London), England

5 out of 5
The included walking tour was really good. A lot of cobblestone and some stairs. A good overview. We took an optional tour to the Tower of London. Saw the Crown Jewels. We also went on the ship, Cutty Sark. Very interesting.

Cruise English Channel

5 out of 5
Nothing to see.

Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland

5 out of 5
High winds. Went direct to Bergen.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Easy.

Traveler Photos

MacDonald brothers Fjord Cruise
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4 Comments

javawoody     3 months ago

Thanks for the review

xofave     3 months ago

Thanks for the review, we board the Neptune in 73 days bound for 17 round trip to Hawaii from Los Angeles. First time on a Viking ship.

cruising2004     3 months ago

Great itinerary! Glad you had a wonderful cruise! Thank you for your review.

HeavySeas     3 months ago

Awesome....thanks for sharing your cruise experience and glad you enjoyed your cruise