Terrific Antarctic Explorer

Item: Viking Octantis
Rating: 4.5
Author: grossmangroup

Viking Octantis Cruise Review to Other (Asia/Africa/Middle East)

grossmangroup

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 27

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

Sail date: December 07, 2023

Ship: Viking Octantis

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 4048

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

Choosing the excursions needs to be improved. We went through the process of picking excursions and times and they were all changed, or dropped, once we were on the ship. Instead of having guests go through the excurions process like on the ocean or river cruises, they should just check off a box on which type of excursions they would be interested in doing. Then the excursion people could go through the process of organizing the timing and assignments each day. I am sure someone can have a better way of doing it then I suggested, but what they had did not work well.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The service was excellent. The food, and choices, were very good. Especially enjoyed the world cafe.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

All of the staff, room stewards, restaurant workers and guest services were excellent. The excursion guides and scientists did a wonderful job on their presentations and education talks.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Very comfortable. The stewards did an excellent job of keeping the room clean.

Ports of call

Buenos Aires, Argentina

3 out of 5

Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina

4 out of 5

Cruise Drake Passage

4 out of 5

Cruise Antarctica

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

The disembarkation was fine. Would have liked to have had the time to spend in Ushaila.

8 Comments

Ladyjunecliff 10 months ago

Thanks for your honest review.

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katierney23 10 months ago

Just booked this cruise for 2025. So looking forward to the experience.

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Gwbigdog 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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bubbles60 11 months ago

Exciting itinerary!

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WorldCrusinJW 11 months ago

Thanks for the review

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javawoody 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing your experience

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cruising2004 11 months ago

Glad you had a wonderful cruise. Thank you for your review.

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Niavlys 11 months ago

All and all seems like you had a great time... Tks for sharing

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