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Viking Octantis Cruise Review to River Cruises - United States

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
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Viking Octantis

7 Night Niagara & The Great Lakes (Milwaukee To Toronto)

Sail date: May 02, 2024

Ship: Viking Octantis

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 4058

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 month ago

Review summary

I highly recommend this Viking experience for those who haven’t seen the Great Lakes. We saw 5 of them. Nice to have much shorter flights than traveling to Europe but the River Cruises by Viking are still the best.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
They were waiting on us when we arrived and took us straight to the ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Everything was as we expected and then some.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Site seeing on deck with Irish Coffee and donuts, trivia after dinner, the bar for lounging and drinks.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Not like big ships but had great nature lectures and one night of singing by ship entertainment director.

Children's Programs

No children under 18 on board

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All were excellent. Our room steward even ran to our room with the right size waterproof pants just before our excursion.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Everything was beautiful and clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
It was big enough, plenty of closets and drawers, an beautiful retractable window, and nice bathroom.

Ship tip

Explore the ship when you get on board so you will know where everything is. Use the tv in your rom to see what the events of the day are. Oh yea, and the desk in room converts to a makeup table.

Ports of call

MILWAUKEE, WI

5 out of 5
It was very fun and interesting. Didn’t know it was so beautiful. Did the city tour.

MACKINAC ISLAND, MI

5 out of 5
Interesting and fun. We did the horse drawn carriage ride and loved it.

ALPENA, MICHIGAN

4 out of 5
Not the best one but was interesting. We did the walking tour. The Museum was very interesting.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN

5 out of 5
Detroit was beautiful and well redeveloped. We did the Ford Museum and it was fascinating.

POINT PELEE, ONTARIO, CANADA

5 out of 5
Beautiful. The Special Operations boat excursion was thrilling.

WELLAND CANAL, CANADA

5 out of 5
Just able to see the first lock due to delays but it was very interesting. No excursions offered. But Niagara Falls was the highlight of the tour. Our first time so we were in awe.

Toronto, Ontario Did not visit port

No included due as we had to disembark at 9:00 for new passengers.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very well organized.
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