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Item: Viking Saigon
Rating: 3.8
Author: SRVolpe

Viking Saigon Cruise Review to River Cruises - China/Asia

SRVolpe

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 17

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

Verified Review

14 Night Magnificent Mekong (Ho Chi Minh City To Hanoi)

Sail date: January 15, 2024

Ship: Viking Saigon

Cabin number: 312

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

Ship crew and Program Directors are great. Ship food is very good. Excursions spent too much time in markets. Temple visits and village visits were good. Cruising does not add much - too little to see.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Air Travel was not as convenient as hoped.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Food was great. Staff very helpful and friendly. Knew us personally

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Few onboard activities. Vietnam dancers were excellent. Sky (pool) deck was small and food was not as good as in restaurant.

Children's Programs

Children not allowed on cruise

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

All services were excellent. Staff knew us personally and treated us wonderfully.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Our suite was great but docking at ports was not so hot. No views except parking lots and muddy shores. Made outside deck less valuable.

Ship tip

Suites are not worth it. Nice but deck views are very poor

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Ports of call

My Tho, Vietnam

2 out of 5

Cai Be, Vietnam

2 out of 5

Sa Dec, Vietnam

2 out of 5

Cruise Mekong River

3 out of 5

Tan Chau, Vietnam

2 out of 5

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

3 out of 5

Kampong Cham, Cambodia

3 out of 5

KAMPONG THOM, CAMBODIA

3 out of 5

End Of Vacation

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

Air travel by Viking was awful. Layovers were very long, as much as 10 hours. Better to do the booking yourself.

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5 Comments

Gwbigdog 9 months ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

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karlgrgurich 9 months ago

Sorry you didn’t enjoy

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javawoody 9 months ago

Why did you score the ports so low?

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cruising2004 9 months ago

Sorry this itinerary wasn’t up to par. Thank you for your review.

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Niavlys 9 months ago

You would think with such an itinerary that ports of calls would be the highlights...

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