Mostly a very good experience with a few wrinkles

Item: Viking Saturn
Rating: 4.6
Author: niki9

Viking Saturn Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

niki9

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 3

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

14 Night Italy The Adriatic & Greece (Athens To Rome)

Sail date: October 05, 2024

Ship: Viking Saturn

Cabin number: 3

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 month ago

Review summary

Overall a very good experience. We travel with another couple and always book based on destinations. Except for the brevity of our visit to Venice, all other ports of call were good. Viking offers included excursions which I would rate a 4 out of 10. We always found food we could enjoy in the World Cafe, but in general, I would rate the food a 5 out of 10, but we don't cruise Primarily to dine. Staff is top notch. the Saturn in a beautiful ship.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment was excellent

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Top notch service. excellent, friendly staff

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Very, very clean

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

A little crowded, but workable. Cabin steward service outstanding

Ship tip

Bring Ero coinage. Most on land toilet facilities are pay and only take eu coinage. Ship either needs to pro

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Ports of call

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

YES With Viator

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Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

5 out of 5

Went on included excursion. Guide was excellent

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Corfu, Greece

5 out of 5

Took included excursion. Felt the guide was trying to ditch us. Took off immediately. I stopped to use the rest room and was abandoned. My husband came back to find me. Only one late to return bus was the guide.

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Kotor, Montenegro

5 out of 5

Paid for excursion here. Was excellent. Very interesting country.

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Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5

We went out on our own. Took the cable car and walked through old town. Very good day.

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Split, Croatia

5 out of 5

Paid excursion. Really enjoyed river cruise

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Venice, Italy

3 out of 5

Once again guide took off leaving us behind. We then discovered he was not our guide. our guide was a no show. Minimal guiding. Included tour. Would not recommend.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

We had a very early flight so we disembarked at 3AM. Staff had coffee and pastries for us, Embarkation went very smoothly.

5 Comments

javawoody 1 month ago

Thanks for posting

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Cruisers4Lyfe 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

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Gwbigdog 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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cruising2004 1 month ago

Glad you had a wonderful cruise!

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HeavySeas 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience and glad you enjoyed your cruise

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