Every Morning a new Carribean Island to Explore

Item: Viking Sea
Rating: 5
Author: molefrog870

Viking Sea Cruise Review to Caribbean

molefrog870

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 7

Helpful Votes: 168

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

Verified Review

10 Night West Indies Explorer (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 30, 2023

Ship: Viking Sea

Cabin number: 4107

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

All the included tours gave us a good view of the islands and filled us in on their individual histories and more famous historical figures.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Pick up at the airport was smooth once the airline got us the luggage

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The staff was very attentive and the meals had slight changes daily to keep you trying new things

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

The pool was not too crowded, the nightly activities were well attended.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The band and vocalists gave us a great show every night and the New Years Celebration was still going on when I went to bed

Children's Programs

Viking doesn't travel with small children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Anything you wanted or had questions about were handled quickly.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

The ship design made for easy passage from one end of ship to the other and major assembly areas close to elevators

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin was quiet, good size room and balcony.

Ship tip

Don't bother bringing umbrellas or ponchos, they provide them if you need them.

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Lots of history and entertainment close to the dock

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Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

Town was nice and welcoming to us, took the scenic railway, was picturesque and not physically demanding.

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Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5

The drive around the countryside was exciting and the catamaran side to pitons enjoyable.

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Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5

Nice island, friendly people, had a 30-million-dollar yacht (Veritgo) at pier when we docked, the excursion to countryside was fun.

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Roseau, Dominica

5 out of 5

Liked the port, took the panoramic drive around the town and into hills. Went to champagne reef to snorkel, wish I had brought an underwater camera. put on your fins on the beach to protect your feet.

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St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5

Had a great drive around the island, got to drive past Rihanna's house where she grew up.

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Got to drive around the island with several stops, went to French side of island. Our driver was our tour guide and he entertained us with stories.

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

The port was nice. We took the tour to Mountain Top and had a banana daiquiri before 9AM, view cleared up as morning went on, then went snorkeling at Turtle cove and the shipwreck. Had a nice time

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

It went well, we had later flight and Viking put us in a nearby hotel conference room to wait for the appropriate time to head to airport.

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8 Comments

Gwbigdog 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Ruby13 11 months ago

Nice itinerary

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ddme 11 months ago

We did this cruise on Viking Sea in 2019. Glad to hear it is still a fabulous cruise. Thanks for sharing!

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bubbles60 11 months ago

Sounds wonderful!!!!

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javawoody 11 months ago

Thanks for the review

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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

5 stars all the way.. Wouhou, a perfect cruise... Tks for sharing

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JimOhio 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing. Glad you had a perfect, or near perfect cruise. A Viking cruise or two (not with real vikings, though) is on my bucket list.

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