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Item: Viking Sea
Rating: 4.8
Author: rsilberm

Viking Sea Cruise Review to Transatlantic

rsilberm

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5

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14 Night West Indies To Iberia (Barcelona To San Juan)

Sail date: October 16, 2024

Ship: Viking Sea

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 4121

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 month ago

Review summary

Great ports and great prices, roughly 60% below daily normal, allowed us to upgrade from penthouse veranda to explorer suite. Spoiled!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Excellent as usual with Viking

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Food excellent and diverse, albeit, sometimes slow

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Pools, especially indoor, and fitness center very good: usual Viking level where multiple venues and smallish ship means ease of access.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

British singers doing US country surprisingly good

Children's Programs

Adults only ship

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Room stewards phenomenal

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Viking ocean design ships are great with so many lovely places to curl up. The explorer suites with wrap around terraces (balcony or veranda doesn’t do the justice) are superb.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Five plus stars on design, size and cleanliness!

Ship tip

Check out the indoor Spa’s pools, saunas steam room and cold room and the explorer lounges.

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Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Arrive early so you can spend extra time in town. Sir Victor hotel in great area of town with superb shopping and restaurants.

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Valencia, Spain

5 out of 5

Cute as hell

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Cadiz (Seville), Spain

4 out of 5

To long a drive to get to but not Viking’s fault

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Casablanca, Morocco

5 out of 5

The excursion that includes Rabat is long but worth it.

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Funchal, Madeira

4 out of 5

Consider outside tours of whole island

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

The America Cup regatta a hoot but not for infirm or easily seasick. Loved it!

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Spent 6 hours in lovely Fairmont hotel before flight home. Great ending to trip.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Easy peasy

6 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

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ddme 1 month ago

Thanks for your detailed review. America's Cup excursion is definitely a "HOOT"!

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javawoody 1 month ago

Appreciate the feedback

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cruising2004 1 month ago

Glad you had a wonderful cruise!

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Gwbigdog 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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HeavySeas 1 month ago

Awesome......thanks for sharing your cruise experience and glad you enjoyed your cruise

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