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Viking Star Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 187

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Viking Star

7 Night Romantic Mediterranean (Barcelona To Rome)

Sail date: December 08, 2015

Ship: Viking Star

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 3006

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

I read a lot of bad reviews about this ship and about Vikings Ocean, but I think Viking was paying attention and they did a wonderful job in this 14 day cruise. The service was as expected from Vikings: Excellent. The ship is beautiful, and very comfortable. We are more interested on the shore excursions than the nightly entertainment, so for us the shows and port talks were good. Regarding the shore excursions the included are mainly a bus ride and a walking tour of the town, with some free time. The optional that we did were great, well organized and very interesting. We did not encounter large crowds anywhere because of the time of the year we went, which made the whole experience great. The food is amazing, the only restaurant that we personally did not like was the Chef's Table, but the rest were great. We were upgraded to a penthouse, but other than a free minibar, I think all the cabins are great. The bed was very good, enough space for all our clothes and more, the bathroom was large enough for both of us to be there. We are even thinking to book another ocean cruise with Vikings again.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Toulon, France

1 out of 5

Monte Carlo, Monaco

5 out of 5

Ajaccio, Corsica

3 out of 5

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
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2 Comments

JennyKarkoska    8 years ago

I'm thinking about trying a Viking cruise, are you allowed to opt-out of excursions and go off on your own for the day? How does that work?

lilliemitchell    8 years ago

It sounds like a great cruise!