Nice ship but very casual ambience

Viking Star Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 62

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Viking Star

Viking Homelands - Stockholm To Bergen

Sail date: June 12, 2016

Ship: Viking Star

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 4060

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The ship was beautiful and new.  Wintergarden and spa area were outstanding.  Food was fine, but not as good as Oceania.  Have free self serve laundry was a nice plus.  Bathrooms in the cabins were perfect and had heated floors.  Storage in balcony room was insufficient even for a relatively small amount of clothes.  Free tours were excellent and well organized.  A train was purchased by Viking to take 600 cruisers to Berlin.  This day the the epitome of what a tour should be like. If you like to drink the included wine and beer with lunch and dinner was ok.  The drink package for unlimited drinks during the cruise was reasonable.  Wifi worked most of the time and was faster than some ships we've been on.  Not enough to do on the ship.  Lectures were good.  Entertainment just ok and didn't really get started until the 2nd week.  The dress code is very casual.  Gym was ok but not enough elipticals.  Good ports and nice staff.  Glad we went, but probably won't go on Viking ocean ships again.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Children's Programs

No children on board

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
not enough storage. nice bathroom. nice pillows and mattress. Intractive TV was nice. Lots of movies.

Ship tip

Don't take too many clothes and go casual. The onboard free laundry provides everything. Also, the drinks that you pay for are very reasonable compared to other ships we've been on.

Ports of call

Stockholm, Sweden

5 out of 5

Helsinki, Finland

5 out of 5

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

5 out of 5

Tallinn, Estonia

5 out of 5

Gdynia (Gdansk), Poland

5 out of 5

Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

5 out of 5

Copenhagen, Denmark

1 out of 5

Aalborg, Denmark

5 out of 5

Stavanger, Norway

5 out of 5

Flaam, Norway

5 out of 5

Bergen, Norway

5 out of 5
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2 Comments

CelticWolf    7 years ago

Wow, can't believe you enjoyed Oceania's food. We were very disappointed in food and staff. Our room attendant was quite rude if we asked for extra pillows or ice. In fact, the ice was not refilled most of the time. Our best cuisine was on Celebrity and top notch service. Will never sail Oceania again!

WeCruiseToo    8 years ago

Thanks for the nice review!

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