Not worth the $

Viking Venus Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 104

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5
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Viking Venus

12 Night In Search Of The Northern Lights (London To Bergen)

Sail date: February 12, 2023

Ship: Viking Venus

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 4053

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

I know Viking can't help what Mother Nature does, however, we paid a lot of money for not much. We missed Amsterdam, Narvik, and London. We should be reimbursed for London since that was an add on, however, I think we should be given something in return for 1/2 of a trip. This was our third Viking cruise and we would be hard pressed to try another one even though we loved the ship etc.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Everything went smoothly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food was good and there were a lot of choices of where to eat.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
If we were actually sailing to our destinations, I would say the onboard activities were good. Being stuck on a ship for 7 days was a bit confining and there wasn't enough to do. The lectures needed to be varied and the speakers needed to have a personality. Some were too dry.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The crew was awesome

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Very comfortable and the bathroom was a good size, too.

Ship tip

Pick a better time of year to travel

Ports of call

Tilbury (London), England

1 out of 5
didn't get there

Stavanger, Norway

1 out of 5
didn't get there

Bodo

1 out of 5
didn't get there

Tromso, Norway

3 out of 5
Weather was an issue but the excursions were too long for the activities planned. Also very icy, probably should have rethought the excursions here.

Alta, Norway

3 out of 5
We did see the northern lights which was good. Not enough to do and see. Again, excursions were too long and overpriced for what we did.

Narvik

1 out of 5
didn't get there

Bergen, Norway

3 out of 5
Bergen was nice however, I have the same complaint, over priced excursions for what we got. You can't add time to make it worth it.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
All went well
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1 Comment

ddme    1 year ago

Thanks for your review. The winter weather in Norway can be very challenging. Sorry you had a disappointed cruise.