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Item: Viking Venus
Rating: 4.8
Author: papacrews

Viking Venus Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

papacrews

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 5

Helpful Votes: 97

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5

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14 Night British Isles Explorer (Bergen To London-Tilbury)

Sail date: April 05, 2024

Ship: Viking Venus

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 3043

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 months ago

Review summary

We loved the smaller Viking ship. The Cruise Director was wonderful. Excellent food in all restaurants and eateries. My wife especially liked the free laundry facility on each deck.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Because of the pre-cruise extension, we arrived late and were some of the last to board. We weere requuired to do a safety brief and then told we could not eat in the dining room because we were not properly dressed and got to our room after 9:00 PM.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Meals were wonderful.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Great fitness center. However, the hot tubs were closed for most of the trip because of a virus on board.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Excellent service

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Lovely ship

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We enjoyed our cabin very much.

Ship tip

Book dining options early

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Ports of call

Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland Did not visit port

Very disappointed that we did not get to this port because of weather.

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Invergordon (Inverness & Loch Ness), Scotland

4 out of 5

The provided tour was not very good

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NEWHAVEN HARBOUR (EDINBURGH), SCOTLAND

5 out of 5

Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland

5 out of 5

Visit the Cathedral!

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Ullapool, Scotland Did not visit port

Another missed port because of weather

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Belfast, Northern Ireland

4 out of 5

Provided tour was very poor. Our guide kept taking us around the same areas, we circled one area three times.

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Holyhead, Wales

5 out of 5

Wonderful tour

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Dublin, Ireland Did not visit port

Another missed port because of weather

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Cruise English Channel

5 out of 5

Dover (London), England

5 out of 5

Tilbury (London), England

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

7 Comments

ddme 5 months ago

Thank you for your candid review about some of the included tours not being very good. We are on this cruise soon so this information helps. Glad you had an overall pleasant cruise.

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Luv2cruzuk 6 months ago

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. Glad you still enjoyed the Viking Venus and your cruise, despite missing some of the ports.

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Gwbigdog 6 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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javawoody 6 months ago

Appreciate the feedback

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AuntPinkie 6 months ago

Nice itinerary. Appreciate your feedback. Sorry Mother Nature caused you to miss some interesting ports of call. Glad you enjoyed your cruise in spite of it.

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cruising2004 6 months ago

Glad you had a wonderful cruise! Thank you for your review.

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HeavySeas 6 months ago

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

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