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Viking Venus Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

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Reviews: 5

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Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5

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Viking Venus

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: 1 month 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

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland Did not visit port

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

Invergordon (Inverness & Loch Ness), Scotland

4 out of 5

The provided tour was not very good

NEWHAVEN HARBOUR (EDINBURGH), SCOTLAND

5 out of 5

Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland

5 out of 5

Visit the Cathedral!

Ullapool, Scotland Did not visit port

Another missed port because of weather

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.

Holyhead, Wales

5 out of 5

Wonderful tour

Dublin, Ireland Did not visit port

Another missed port because of weather

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

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