Are all ocean ships similar? I am going on the Mediterranean from Athens to Venice in June.

Been on two River and one ocean cruise with Viking. They treat you like royalty! Of course you can’t be a crabby person, treatment may be different. Going on two more ocean cruise with Viking, 2025 and 2026.

Great reviews and very helpful. We are sailing on the Viking Mars in April 2025; Vence to Istanbul.

More show less talk, and speak a little louder 😄

In the first episode of my Coffee Talk series, we're talking about the Christmas markets in Europe and some river cruise and motorcoach tour options.

Fun I have always wanted to go on a Rocky Mountaineer train excursion! Did you get to stop at any of the towns along the way or was it a straight on till Jasper? Everything looked delicious !

Nice to see the plants uncovered for a change!!

Heading to Venice to Athens in January '25. excellent vid. Your last tip should have been your first, very important.

What month did you go?

Really well done - Thank you!

Thank you very much. I had gone on the Adriatic cruise with Viking. Unfortunately my wife passed aways a couple of years ago. I’m going as a single on the Western Mediterranean cruise mid December. And I’m finding your suggestions helpful. Especially as a single older man.

Watch Game of Thrones! We will be doing this trip Nov 2025 lol. Lotsa time to get excited 🤷‍♀️😂

Going on Saturn next year and are looking forward to it. It will be our first Viking cruise. 😊 Thanks for the review, I watched a review yesterday of Sky and they didn’t like the food, so Im glad you did. They said they didn’t think there was enough choice on the buffet, my thinking was how much choice do you need? How much food are you gonna eat?

How are Viking at dealing with severe food allergies , my wife is allergic 🤧 to garlic and onions in any form

Hello Sherri, I heard you say you have food allergies. Do you know anything about how Viking handles those who can’t have gluten?

Off topic, what is that plant behind your chair? Thank you!

Hi Sherri. I am so glad I found your video because I have booked a Viking Mediterranean cruise as a treat for myself early in the new year and I was so glad to hear from you that it is very easy to make new friends on these smaller cruise ships as a solo traveller. Thank you for such a delectable and informative video. ❤

Did you feel safe being by yourself?

I was there last christmas too! 6:21-7:05 is my favorite part,feels like its right out of Avatar <3

We did the 4-day pre-cruise extension in Athens and it was a great experience. They took us to Delphi one day and to Mycenae (and the Corinth canal) another day, then the other two days were in Athens (including a trip up the acropolis early in the morning on embarkation day, so the crowds weren’t bad yet).

Do go back to Venice sometime! I spent 4 days there in 2023 and loved just walking around!

I took the Viking cruise from Athens to Istanbul recently and while I generally liked the excursions I did have some beefs. In Kudasi we should have spent more time in Ephesus but instead they cut that time short to take us to a Persian rug store to sell us rugs. We should have rented a car to take us to Ephesus so that we could explore on our own. Second, in Troy they took us to the ancient city but instead of letting us see the nearby museum, they took us for a walk in the modern city to see one of the Trojan horses built for the Brad Pitt movie - it was lame and unnecessary. Despite these beefs, I LOVED the cruise - it was my first Viking cruise but it won’t be my last.

Thanks! I am now very hungry, lol. I can see how I would gain weight while on this cruise.

Thanks for the video. My wife and I will be on Saturn in late September on the Empires of the Mediterranean itinerary. This will be our 3rd Viking Ocean cruise, but the last one was in 2019 so this was a great refresher on the dining venues.

Not all Viking Ocean ships are identical. The Orion and Jupiter have a planetarium.

Great job.

You did a really great job showcasing the restaurants and food selections on Viking Ocean. We are hoping to book a 3 week cruise in 2025 as our first sailing on Viking.

Just what I was looking for! We're going on our first Viking cruise in November and I've been watching videos to get a feel for Viking. A lot of the reviews panned to food. We aren't foodies and everything you showed made my mouth water. Thank you!

Not related at all: is that piece of artwork behind you three dimensional? It reminds me of my experience making 3D tissue 'glass' art, but, frankly, more stable looking. Very curious.

Beautiful cinematography 💖

I’ve never met anyone who has an “Asian food allergy” 😂😂😂

That was crazy I saw that to

If you have a Deluxe Veranda or higher, please check out the refrigerator every day. We had a DV and got a delicious chocolate bar and almonds snack and various sodas. We removed the chocolate and almonds every day and some of the sodas. This way the cabin attendant will replace the items. We saved up the chocolate bars and took the almond snacks with us on excursions.

Thank you for the food review. If I may ask, what was your allergy, my wife has a dairy and corn allergy and am wondering if they accommodate that.

Thanks for this. Brought back yummy memories of my Viking cruise around Japan. Off to Iceland and Greenland in August with Viking this year.

Great video, thankfully I have something similar to most of these so I guess that means we're both pretty smart ;). I didn't see any prices listed in your video, I like to see that since that's a deciding factor sometimes, plus it's good to see if the prices change over time. I have almost the same anker power brick and I love it. I did notice that you didn't show what the other end of the octopus cable was, I wanted to know if it was usb-a or usb-c. For people going anywhere outside the US I also like to warn them repeatedly to check the voltage of their devices. Most phone and other device charges will accept a range of voltages and be safe but things like a hair dryer, electric razor, straightener/ curling iron might not and might ruin a trip if they get fried. Great video, not too long, I enjoyed the explanations and your clips showing how well the gimble works. Also, what sizes of storage were available for the phone storage thing?

How do these restaurants deal with gluten allergies? I’m a celiac so that’s important.

bonjour! usefull ~ =)

Thank you so much, Sherri, for including so many "screenshots" of the vegetarian sections of the menus. Since I'm eating plant-based (vegetarian is fine when on vacation) these specific information was so soooo helpful. Appreciate it! I'm pretty sure that Viking is the way to go for us.

Thank you. Will be sailing on Viking SEA in mid May on a Mediterranean Odyssey. Have done one Viking River Cruise (Paris to the Swiss Alps) and it convinced us to try an Ocean Cruise w Viking

Very well done, one of the best. We are doing this exact cruise next year,

How much did the optional Santorini tour cost??😊

I did a river cruise last November. Greatly disappointing on every level. This is not a luxury line, as it promotes itself. It’s not even at par with premium lines. Don’t waste your money on this line.

Nice video! Did a very similar sailing on Viking last year, would definitely do it again! Lucky you to be hosted 😊

Great video!!❤🎉

What a wonderful trip! On a trip to italy last year, we drove into Slovenia to have an incredible dinner in Kobarid. I really want to go back and tour Slovenia and Croatia! But first I am taking a Viking cruise this year in the eastern Mediterranean (the Istanbul-Athens itinerary). It will be only my second cruise. The first was a terrible Royal Caribbean cruise that I took my then-young daughter on. I never had the desire to go on another cruise until a friend mentioned this Viking cruise. At my age I want all my travel experiences to have a certain level of luxury and I don’t like crowds, so I think I will love this Viking experience.

well done. thank you

This was a great review. I'm booked on the Viking Star in December and will be traveling solo. Did you travel solo on this cruise? If so, did you dine alone or join other people at dinner?

I don't think they take reservations at "The Restaurant"

Just a little addition to the Kitchen Table portion you talked about. The Kitchen Table isn't actually included in your fare. Like all of the other restaurants are. It will usually be shown as an optional excursion where you go shopping with the head chef in the morning, and then come back to the ship to make a meal for lunch or dinner with what you purchased. For itineraries that don't include the Kitchen Table as an excursion, it still can be offered, but you won't be going shopping with the chef. You will just end up paying to watch the chef prepare you a special meal. The ones that aren't an excursion are cheaper than the excursion option. This is just a random observation. I noticed the eggs benedict on your cruise, each sandwich/portion was placed on the long plate. On my cruise, each portion was placed on a tiny plate, and then put on the long plate. Now I'm curious why there was a difference. I personally found the tiny plate to be a bit annoying at times, but that's just a nitpick.