Interesting.
I've concluded that ships of that size and that consider themselves a destination are not for me. Unless you've made arrangements, you won't meet anyone more than once! :)
The wife and I did Central America on the Viking Sky the weeks before and after this past New Years. They carry about 900 passengers and all cabins have verandas. The main attraction was to see the Panama Canal, a bucket list item. The lectures were mostly by university professors, either US or UK, and were excellent.
Visiting Cartagena, Columbia short a stop as it was, was also pretty interesting. It was the Spanish gateway to South America. Lots of history there that was barely mentioned in school.
Viking managed to mess up the Cayman Islands stop, not securing a spot to tender us to shore. So, we wound up skipping it. Not a big deal because we had been there before, but disappointing. We also stopped in Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Jamaica.
The passengers on Viking are for the most part different from typical cruise passengers.
The wife and I did Central America on the Viking Sky the weeks before and after this past New Years. They carry about 900 passengers and all cabins have verandas. The main attraction was to see the Panama Canal, a bucket list item. The lectures were mostly by university professors, either US or UK, and were excellent.
Visiting Cartagena, Columbia short a stop as it was, was also pretty interesting. It was the Spanish gateway to South America. Lots of history there that was barely mentioned in school.
Viking managed to mess up the Cayman Islands stop, not securing a spot to tender us to shore. So, we wound up skipping it. Not a big deal because we had been there before, but disappointing. We also stopped in Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Jamaica.
The passengers on Viking are for the most part different from typical cruise passengers.
