Viking Vela - around the Med
This was my first ever cruise as I prefer independent travel but did a holiday trip with my mom. It was a lovely experience with a very nice ship, excellent staff, great food, and pleasant amenities. It was pleasant to travel without children or a rowdy drinking group as I hear is on other cruise lines and not my style of travel. It is very impressive that 70% of the people on the ship are repeat travelers. It was very disappointing to spend half of the trip at sea though as 2 shore days were taken off the itinerary before departure and 1 day was unable to dock due to rough seas. There was an excessively long 16hours at sea between Tangier and Cadiz, which I imagine was due to timing of access to the port. The staff are fantastic and all very sweet.
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