You are invited to follow along on our summer sailing with Viking Cruises, a 15-day ocean itinerary titled British Isles Explorer.   Look first to ChrisCruises on Instagram feed for daily posts while we travel.  As the name of the itinerary implies, we will sail to remote regions of our planet where connectivity could be an issue.  So check right here too (below) for a full list of everything published here and elsewhere while we are live on the ship and later, upon our return home.

First, let’s start with the basics; our itinerary, stateroom and other elements of the Viking experience we already know about. These are simply well-defined, accurate descriptions on the Viking Cruises website.

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OUR ITINERARY

1	London (Greenwich), England Board
2	London (Greenwich), England
3	Dover, England
4	Scenic Sailing: English Channel
5	Douglas, Isle of Man
6	Holyhead, Wales
7	Liverpool, England
8	Belfast (Bangor), Northern Ireland
9	The Highlands (Ullapool), Scotland
10	Scrabster, United Kingdom
11	Edinburgh (New Haven Harbour), Scotland
12	The Highlands (Invergordon), Scotland
13	Shetland Islands (Lerwick), Scotland
14	Bergen, Norway
15	Bergen, Norway

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OUR STATEROOM

Deluxe Veranda Stateroom (DV4)

• Size including private veranda: 270 sq ft
• 11:00 AM embarkation
• 2:00 PM stateroom access
• Priority shore excursion reservations: 67 days prior to departure
• 1 guaranteed priority reservation at each alternative restaurant: 60 days prior to departure
• Priority booking of spa treatments: 60 days prior to departure
• King-size Viking Explorer Bed with luxury linens & pillows
• Free Wi-Fi (connection speed may vary)
• 42″ flat-screen, interactive LCD TV with intuitive remote & complimentary Movies On Demand
• 110/220 volt outlets & USB ports
• Mini-bar with soft drinks, water & snacks (replenished once daily); security safe; hair dryer
• Direct-dial satellite phone & cell service
• Large private bathroom with spacious glass-enclosed shower, heated bathroom floor & anti-fog mirror
• Premium Freyja® toiletries; plush robes & slippers
• Purified water refilled daily
• Stateroom steward & twice-daily housekeeping
• 24-hour room service
• Spacious closet & drawers
• In-suite binoculars, coffee brewer & traditional Norwegian Marius-weave blanket
• View the Deluxe Veranda Stateroom in our 360° Ocean Ship Tour

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WHY YOU SHOULD

Voted #1 Cruise Line by Travel + Leisure magazine, Viking ocean cruises again won first place for the third year in a row as best for starters.  Got your attention? We’re going to find out why.

FOLLOW ALONG

Start with daily LIVE EVENT posts here at ChrisCruises then move along to these popular social sharing methods:

• Instagram– Three a day, reflecting three critical elements of luxury cruise travel: beautiful scenes not found at home, onboard ambience and stellar crew members.
• Facebook– I’ll check in at every place we visit, with photos.
• Twitter– Follow @ChrisCruises and the tags #MyVikingStory and #VikingSky
• Flickr Photo Albums- one for multiple photos of each onboard event, destination visited, tour experienced and more
• Pinterest– Food glorious food and only food glorious food. The culinary operation in detail.
• Tumblr- See what Lisa is doing while Chris is traveling at The World As Lisa Sees It, one post a day.
• RSS Feed- everything we post here, delivered as you wish.
• Exposure Photo Storybooks- These full-size images provide a distinctly different view of destinations and events also depicted elsewhere.