The Viking people were superb, the ship well organized and maintained. The food was good. The rooms were small, but you don't spend much time in the room. We got the French balcony so we could open the sliding glass door and let fresh air in while sailing.
Did a Danube trip with them in 2022, Budapest to Passau, Prague Extension. They sold me. Just great people, food, excursions. Can't say enough good things about them. Doing a Med Rome-Istanbul Cruise in fall, 2025 and I'm sure I'll be on a river with them again.
It took almost 2 hours to get through customs and TSA in Chicago and we just made the flight thanks to United being behind schedule, when aren't they? What was supposed to be a 5 hour layover turned into just made it, most of the plane was already loaded.
There is nothing like US customs. UK? Nope. Mexico, Costa Rica, Hungary, Czech Republic? None of them. Only in America.
We were notified by the airline prior to leaving for the airport that our flight was delayed 6 hours and that meant we would miss our connection in Chicago (I hate that city)
I don't hate the city - enjoy it actually. The airport is another story. Last time I flew through I had a 9-hour delay getting to London. I've never liked switching planes there. I'm OK flying direct in and out but the thing is huge, no tram or anything and my connection is always about a mile away. I have driven up to fly direct in and out rather than fly through there out of Indy. Connections are just a nightmare.
Thanks for the report. Glad it was a good trip for you. |
