January 26, 2026

Sailing the Florida Strait

Weather sunny, 80’s

A sunset over the ocean AI-generated content may be incorrect.

We spent this day packing and resting. We ate breakfast at the Restaurant, Lunch at the World Café and dinner with Bob, Anna, and our new friends from Iowa, Dave and Becky. We filled out our surveys as well.  Viking takes these seriously and they are hard. The choices are all about our expectations.  Did Viking “far”, “just”, “only met”, “fell short of”, or “did not meet” them.  And that is so misleading. For seasoned Viking travelers, we have very high expectations and they are usually met. So, we mostly put met expectations and added the caveat that as Viking loyalists, we have these high expectations! We did signal out several of the staff that we thought deserved it.  I think Viking pays attention to that as we heard several staff comment that they had been promoted because f passenger comments.

Out suitcases were outside our Stateroom at 9 PM ready for the workers to work their magic. A restful night until around 3 AM there came a squall and the seas got heavy.  Bob said it stormed and rained.

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