So guys. I'm here at sunset.
It's now 11:27 at night and look at this.
We have got the sun.
The sun is still there at like nearly midnight which is so crazy!
It's like spectacular.
Look at that guy's. In 'tit beautiful!
I don't know else to say.
So guys. Honestly this ship at like every moment just keep surprising us more and more.
- With how beautiful it is. - On a night you see a whole different side to the ship.
It' still all about the panoramic vistas.
So it has all these amazing windows where you can see the sunsets.
Then it also turns into an amazing lounge because it has astronomy bits on around the outside.
It's so pretty.
Shall we grab another drink?
We are going to grab another drink and watch The Midnight Sun because we actually get to see it tonight.
And the cocktails on here are...
I have found my new favorite drink.
Shall we go and get another one?
Come on then.
So guys it's actually midnight now.
[Laughter]
[Offscreen] Thats a lie
Shhh!
For the magic of television it's midnight.
It's about it's about half 11.
That a lie!
What time is it?
Its quarter to midnight and look how light it is.
So guys that's it for day one here on the Viking sea. We've had such an amazing day.
- Feeling a little bit tipsy you David? - Yeah
Had lots of lovely drinks.
Its been an incredible. Particularly the sail away.
Its been absolutely amazing.
- I think this is the best anyway I've ever seen. - Yeah, me too.
Its absolutely just like... we've got mountains and beautiful scenery just all around.
- It's so smooth and I am loving it. - It it feels like scenic cruising to the max.
Definitely so...
I think it's bedtime for us guys
We're gonna shut our blinds.
Because it's broad daylight right now and it's a midnight.
Yeah it's about ten past midnight guys and look how bright it is.
Its crazy. This is a dark as it gets for us.
We will see you tomorrow.
Night guys.
Well, good morning ladies and gentlemen.
And welcome back on board the Viking sea.
We've just woken up after a lovely night sleep in the beautiful bed there.
David's still just sat in bed aren't you.
- Yes, chillaxing as they say.
And guess what has arrived...
Room service.
Shall we have a look what we got?
We've got so much. Sorry about the mess on the floor.
We just got in last night kinda like crashed.
Oh my god how much toast.
That's so cool. So we've got some toast and we've got some muffins.
And then we've got like an abundance of hot food.
Oh my God! Look at that.
So we've got a full breakfast which looks absolutely delicious.
Oh look at that.
So I think that's a salmon.
That looks very tasty.
Very extravagant. It smells very good and then we've got some lovely fruit.
Some bananas there as well. We've got coffee and orange juice and granola.
So we've got enough for about 36 people. Which is good.
So you can all join in with us.
Then we've got some more fruit.
So I think I might just take it out into the balcony.
And watch the beautiful world to go by.
Just look how beautiful it is out there guys.
It's absolutely delicious.
It's a really tasty.
You don't usually get room service at this quality.
It's only usually like a few croissants or a muffin on the menu.
There's a full, full breakfast menu that you can order.
Everything is really hot. Everything's really tasty. It's like really high-quality food.
Absolutely loving it!
So it's our sea day today and today's going to be really lovely.
Because we are going to be doing some scenic sailing.
So the captain came on and said that we're going to be going past all the amazing fjords.
Like we was last night. And exactly like we are now.
So we're gonna have these fantastic views all day.
It looks so good.
Then later today we're going to be doing an Arctic Circle ceremony
Where as we exit the Arctic Circle, we do a ceremony where you get dunked in a pool of ice and ice cold water.
So I'm a bit nervous about that
Eeeek! So it's time to go for the Arctic Dip
Are you really nervous David? Because I am.
I'm a little bit regretting signing up for the now.
Regretting to agreeing to do this where we jump into freezing cold water.
I just don't want to like get in and just make a stupid noise.
Me too. I'm really nervous.
Im cold already.
Ohhhh. I don't wanna do this.
Oh my god! What have we agreed too?
- 33 degrees Fahrenheit. One degree Celsius. - Going down.
About one and a half degrees Celsius
Yeah, 32.9
We have chilled the temperature to about point seven degrees Celsius for you this morning.
Point seven so just over freezing.
Can't get it any colder than we possibly have.
We have opened the dome for you to experience the true arctic air.
Into the Polar Bear Plunge or the Bluenose ceremony.
So how our guests did it and how you will do this morning.
Is you will first cleanse yourself over in the room temperature shower over there.
Which is the first shocking point. Which gets you ready to lower yourself into the freezing temperatures.
That represent the Arctic Circle and being this far north as we are still in the Arctic Territory.
When you do survive and make it over to the ladder.
If you do manage to pull yourself out, if not we have assistance that will help you get out.
You will then come over and get the ceremonial blue nose smeared or blue frosting smear on your nose.
By the master of the Viking Sea, Captain Johan.
To signify that you've made the transition from an amateur sailor to a veteran of the seas
But then says you are freezing at this point
We have a shot of traditional Norwegian Aquavit that you must take.
And then we'll rewarm as well but perhaps the worst part of the entire experience.
[Laughter]
All right, there we go!
Oh my god it tastes like mouthwash.
Thats my bath for the day done. That was freezing.
Oh my god guys that was literally so much fun.
Wasn't it David?
Are you cold now?
It was very refreshing indeed. It was amazing.
It was fun yeah. It wasn't as awful as I thought it was going to be actually.
And sorry if like the camera is shaking so much. I'm so bloody cold.
I think they were right that drink at the end is worse than the splashing in the pool.
Yeah the drink was like... Tasted like mouth wash.
- Aquavit was it? - Yeah, it tasted like Listerine.
Aquavit it think it was called.
- But now now we are... - Woken up for the day
- And seasoned arctic sailors now. - Yeah with our blue noses.
So yes. I think we'll go down and have a shower.
Was that not your bath?
Well that counts as the bath. So see you in a bit.
We love sea days.
They are the perfect day to explore and enjoy the ship.
Maybe learn some history in the Viking Museum.
Unwind in the spa.
Treat yourself to afternoon tea.
Or burn some calories in the onboard gym.
For us though. We love to sit back, relax and watch the world go by.
Oh guys this ship is literally so relaxing.
Stop looking at me!
[Giggles in background]
But with all that relaxing we've worked up an appetite.
And it's time for lunch.
So let's head over to the pool grill.
I've just got to figure out how to get my mouth around this first.
Funny enough my mouths not big enough.
You have got it upside down.
Muppet
Hi guys so we've had a lovely relaxing day so far haven't we.
Yeah we have let's give you a little rundown of what we've been up to today.
So obviously this morning we had the amazing breakfast in our cabin.
That was so nice and I was really surprised at the amount of choice there was.
Absolutely. We ordered enough for about 15 different people.
Then headed straight upstairs to do the arctic dip.
- Oh my god! I loved it. - Which was crazy, so much fun.
You have to try it if you ever on Viking and on the Atric Cruise.
You have to try it it's not that bad.
It really is really, really fun.
It's a great way to wake you up in the morning.
So for lunch we had a delicious pool grill but it wasn't like your normal pool grill it was a really good food.
It was almost like having a Five Guys wasn't it?
Yeah it was huge the burger. I couldn't even get my mouth around it.
Tonight we're going to the main dining room where we're going to have a three-course meal.
We've already had a quick look at the menu because we downloaded and we do recommend everybody does this.
So you can download on Android and on Apple. You can download the Viking app.
Which is here I don't know if you can see that.
But it's really cool.
Because you can have a look at the menus.
And things and look at what's going onaround the ship...
and the times and stuff.
It's got a map on there so like say...
the chef's table tonight
we look at the menu
and that tells you exactly
what's going to be going on in there tonight. Very cool.
So we've been using this a lot to get around the ship.
Tells you all about the entertainment as well.
Yes and you can also find a lot of information just like that on your TV as well.
In cabin television.
- Sorry if we're wobbling a little bit. - I know its crazy.
The ships wobble it a little bit.
We've been seeing some of the most spectacular views. I think we've have ever seen on a cruise before
I think it's truly beautiful.
This is the really the first sort of proper scenic cruise that we that we've done.
I'm absolutely loving it so far
Because it's not just rushing out for ten minutes.
It's literally overnight in all this morning we're passing some amazing sights.
I know it's amazing.
Might have a little dance in Tours Harven tonight.
We have to say that the ship staff have just been so good.
They are so attentive.
We love the fact you get free beer and wine and soft drinks during lunch and dinner as well.
That's a really nice touch as well and it's not like cheap wine either.
It's really good wine.
We had a beautiful Pinot Grigio last night.
And we had a couple of nice beers with our burger.
Beer and a burger.
So I think now gonna go for a quick wander
and then we're gonna go and have a look at some of the stuff that the chef is preparing.
I'm looking forward to that.
We're gonna have a look around the gallery as well.
- Shall we head off there now? - Let's go!
Now guys we're gonna go on a behind-the-scenes look in the galleys.
We're just here in the beautiful atrium and it's so lovely look at that giant screen in the background.
It's very cool.
We're just waiting for the chef who's going to take us round.
And we have just seeing the hole in the mountain.
Its the famous mountain with a hole in the middle of it.
It's really weird!
Then we are going to go past the Seven Sisters mountains.
There's so much stuff that you can look out for.
Whats great is that that will tell you over the PA system when where we're going to pass something
They'll give you a time as so you don't need to spend hours looking out the window.
So shall we go on our galley tour?
- I love a galley tour! - Me too.
Let's go.
Feeling all 920 passengers is a mammoth operation.
It's down to the head chef and his team to make sure that everything goes to plan.
This corridor, 24-hour operation.
There is people that never stop to work.
There is different teams that go in.
As you know.
You have the capability, the possibility, to order in your room whatever food you want based on a menu.
You have to consider the this kitchen, you're gonna see after, produce ten thousand meals a day.
This means in various areas.
This is one of the most busy.
The galley is massive and serves three restaurants, the buffet, as well as room service.
So because the galleys are downstairs they use that escalator to take the food to the restaurants upstairs.
Genius!
The galley never stops and everything is prepared fresh and from scratch.
Including all the baked goods, sauces soups, you name it they make it in this gallery.
So all the pasta whatever I'm making here is is all fresh.
Nothing at all, no dry, nothing.
So that's my machine.
In this machine I can make like two types pasta at the time.
So that's my job.
When I come in the morning I made all these things for my dinner service.
Whatever I make for the day is fresh.
Well, hi guys we hope you liked our tour of behind the scenes of the gallery.
It was very interesting wasn't it we got to see all of the different areas.
It was such a small gallery compared to some of the other ships we've seen.
So we're just sailing past Norway.
Somewhere in Norway. In the fjords.
We are going to head down for some pre-dinner drinks in the Explorers lounge.
Then we're gonna have a meal in the main dining room.
Look at this view guys.
Isn't it pretty.
Next time on our Viking adventure.