Highclere Castle, Oxford, and Blenheim as a Fully Guided Cruise Extension with Viking Ocean Cruises
Do you want to extend your cruise fun and immerse yourself in your embarkation and disembarkation locales? Try a cruise extension with Viking Cruises. We will show what our experience was like in doing the fully guided Oxford, Highclere Castle, and Blenheim Extension with Viking Ocean Cruises before we embarked on our Northern Lights Cruise. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 00:42 Booking Extension 01:22 Getting to Oxford 01:36 Accommodation at Old Parsonage Hotel 02:08 Room Tour at Old Parsonage Hotel 04:37 Our Viking Host 04:56 Arrival Day and Lunch at the Turf Tavern 05:26 Blenheim 07:29 Oxford Tour & Evensong Service 09:02 Highclere Castle 09:30 Classic English Lunch at the Jack Russel Inn 10:36 See Embarkation Video 10:46 Mobility and Accessibility 11:42 Wrap-Up 🎥 Welcome to Next Act Cruising! 🛳️ We’re part-time retired, recharged, and ready to explore the world—one cruise at a time. Join us as we share our cruising adventures, reviews, tips, and stories from life at sea, all designed with senior travelers in mind. What you will find on our videos: Cruise ship tours & reviews Cabin walkthroughs Shore excursion tips Packing guides & cruise prep Travel tips for senior cruisers ⛴️ Thanks for sailing with us—your next act starts here! 🔗 Love land-based adventures too? Check out our sister channel: Next Act Retirement and Travel 👉 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAlUWAwzbpb-MdjSjpj6p6w https://www.youtube.com/@NextActRetirementandTravel] We share road trips, travel tips, and retirement lifestyle content for when we’re not at sea!