Viking River Cruises review: Wish I did my research before this one.

I have been on 3 Viking cruises and this is the last with them. We are on as I write this 11-19-2025. We booked over a year ago and only offered Tokyo to Sydney (50 days over $100,000), After boarding and talking to many passengers we were told of the "segments" that were never offered to us, we would not have sailed that long. So on board for 2 days I asked about upgrading to a bigger room and they said yes $16,000 extra for 12 days? A few days later we spoke to a single lady that was upgraded for free and also many other passengers that were offered a much better deal than we were with free upgrades. I guess booking early has its penalties. DO NOT PAY THE TIPS, the crew DOES NOT GET ANY OF THAT, give out cash tips to the crew. Viking keeps that money, ask any of the staff. If you don't opt out they will charge your card when you disembark. The on-board entertainment is like a bad Vegas act. It is better to book your own excursions on Viator because Viking is about double the cost for less experiences. Spending a large amount of money I it feels like a big rip-off. The captain made a bad decision and sailed north because of a cyclone; we missed 3 ports and got stuck on this ship floating around for 5 days with nothing to do. The port we were supposed to go to (Darwin) did not have bad weather. This trip of a lifetime turned out to be a BIG expensive mistake.