A Rocky Start for a Brand-New Ship The 54,300-gross-ton Viking Vela is Viking Ocean’s newest vessel, delivered to the cruise line in December 2024 from Fincantieri shipyard in Italy. Setting off ...

The 2025 cruising season promises to bring debuts of ships that offer new technology and new entertainment ... where a lot of larger ocean cruises can’t fit, and Viking offers some very ...

You can receive daily cruise news updates directly to your inbox, so you don't miss a thing! Go ahead and Subscribe here. Viking Ocean’s newest ship, Viking Vela, is facing formidable challenges ...

Viking® was named the #1 River Cruise Line by Condé Nast Traveler in their 2017 Readers ... Enjoy all this while sailing on board one of the state-of-the-art ships of the newest fleets in the industry ...

Viking’s ocean ... ships received the most one-star ratings of all the cruise lines he reviewed. What went wrong there? Critics of the ships say they’re overcrowded, rated the food and ...

Pictured here, Viking’s award-winning ocean ship calling on Sydney, Australia, an overnight destination during the new World Cruise itineraries ... lectures and entertainment – such as ...

It’s a case of deja vu all over again when it comes to Viking Cruises’ fleet of ocean ships. After all, this is my third sea voyage with this Norwegian-heritage cruise line and, for me at ...

Mitsui Ocean Cruises recently announced its deployment plans for the second half of 2025 and early 2026. According to a statement, the Japan-based cruise line will offer 93 new cruises onboard two ...

“Our approach in everything we do has always been to focus on the destination, from our thoughtfully curated itineraries to our elegant small ships ... Onboard lectures and entertainment, as well as ...

Two decades ago, the Great Lakes cruise ... to cruise ship operators looking to offer something outside their traditional ocean routes. In January 2020, a game changer arrived. Viking Cruises ...