Major Ship Cruises Not For your needs? New Cruise Line Has You Planned.

In the gala event at this Beverly Hilton Hotel, Viking River Cruises properly became Viking Cruises and split off towards a company with two defined focuses. Viking Rivers will pursue to sail their popular longships with a rapidly expanding fleet. Viking Oceans will generate a fleet of ocean-going ships that will begin with a innovative 928-passenger ocean liner, Viking Legend. The new ship might set sail in 2015 viewing ports of call in the perimeter of Europe that river cruise liners can't get to.

"There is a hole already in the market somebody should fill, " said Viking chairman Torstein Hagen in the same Beverly Hills venue raised for the Golden Globe awards. "I feel we devised modern river cruising. Now I really hope we can revive the destination section of ocean cruising. " Viking OceansTo make it happen, Viking Star will begin with a choice of three summer European itineraries. All sailings begins and end with overnights inside first and last ports over the itinerary. That's a significant difference to the majority other lines that board passengers within the first port then sail away some hours later. On the bottom, the last port on other cruise lines is most often hardly ever seen by passengers except en route to the airport. Viking Star will sail on the last port, stay overnight then disembark passengers the next time. Ports between the beginning and end should have more flexibility too as Viking Star will always be there longer, often allowing passengers to learn nightlife, something other lines never allow to happen.

Still, the elements within the Viking Oceans experience takes what Viking does on rivers, applies it for the ocean then promises to set a new standard for ocean cruising that is definitely new, fresh and noticeably different. Viking Oceans Considering only the all-balcony stateroom characteristic of new Viking Star (starting for a generous 270 square feet) additional ocean-going ships of similar size is going to be put on notice: A Vikings are coming.

But roomy places to sleep are just one feature of Viking Movie star, the first of a pair of ships on order by having a third possible. Viking Oceans will acquire the lessons learned on their popular river cruise "longships" and apply that same school of thought to ocean cruising, something they've already little history with, creating a completely different and unique selection for cruise travelers.

Unique to Viking's river cruise experience are several included features that regularly cost Viking Oceans additional on other cruise lines-

But take the '55+' from that equation and a Viking Oceans experience could indeed be a good fit for a great many more travelers. What they do may well be a totally viable option for travelers that definitely have never cruised, turned off by the idea of a big ship, hanging hotel travel experience. Viking Star can have no children's programming, no cabins which will hold more than a couple guests, no amusement park-like rides, no casino, no giant fitness center and no bar on every street corner.

What Viking Oceans comes with is a continuation from Hagen's philosophy that what other lines do as a good "drinking man's cruise", Viking does as a "thinking man's cruise", now on not just rivers, but the oceans of the world too.