All Viking Cruises Longships are named after Norse mythology gods and entities. (2020-built) longships on Seiner River in France -. This technology lowers the vessel's maintenance costs and also the risk of sea pollution. Viking Cruises China's Managing Director is Brendan Tansey. It is good to have several ships running also for flooding, but the idea of meet in the middle is less likely to work. In October 2018 was announced as a potential start-up (with Mississippi-based boats) the year 2021. air is received. The launch platform features a 26 m (85 ft) wide rollers-covered slipway (boat ramp) that allows safe and sheltered embarkation on the RIBs inside the cruise ship. In 2013, Viking operated a 37 river ships fleet. Provides us a link to sign up for notifications as they become available. In 2000 Viking enlarged into the US market by establishing company's US headquarters in Los Angeles, California. Viking's USA-based riverboats will be newbuilds (vessel building cost ~USD 90-100 million per unit), each with 5 decks, passenger capacity 386, all-balcony staterooms (193 cabins total), an aft-located infinity pool, bow ramp (for passenger landings). The new, 16-day Canada & the Atlantic Coastline itinerary will expand offerings along the St. Lawrence River and Atlantic coastline, featuring destinations including Quebec City, Charleston SC, Norfolk VA, Trois-Rivieres (Quebec), and more. The company's plan to enter the USA river cruising market was officially announced in 2015. It imposes restrictions on where USA-based ships can navigate and how to be staffed. Viking Cruises also partnered with NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Scenic cruising: Mt Athos: On sea days, passengers will sail past Mt Athos, the "Holy Mountain" (UNESCO Site, the spiritual capital of Orthodox Christianity). This is a parallel situation I had a month ago when my Ukraine river cruise was cancelled just days after I paid the balance. The sailings are with fly-cruise packages inclusive of two domestic flights (Cairo-Luxor-Cairo). The infinity pool (resistance swimming pool) on each ocean ship was a "first at sea" facility. See below the list of main Viking OCEAN itineraries as themes and ports of call: All voyages include overnight stays in both ports (of departure and final disembarkation). Share. The first 6 Longships were launched in 2012 and collectively won "Best New River Ship" award. The cruise line offered her future cruise vouchers worth 125 percent of her fare. For the ex-Malta season, Viking partnered with Lufthansa (Deutsche Lufthansa AG - Germany's largest airline) to offer non-stop Transatlantic flights between New Jersey USA (Newark Liberty Airport) and Malta Airport, exclusively for Viking OCEAN customers. https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/cruise-destinations/welcome-back.html. The components are kept in freezers and refrigerators and stored at correct temperatures. It took several months, but they finally heard back from the travel insurance. MS Amarco Antares (Nile River, Egypt) is an Amarco-owned hotelship operated by Viking under a charter. Beer, soft drinks and wine by the glass are included with lunches and dinners. Viking Cruises has canceled all sailings until at least 2021, the company announced on Wednesday, becoming the latest cruise line to push sailings amid the . The FCC is valid for 24 months (after cancellation), for any Viking cruise itinerary (river-ocean-expedition) and fully transferable. Company's Net revenues for FY2017 were estimated at about USD 1 billion. That is what Azamara have done despite the the 2022 advertised fare being more. I don't blame Viking for being less than forthcomingthey have to assume and state officially that everything is on, until it's officially off. If you have paid in full, the amount will be issued in the . Viking Ocean and River is currently operating all upcoming scheduled itineraries. geordie_jim, May 4, 2021 in Viking Ocean. Date. Next official video reviews Viking's Longship cruise experience. The Queen Elizabeth will operate U.K. cruises for locals this summer. The Viking Ocean brand was introduced in 2015 with Viking Star, which started operations with mostly one-way itineraries in Baltic Sea (Scandinavia, Russia) and Mediterranean Sea. LauraS Itineraries include "In Search of the Northern Lights", "Into the Midnight Sun", "British Isles Explorer" and "Viking Homelands". You will be able to leave a comment after signing in, By The first boat (Viking Mississippi) starts operations in August 2022. This is no way to keep customers happy. Keyles reminded the representative of the promise she had in writing from the other agent said about working with them on a cash settlement instead of the vouchers. "Modified" longships are smaller in size. Finse Terrace also provides alfresco dining and drinking when weather permits. Your booking is currently locked for updates. Please try again later. " The deal resulted in combined 17% stake in Viking. Raa Labs (via RaaEdge/digital data processing system) gathers data from Wi-Fi sensors onboard, allowing real-time monitoring. Viking's 7th ocean ship (Viking Venus) joined the fleet in 2021, with an inaugural season in Northern Europe and Scandinavia. China as flag state allows the ship to visit seaports under China's cabotage rules that regulate the shipping of passengers and/or goods between two Chinese ports. I think you are correct - check this post: Viking Ocean - Combined Cruise Schedule - Page 5 - Viking Ocean - Cruise Critic Community, .Im sharing this bad feeling as our Trade Routes itinerary is no longer available to view or book for 2021 and I am also locked out ofMVJ. Following the COVID crisis, in May 2021 VIKING OCEAN scheduled for three ships (Sea, Venus, Star) a mini-season (July-October departures) based on 11-day roundtrips (3 itineraries) from homeport Valletta Malta. They are environmentally friendly, with a patented interior design creating 2-room suites, numerous French Balcony staterooms, full-size rooms, and verandas. In early-April 2019, Viking and China Merchants Group (China's first commercial corporation/1872-founded) unveiled a plan to launch a new cruise line (joint venture company) for the Chinese market. No, the representatives said. So ?? Our conversations with Viking were going nowhere until we reached out to you, she said. All affected bookings received a 125% refund in FCC (future cruise credit) with rebooking or 100% monetary refund. Copyright 19952023 The Independent Traveler, Inc. Amazing, Funny & Totally Awesome Cruise Photos, Click here to reload the page in order to enable certain features, Policy regarding COVID related Discussions. In earlier months, the dates change, but always the same day of the week, i.e. Call us at 800-454-0927 to speak to a Cruise Concierge today. In 2016-Q3, Viking Flusskreuzfahrten AG terminated the charter deals with Pericon AG (shipowner) and stopped to operate the riverboats Viking Spirit (now Seine Comtesse), Viking Sun (now Rhein Melodie), Viking Helvetia (now Rhein Symphonie), Viking Pride (now Bijou du Rhone) and Viking Danube (now Filia Rheni 2). These boats are with modified longship design ("baby Longships") with only 2 decks (1/4 lighter) and capacity 98 guests (46 cabins). The fact that Viking has so many ships on a route means that when they hit low water there is very likely another ship nearby going in the opposite direction. The note proceeds were used for repaying all the company's loans used to finance the building of the Viking Ocean liners Star and Sky, as well as for repurchasing Viking Sea (operated on sale-leaseback agreement). The "16-fleet" news was announced on March 6, 2018, when Viking entered an agreement with Fincantieri for 6x more ocean vessels, to be delivered in the period 2024-2027. 2021 Mediterranean cruises start in September while any river cruise I checked still starts in July. The cruise line announced the return of select itineraries in Portugal, France and . . This was the reason for modifying the parent company's name to "Viking Cruises". It could be true for the Main and I think they intend it also for the Elbe. The London City (Port Greenwich) roundtrip itinerary was officially listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's "longest continuous passenger cruise". As of 2020, Viking fully owned and operated a fleet of 6 ocean liners plus 76 riverboats (almost all of which are of the patented Longship-Class). Certain days, ships going both directions on several itineraries are showing sold out. But Keyles wasnt ready to accept such an offer. Volos, Greece is a cosmopolitan port city, and the region was once considered the playground of the gods. Viking Expeditions (as a travel brand) was officially launched on January 15, 2020, with cruising operations starting in January 2022. Viking Cruises. Viking Cruises Ltd (shipowner) is the parent company of Viking Flusskreuzfahrten AG (Viking River Cruises) as well as of KD Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt GmbH, which is subsidiary of Koln-Dusseldorfer (aka KD Cruises, fka KD Line). No idea about other rivers. Viking Mediterranean itineraries are themed as: In November 2018, Viking announced an 11-day itinerary named "Greek Odyssey". He advised us that if we were thinking about rebooking in 2021, we should wait to see if Viking cancelled our 2020 cruise making us eligible for a 125% voucher. They would fly to Italy and take an 8-day Viking River Cruise called Italian Sojourn, which would travel around Italys boot from Civitavecchia to Venice. Signature destinations include Central America, Panama Canal transit, USA West Coast, Hawaii, Transpacific crossing to New Zealand and Australia, Asia, Middle East, Suez Canal transit to Europe (Mediterranean) and the UK. An Early Booking promo (for bookings made for September 30, 2021) offered USD 2000 pp (shore excursions credit), USD 1000 pp (OBC-onboard credit) plus USD 1000 pp OBC (for Viking Explorer Society/loyalty program members). Keyles reached out to Bamboozled for help. At additional cost are only spa massages, beauty salon services; specialty beer, premium alcohol (wine and spirits), and some shore excursions. The first custom vessel of the company, Viking Mississippi, is scheduled to debut in August 2022 and sail on the Lower and Upper Mississippi River, between New Orleans and Saint Paul. As we watched the COVID pandemic expand and followed the news about the cruise ship outbreaks, we knew we would not be going on our upcoming trip, Claire Keyles said. The 12-day itinerary incorporates 7-day cruising on Nile River and starts with a 3-night hotel stay in Cairo and tours to iconic attractions like Grand Egyptian Museum, Great Pyramids of Giza, Mosque of Muhammad Ali. If you do not get cash compensation (from the travel insurance), Viking agrees to revisit your case and work out a settlement involving some amount of cash compensation rather than travel vouchers, he wrote. 8-day "Heart of the Delta" from New Orleans to, 8-day "Southern Celebration" roundtrip from New Orleans, visiting. The 138-day itinerary visited ports in 28 countries (total 58 ports) with overnights in 11 port cities. Viking ships in Russia are with average capacity 200+, the ships in China - up to 246. Share. The B2B itinerary started with Valletta overnight and visited Kotor, Dubrovnik, Split, Zadar, Sibenik, Mgarr Malta, Valletta (overnight), Kalamata, Piraeus-Athens (overnight), Santorini, Rhodes, Souda Crete. The inaugural cruise itineraries of both expedition vessels are 13-day polar voyages - one in Antarctica, the other in the European Arctic. Hope this is right as our September Amsterdam to Bergen no longer shows on Viking website. MS Steigenberger Omar El Khayam (Lake Nasser, Egypt) is a Steigenberger-owned ship operated by Viking under a charter. Funny, we are on the Rhine & Viking Shores and Fjords on August 3rd this year and this is still showing although I cannot get onto My Viking Journey as it is saying that "We're sorry, but our site is currently undergoing maintenance". They offered us a 150 dollar non refundable credit to be used onboard. By The new 8-day "Ancient Mediterranean Treasures" itinerary (between Athens and Istanbul) features overnights in both cities. Started June 21, 2021, By Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023).