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). On July 2, 2020, Viking Cruises announced that the new 2023 sailings of its Mississippi River cruises were on sale. All excursion programs ashore are organized by Viking River Cruises. NOAA scientists are present on all Great Lakes USA voyages to conduct researches (on local weather changes and ecosystems) and present lectures themed on the Great Lakes region. Pax Global Media. Viking Cruises' arrival to the Mississippi River represents a major commitment to economic and tourism development in a lot of communities along the river, with the new sailings expected to bring over 5,800 passengers to the region in 2022 and more than 17,600 during the first full cruise season in 2023. Viking's Arctic cruises (to Svalbard Islands and Arctic Russia) are roundtrips from homeport Tromso Norway and priced from USD 14,000 per person (double-occupancy balcony cabin). Vacationers can discover the beauty of Patagonia while sailing out of Santiago (Valparaiso, Chile) to Ushuaia (Argentina) on the new 2-week Patagonian Shores & Chilean Fjords itinerary, while passengers looking to explore destinations in North, Central & South America, can choose the new 18-day Panama & Scenic South America itinerary. In mid-July 2020, Viking Ocean announced the company's "Viking World Cruise 2021-2022" planned for MS Viking Star. Fingers crossed we get to go on this one. The inaugural cruise itineraries of both expedition vessels are 13-day polar voyages - one in Antarctica, the other in the European Arctic. Viking OCEAN's main competitor on the European market is MSC Explora Journeys. Similarly named is the Finland-based cruiseferry company VIKING LINE (1959-founded). By the year 2027, the company's 16-ship ocean fleet will have a combined capacity of 16,930 berths, ranking Viking OCEAN the world's largest cruise company with ship capacity under 1000 passengers. Hopefully they let everyone know soon. Viking Ocean ships' Snow Grotto is a wellness retreat with powdery snow falling down from the ceiling. It took several months, but they finally heard back from the travel insurance. She called next day and said no operations said it is sailing. Cruise fares start from around USD 4,300 pp. Call us at 800-454-0927 to speak to a Cruise Concierge today. Today our group of four received emails confirming our Vikingtrip is a go! These new types marine engines use 20% less fuel than the conventional ones. Prices start at US$11,000 per person with discounted airfare. Risk-Free Guarantee: How it Works Nowadays, Viking manages the world's largest fleet of river cruise vessels, ever. Details of world cruise itineraries for 2024-2025 have been released by Viking Cruises as the company reported strong demand for longer itineraries Viking Cruises named its newest ocean ship, Viking Neptune, with a celebration on Sunday, January 8th, in Los Angeles CA. . Cash compensation would not necessarily cover the full amount owed and the travel insurance premium is not eligible for reimbursement in any event.. It is not the geographical location of the trip as much as being in any enclosed space with a large group of people and the U.S. has not been a model of controlling the virus anyway, Keyles said. In March-April 2021, Viking OCEAN announced plans to restart operations with, European rivers Rhine, Main, Danube, Saone, Rhone, Seine, Elbe, and Douro. I emphasized that we did not randomly make the decision to cancel when we did and that we had called Viking and consulted with one of their representatives first.. Please try again later. " As of yesterday Kari disappeared off web sight for 2021.I now cannot get into my Viking account as it says it is being updated. Due to the COVID pandemic, Viking suspended passenger shipping operations fleetwide (ocean ships and riverboats worldwide) by canceling all voyages with pre-scheduled departures in the period March 12, 2020, through July 2021. On April 3, 2020, was the official launch of Viking.TV (https://viking.tv/). In March 2016, Viking OCEAN confirmed the order of three more ocean vessels, which was increased to four in 2017 (December). Curiously, in August 2021, Viking OCEAN announced a "double world cruise 2023-2024" with two ships (Neptune and Sky) sailing on an identical itinerary from Florida to the UK. The other 4 longships were named via live video link with the shipbuilding shipyard in Neptun Werft (Rostock, Germany). CruiseMapper provides you with free-of-charge schedules with listed cheapest ticket prices per person per itinerary. Shorter itinerary segments are also available for booking, including the 119-day "Viking World Horizons 2022" (Los Angeles to London, departure January 10, 2022) that visits 49 ports in 22 countries. 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. While Viking Neptune departs on December 23 (2023), Viking Sky departs earlier (on December 20, 2023), sailing in parallel with Neptune. They additionally include hotel stays in a variety of cities, mainly in Shanghai and Beijing. Just more work for me! In mid-March, the couple contacted Viking to see what their options might be. All the signs are right and so is the timing. Could be US only, as we have no itineraries listed under Welcome Back. China Merchants Viking Cruises' General Manager is Wu Wei. CC Help Jenn Share. Please subscribe now and support the local journalism YOU rely on and trust. Viking river cruise itineraries range from 7 to 23 days. My TA had called them two days prior to the rescheduling to ask why we were locked out of our MVJ acct & she was told they were just "doing maintenance" on their systems and everything was fine!! Unless something changed, the answer is yes - must be used on a single cruise. In November 2020, Viking Cruises announced investments from its minority shareholders TPG Capital (fka Texas Pacific Group) and CPP Investments (Canada Pension Plan Investment Board) that added ~USD 500 million net proceeds to support Viking's development. The new domestic travel brand (China Coastal Cruise Project) was scheduled for inauguration in 2021-Q1 with Viking Sun - transferred to the joint venture (news 8277). Also my flight went from ticketed to pending. (14-nights) "Mediterranean Explorer" (visits 5 countries, included 12 land tours). Traditionally for an expedition vessel, each Viking Expeditions ship has its own fleet of inflatable Zodiacs (speedboats used for passenger tendering and shoreside cruising), rigid-hulled inflatable boats (large-capacity unsinkable boat with a rigid bottom) and sea-kayaks. I have so far only paid a deposit so will only get a relatively small benefit from the 125% FCC. Oh, sorry to read that. But to all who are waiting - be prepared to make changes to your plans at the last minute. Viking is bringing back river cruises to Europe in July. On March 20, 2013, the newly renamed company "Viking Cruises" launched 10 ships at one time, thus entering Guinness Book of World Records. Viking's website shows a concerning pattern of "sold out" cruises that were not there a few days ago. He started in 1997 by purchasing four Russian vessels. This is ourfourth attempt at this cruise! Award-winning Viking Longships. Viking named two more ships in Oporto (Portugal) on March 21. Since we knew with our health concerns and our ages we would likely not take any other cruises, we did not want to risk losing any more money by waiting.. Had they waited 10 more days, they would have received the full refund. I'm not disappointed, just a bit disappointed in Viking's communications of a loyal 9 cruises and two more upcoming customer. The representative went through options, she said, including larger vouchers, extended time periods to use them and considering U.S. based trips instead of international travel. Viking Neptune's World Cruise itinerary offers overnights (also double overnights) in 11 ports, including Auckland New Zealand, Sydney NSW Australia, Benoa Bali Indonesia, Saigon Vietnam, Singapore, Yangon Burma, Colombo Sri Lanka, Mumbai India, Haifa Israel, Istanbul Turkey and London-Greenwich (before the debarkation). Everybody please keep reporting. Among the vessels' innovative marine technologies are energy-saving hybrid engines, top-deck solar panels, pollution-minimizing exhaust systems. The second longship's 2017 itineraries are on Danube. Pricing starts at US$4,000 per person with discounted airfare. In August 2020, Viking Cruises opened for sale two new Panama Canal itineraries - 18-day "Panama Canal and Coastal Holiday" (departing December 24, 2021) and 11-day "Classic Panama Canal Passage" (departing November 6 and 16, 2021, and visiting Key West, Cozumel, Belize City, Roatan, San Jose, Colon). Look for a link at the bottom of this page or in our privacy policy where you can withdraw consent. Due to strong demand, Viking Cruises has also announced 2023 dates for 4 existing Great Lakes expeditions: the 8-day Great Lakes Explorer, Undiscovered Great Lakes, Niagara & the Great Lakes itineraries, as well as the 13-day Canadian Discovery. Patience. 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. It may or may not work in France - could just be a ship nearby. 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. Multiple sailing dates are available in November-December 2022; additional sailing dates are available in January and December 2023 and 2024. Multiple sailing dates are available in December 2022 and pricing starts at US$4,000 per person with discounted airfare. The voyage starts in the USA (Duluth MN) and ends in Argentina (Ushuaia), also sailing to Antarctica. The next day, they got a phone call. The experience (touted beneficial to the body's blood circulation) includes heating in a sauna (steam bath), then walking into this small room. View all of our Luxury Cruise sailings and offers. The Queen Elizabeth will operate U.K. cruises for locals this summer. Viking's 7th ocean ship (Viking Venus) joined the fleet in 2021, with an inaugural season in Northern Europe and Scandinavia. This was the reason for modifying the parent company's name to "Viking Cruises". Starting in 2018, Viking River Cruises is the first non-domestic company licensed to operate cruise ships on the Nile River in Egypt. Most were constructed by Neptun Werft GmbH in Rostock, and several by Meyer Werft GmbH in Papenburg (Alsvin, Bestla, Eistla, Ingvi, Lif). So ?? All itineraries have at least one tour or guided shore excursion per day (complimentary / cruise fare-inclusive). I said on the Rhine (where it is in the middle) and meant to imply with other itineraries some on the Danube (where a section is almost in the middle). Note: CruiseMapper's Viking ship schedules show departure and call ports (including towns and cities visited on shore excursions), themed voyages (holiday, itinerary themes) and port times (arrival-departure / port stays and overnights). The voyage starts from Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA) on December 24, 2021, and ends in London City England. The largest cruise ship to ever sail on the Mississippi River is scheduled to set sail after June 2023. Weird that you read this on the website before getting an email as the update says those affected were notified. Viking is the only cruise line to have a full PCR testing labratory onboard. Yes, you must use the entire voucher on one cruise -- and you must use it before you sail for cruise fare, gratutities, shorex or drinks package. Two of the longships (Astrild and Beyla) are specifically designed for Elbe River. Viking Venus is scheduled for the August 13-23 cruise. As ownership, 1/5 (20%) of the company is owned by TPG Capital (US investment company) and CPP Investment Board (CPP=Canada Pension Plan). The 7-ship "virtual" naming ceremony was via satellite connections and held in 4 riverports - Basel Switzerland (Sigrun and Einar), Rostock Germany (Ullur and Sigyn), Brunsbuttel Germany (Vali and Tir) and Oporto Portugal (Helgrim). 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). Via this exclusive partnership, on every voyage scientists from the Institute undertake on the ship and also share with the cruisers their expertise. We have since then tried to book a trip two times, and the required medical . The first river cruises of Viking in the United States had been highly anticipated when they were announced in April 2020. My Danube Waltz on 11-22-21 on the Embla is gone and my Viking Journey is locked. The move. It is good to have several ships running also for flooding, but the idea of meet in the middle is less likely to work. Note: For the itinerary's all call ports see at the ship's Wiki section here. In mid-September 2016 was announced that TPG Capital and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board intend to make a joint investment of USD 0,5 billion in Viking Cruises. I had an online chat with Viking yesterday, where he said that our cruise had not been cancelled (yet) and to check back in 24-48 hours when MVJ is back online. The boats are constructed by the Norwegian shipbuilder VARD (subsidiary of Fincantieri Italy). Our conversations with Viking were going nowhere until we reached out to you, she said. By Funky Fusion FoodsJ, November 19, 2021 in River Cruising. Could all be perfectly benign, may not be. Highlights of the Greek Odyssey itinerary include: The cruise fare includes balcony cabins for all passengers, complimentary shore excursions in all ports, all onboard meals, complimentary wifi, wine and beer with lunch and dinner, access to spa's Thermal Suite, and 24-hour room service. All European boats are Longships, with passenger capacity 190. The link to new sailings doesnt work for me in the UK Does it say which ship ? Posted elsewhere, but we received our official cancellation email this am from Viking for our Oct 4 Trade Routes Bergen to Barcelona. On January 11, Norwegian Cruise Line informed passengers that near-term sailings on additional ships would be canceled, primarily for departures over the next two weeks (details below). Ok as I predicted, all sold out cruises have been dropped from Viking as of this morning. . In Strasbourg, passengers take the high-speed TGV train to Paris. Northern Europe/Baltic cruises depart from Norway (Bergen) and Sweden (Stockholm). 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 first boat (Viking Mississippi) starts operations in August 2022. If they have for example four pairs of ships for the Rhine Getaway, they may only sail with three pairs. In April 2021 was inaugurated the joint venture company "China Merchants Viking Cruises Co Ltd" (operating via the brand "Viking China Coastal Cruise"). Please try again later. " On November 23, Disney . Viking River Cruises deals include staterooms, onboard dining, most cultural activities, most shore excursions. That's just what happened, and we are now booked in July 2021 with an upgraded cabin and air fare. All Viking OCEAN ships offer destination-rich itineraries marked by "small ship cruise" tour and onboard experiences. 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. The Viking riverboats Ra-Osiris-Aton cruise only on the Nile portion (roundtrip from Luxor). The newbuilds were launched in 2019 and christened together on March 19. It imposes restrictions on where USA-based ships can navigate and how to be staffed. These boats are with modified longship design ("baby Longships") with only 2 decks (1/4 lighter) and capacity 98 guests (46 cabins). 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 Arctic-themed facility is part of the ship's thermal suite (within the spa complex). The cruise line announced the return of select itineraries in Portugal, France and . 13 days, one-way from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso-Santiago, 137 days, one-way from Fort Lauderdale to London-Tilbury, 11 days, one-way from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, 12 days, one-way from Bergen to London-Tilbury, 17 days, one-way from Valparaiso-Santiago to Buenos Aires, 7 days, one-way from Barcelona to Civitavecchia-Rome, 14 days, round-trip Panama Canal Central America, 7 days, one-way from Rosedale MS to New Orleans, Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades, Florida), Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA), Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale Florida), Viking River Cruises kicks off stops in Greenville (Mississippi), A new Viking Longship for Seine River cruises joins the fleet in 2025, Fire breaks out on Viking Orion cruise ship docked in Sydney (NSW Australia), Mississippi RIver's largest cruise ship ever debuts in June 2023, Viking Cruises releases 2024-2025 world voyage itineraries, Godmother Nicole Stott names Viking OCEANs newest ship Neptune in Los Angeles USA, Viking Orion ship stranded off the coast of Australia due to fungus outbreak, Townsville (Queensland Australia) welcomes first cruise ship in 2+ years, 1 dead, 4 injured after giant wave breaks glass panels on Viking Polaris ship, Viking Ocean Cruises takes US$1.5 billion in financing on 4 ships, Fred. Alright, I did mean to be precise, but you prefer to very precise, so of course you are correct . The 7-day American itineraries include roundtrips from NOLA/New Orleans, as well as one-ways between New Orleans and Memphis TN, and between St Louis MO and Minneapolis-Saint Paul MN. As of January 2018, Viking Cruises operated a combined fleet of 62 riverboats plus 4 ocean ships. Viking Cruises' arrival to the Mississippi represents a commitment to tourism and economic development in a lot of communities along the river, with the new sailings expected to bring 5,800+ guests to the region in 2022 and 17,600+ during the first full cruise season in 2023. She talked about Vikings new safety protocols and while they sound good, I emphasized that group travel is not in our future.. In early 2018 was announced, that the Viking Cruises company raised USD 975 million through a private placement of USD 275 million (5,875% secured notes due in 2027) plus USD 675 million (5% secured notes due in 2028). Viking.TV targets primarily non-cruising people (those staying home) rather than travelers. They offered us a 150 dollar non refundable credit to be used onboard. In Fall 2016, Viking became the first European river cruise company offering itineraries on dedicated to Chinese tourists riverboats. On August 31, 2019, Viking Sun started the 245-day "Viking World Voyage 2019" spanning 6 continents and visiting 51 countries via 111 call ports (including 21 port overnights). Just phoned Viking UK as still locked out of My Viking Journey and informed that there is nothing to worry about, Cruise is still going ahead on 3rd August and that MVJ page will be accessible in another 48 hours it is just being updated. Cruisetour itineraries range from 7 to 23 days and include as regions the European rivers Rhine, Main, Danube, Saone, Rhone, Seine, Elbe and Douro, also Ukraine's Dnieper, Russia's Volga, China's Yangtze, Burma's Irrawaddy and Cambodia-Vietnam's Mekong. Email also stated "Because we have cancelled itineraries that were not possible to operate given current circumstances, including your sailing, we have redeployed our ocean fleet to the newWelcome Backvoyages this summer. on 9/4 - but the header of the email said 9/3 on the Eir. 10 more were launched in 2013, and additional 18 launched in 2014 (including 2 smaller ships purpose-built for Douro River in Portugal). In January 2022, Viking became the world's first (and only) cruise line to built full-scale PCR laboratories onboard all OCEAN and EXPEDITION ships. The company dedicated two longships, on which the primary onboard language is Mandarin. We reached out to the company to ask it to reconsider, especially because some of its customers did indeed receive full refunds. In Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos) Viking River Cruises charters riverboats from the Pandaw fleet - including the ships Katha Pandaw (as Viking Mandalay), and Orient Pandaw (as Viking Orient). The sailings are with fly-cruise packages inclusive of two domestic flights (Cairo-Luxor-Cairo). https://www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/cruise-destinations/baltic/icelands-natural-beauty/pricing.html. Fleetwide operations were planned to resume on October 1, 2020. In October 2018 was announced as a potential start-up (with Mississippi-based boats) the year 2021. That is one scenario and pure speculation. MV Viking Star became world's ever-first ocean ship with a "snow room". It worked out for us. Note that for the Rhine and some other itineraries it is intentional that Viking starts with two ships on the same date at the ends of the itinerary to meet in the middle for a ship swap if necessary, it is a "ship pair". In 2015, Viking's European river cruise sales became a bit slower than expected. However, due to ongoing travel restrictions in Europe and the USA, as well as Canada's and Australia's ban on cruise shipping, Viking canceled the entire 2020 program (river+ocean) in mid-August. Your booking is currently locked for updates. Bookings made by September 30, 2020, receive USD 2000 pp in "shore excursion credit" plus USD 1000 pp in OBC (onboard credit). For 2020 were planned the launches and inaugurations of 6 more Longship-Class boats - 4 with smaller capacity (168 pax) and deployed year-round on Seine River in France (Fjorgyn, Kari, Radgrid, Skaga) plus 2 standard (190 pax) and deployed on Rhine River (Gersemi, Hervor). The new 8-day "Ancient Mediterranean Treasures" itinerary (between Athens and Istanbul) features overnights in both cities. All rights reserved (About Us). Currently, Viking River Cruises USA offers 4 itineraries, themed as: The Viking Mississippi itinerary program offers visiting 7 states (Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota) and the port cities Baton Rouge, Darrow, New Orleans, St Francisville, Natchez, Vicksburg, Memphis, Hannibal, St Louis, Burlington, Dubuque, Davenport, La Crosse, Red Wing, St. Paul.
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