Viking Ocean Cruises aggressive push into the luxury small ship market continues in full force. They just celebrated both the delivery of their newest vessel, Viking Sea, and the floating out of the third ship, Viking Sky.
Lets take a look at the 47,800gt Viking Sea.
The Viking Sea is an identical sistership to the lines first ship, the Viking Star. She’s a relatively smaller vessel at 744ft long and 91ft wide with a 21ft draft. She was constructed at Fincantieri’s Ancona yard in Italy. The ship’s interior inspiration comes from Scandinavian inspiration with lots of natural woods and no over the top elements found on other ships. Simple elegance is the theme here.
Viking has a rich history with Norway and the lines founder and Chairman is a Norwegian himself. Here’s what he had to say during the handover ceremony.
Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking Cruises:
“Too often in recent years the most talked about ships have been the biggest ships. It is our view that some cruise lines have focused too much on building bigger ships and not enough on helping guests connect with the destination. We have created ocean cruises that put the destination at the center of the experience, with smaller ships that are smarter in design. As our second ship sets sail with her first guests we look forward to introducing more travelers to the unique way that Viking does ocean cruising – a style of cruising that was inspired by our experience and success on the rivers.”
Viking also released this really cool 360-degree tour of the vessel.
Tour of the vessel:
The wrap-around promenade on @VikingRiver‘s new ocean ship, #VikingSea. More first shots: https://t.co/nGd5BrYtUc pic.twitter.com/Na1OBrRMYr
— Gene Sloan (@CruiseLog) April 5, 2016
The stylist atrium on @VikingRiver‘s new ocean ship, #VikingSea. More first shots: https://t.co/nGd5BrYtUc pic.twitter.com/u0BjXVBBfA
— Gene Sloan (@CruiseLog) April 4, 2016