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Luxury Cruise Operator Viking Cruises' newest ship - Viking Venus - Floated out At Italy's Fincantieri Some Good News - An unrelated Port of New York Cruise News Article. Luxury Operator's New Viking Venus is floated out.. Viking ®   announced its seventh ocean ship – the 930-guest Viking Venus ® – was “floated out,” marking a major construction milestone and the first time that the new ship touches water. Scheduled to debut in early 2021, Viking Venus will spend her maiden season sailing itineraries in the Mediterranean and in Northern Europe. “We started Viking’s ocean project eight years ago, and together with Fincantieri we have built the world’s most beautiful ships. Today we are pleased to celebrate this important milestone in the construction of our seventh ocean ship,” said Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking. “As the world continues its path to recovery from COVID-19, we remain focused on the future, and with strong bookings for 2021 and the ...

Princess Cruises - Temporarily Suspends Operations - Video Jan Swartz The heightened awareness around the coronavirus has been amplified by President Trump's address to the nation on 3/11/20. The speech, which did not instill confidence in the public, has caused an already devastated cruise industry to take further blows. Here is a synopsis of the changes in the past 24 hours. While addressing the nation on 3/11/20 President Trump imposed the following: No foreign nationals from European countries will be permitted into the US. Exception: UK Residents. American Citizens traveling to most of Europe will need to self- quarantine themselves for a 2 week periods following their return to the US. The majority of European cruises are filled by American Citizens - with the new ruling, cruise cancellations spiked significantly. In reverse, many Europeans travel to Florida to embark on Caribbean Cruises. With the changes above they will NOT be p...

  Viking Cruises' Viking Sun's Ultimate World Cruise Lasting 245 Days Viking Cruises has deployed their Viking Sun on what they are referring to as the Ultimate World Cruise. Now well into its Guinness Record-breaking endeavor — to complete the world’s longest continuous cruise — the ship departed on a round-trip journey from London on August 31 of 2019. Just 54 of Viking Sun's guests have booked the entire voyage each paying over $90,000 to visit 111 ports in 51 countries across six continents in the span of 245 days. The rest have booked one of two segments of 127 days from London to Los Angeles, or 119 days from Los Angeles back to London. As part of the current itinerary the Viking Sun made a call at New York in October 9-11th 2019 and is currently in Papeete, Tahiti Island, French Polynesia (January 14 & 15, 2020). Guests will enjoy free wi-fi, spa treatments, specialty restaurant dining, 1 free shore excursion in each port and more.   RETURN TO ...

Viking Cruises Viking Star Makes Contact with Cape Cod Railroad Bridge Not mentioned in most media outlets. Viking Cruises new cruise ship the Viking Star made her premier visit to the United States. As part of her re positioning cruise.... Click the title to See the Video. Check Out Our Sister Sites: Nick's Cruise Corner Blog to Learn About World Wide Cruising NYCruiseInfo.com to Learn About Cruises From New York and New Jersey.