Viking Archives – Cruise Maven Cruising the World One Port at a Time Sat, 24 Sep 2022 18:57:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://cruisemaven.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cropped-CruiseMaven-favicon-32x32.png Viking Archives – Cruise Maven 32 32 Viking Celebrates 25th Anniversary – And a Big Year Ahead https://cruisemaven.com/viking-celebrates-25th-anniversary-and-a-big-year-ahead/ Sun, 07 Aug 2022 19:22:38 +0000 https://cruisemaven.com/?p=41747 This week, Viking celebrated the company’s 25th anniversary since they launched their first river cruise ship in 1997. To commemorate the anniversary, Viking released a short video from Viking Chairman and Founder, Torstein Hagen.  In the video, he reflects over the two and one-half decades of the company’s milestones and innovations. Viking has taken the...

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]]> Viking Partnership with New Downton Abbey Movie https://cruisemaven.com/viking-partnership-with-new-downton-abbey-movie/ Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:21:58 +0000 https://cruisemaven.com/?p=41421 Viking announced a partnership with Focus Features, Universal Pictures and Carnival Films for the second full-length film, Downton Abbey: A New Era. Downton Abbey: A New Era will be the continuation of the first Downton Abbey film, an extension of the globally popular television series.  Funding for Masterpiece Theatre’s Downton Abbey television series thrust Viking...

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]]> Viking Octantis: First Viking Expedition Ship Float Out https://cruisemaven.com/viking-octantis-the-first-viking-expedition-ship-float-out/ Sat, 26 Dec 2020 22:25:29 +0000 https://cruisemaven.com/?p=39709 Earlier this week, Viking announced the float out of its first expedition ship, the 378-passenger Viking Octantis.  An important milestone in shipbuilding, the float out is the first time that a new ship actually touches water.  Viking Octantis Float Out Event The float out is also an important event because from there, the next step...

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]]> Cruise News Wrap-Up: New Cancellations and Some Good News https://cruisemaven.com/cruise-news-wrap-up-week-ending-november-20-2020/ Sat, 21 Nov 2020 21:09:08 +0000 https://cruisemaven.com/?p=39614 While it’s not all gloom and doom for the cruise industry, here are some of the highlights for this week’s Cruise News Wrap-up. If you are daring or just long to be at sea, you could volunteer to be on a Royal Caribbean trial cruise. Cruise News for the Week Ending November 20, 2020 One...

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]]> Viking Celebrates Seventh Ship Float Out in Italy https://cruisemaven.com/viking-cruises-celebrates-viking-venus-float-out-in-italy/ Mon, 15 Jun 2020 12:43:11 +0000 https://cruisemaven.com/?p=39311 There was some good news from Viking Cruises last week. Their newest and seventh ocean ship, Viking Venus, touched the water for the first time during a traditional maritime “float out” event.  Viking Venus Float Out Ceremony The float out event took place at Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy as another milestone was successfully passed...

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