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The Ultimate Guide to Viking Cruise ships and itineraries the upscale Cruise brand has carved out a niche since its founding in 1997 catering specifically to a certain type of thoughtful inquisitive generally older traveler who is looking to explore the world and learn a thing or two along the way most Viking customers are approaching their retirement years or are already there and they're eager to finally see all the places they didn't have time to visit when they were raising kids and establishing careers in their younger years for this subset of Travelers Viking offers a wide range of both ocean and river cruise itineraries that have a heavy focus on the destinations visited Viking voyages bring a lot of extended stays in ports where passengers get more time to explore historical sites and experience the local culture than is typical on cruises the line offers included in the fair tours in every port allowing every passenger on board to get a guided experience during stops without having to pay extra in general Viking voyages are highly inclusive in keeping with its no nickel and dining philosophy on board Vikings programming revolves heavily around what the line calls cultural enrichment lectures by experts on topics related to the places a Chip's visit as well as cultural and culinary offerings that often have a local tie-in what Viking ships don't offer as a lot of onboard amusements aimed at families and younger Travelers if it's a floating celebration you're looking for in a vacation this isn't the line for you as Viking founder toursteen Hagan likes to say a Viking Cruise is the thinking person's Cruise not the drinking person's Cruise its focus is on destinations and enrichment the elegant Scandinavian influence design of its ships it's no nickel and diming philosophy Viking has more ships than any other major Cruise brand in the world more than 90 in all the exceptions are two recently unveiled Viking ocean vessels specifically designed for Expedition cruising a type of cruising that involves traveling to remote hard to reach places on Hardy vessels that carry their own landing craft at 47 800 tons these ocean ships are less than a fourth the size of the giant mega ships being built by the likes of Royal Caribbean and MSC cruises in keeping with Vikings focus on intimate upscale voyages Vikings two Expedition ships Viking octinis and Viking Polaris are smaller than the above vessels as is typical for Expedition ships and carry 378 passengers at maximum occupancy at last count Viking had more than 80 riverships in its Fleet an astounding number that is the result of blistering growth over the past decade as noted above almost all of Vikings River ships are of the same basic design and are known as long ships a reference to the historic vessels used by Vikings in the Middle Ages Viking has also built slightly shorter versions of the long ships measuring 262 feet 361 feet...