Viking Cornerstone Features: Promise vs Experience

Just before returning to Viking Cruises not long ago, I wrote Two Viking Cornerstone Features We’re Looking Forward To.  That post highlighted the flexibility of Viking Venice Class ships and their unique Viking Resident Historian program.   Today, we take a reflective look Read More …

Interest Confirmed: Luxury Expedition Cruises Grow In Popularity

Luxury travel company Abercrombie & Kent has taken travelers to Antarctica, the Arctic and around the world since 1991. In response to growing interest from past travelers in more immersive cultural experiences, A&K has curated a new portfolio of Luxury Read More …

Viking Cornerstone Features We’re Looking Forward To

On Saturday we board Viking Ocean Cruises first-ship Viking Star for a 15-night itinerary titled Into The Midnight Sun.  Starting with an overnight in London we also end with an overnight in Bergen. In between,  we sail first to Scotland then Read More …

Follow Viking Star In Real Time Satellite View

Viking Ocean Cruises new 930-passenger Viking Star is headed Into The Midnight Sun and we will be on board.   We’re counting down the days until we fly to London to sail for 15-nights    Follow along on Viking Star’s voyage and Read More …

Cruise Bored? Perhaps Something Different Is In Order

Developing local embarkation ports around North America, cruise lines have made it easier for cruise travelers to make it from home to the ship. Flying or driving from home to the embarkation port takes costs less and takes less time Read More …

Abruptly Changing Course, Viking Adds Top Deck Attraction

Viking Cruises took the world of ocean cruising by storm not long ago, not by ‘raising the bar’ on anything. That bar-raising focus has a limited shelf life as we have seen time and time again. Someone else always comes Read More …

Celebrity Edge Spa Wellness Journey Unique, Unadulterated

A holistic wellness journey on Celebrity Cruises will take a different route when new Celebrity Edge debuts. The new Celebrity Edge Spa was inspired by nature, featuring an assortment of treatments. It’s a supermarket-sized concept called SEA (inspired by the Sea, Earth, and the Air) Read More …

Up Next: Viking Midnight Sun London To Bergen

In July, I return to Viking Ocean Cruises for a particularly interesting sailing of first-ship Viking Star.  The 15-day Into The Midnight Sun itinerary stops in Scotland and Denmark on the way to Norway, bookended by overnights in London to Read More …