{"id":11631,"date":"2013-06-20T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T09:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/viking-cruises-cuts-steel-for-viking-star\/"},"modified":"2013-06-20T09:23:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T09:23:00","slug":"viking-cruises-cuts-steel-for-viking-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/06\/viking-cruises-cuts-steel-for-viking-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Viking Cruises Cuts Steel For Viking Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span>Viking Cruises (<\/span><a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.vikingcruises.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vikingcruises.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.vikingcruises.com<\/a><span>) today announced it has cut steel in the construction of its first ocean cruise vessel,\u00a0<\/span><i>Viking Star,\u00a0<\/i><span>marking a major development toward the company&#8217;s ocean product. The steel cutting took place at Fincantieri&#8217;s Marghera shipyard outside\u00a0Venice, Italy.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span><i>Viking Star<\/i>\u00a0is scheduled to be delivered in early 2015, with maiden voyages beginning in\u00a0April 2015.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span>&#8220;This is a big step towards realizing our ocean cruising plans,&#8221; said\u00a0Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking Cruises. &#8220;With our new ocean cruises, we are applying the same principles behind our award-winning river cruises\u2014small, intimate ships with destination-focused itineraries that allow guests to experience privileged access excursions and onboard cultural\u00a0<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"VIKING CRUISES DAPELO CONGRATULATES HAGEN\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/SF33738-300x207.jpg\" height=\"166\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/SF33738-300x207.jpg\" title=\"Attilio Dapelo (L), Fincantieri's Marghera Shipyard Director, congratulates Viking Cruises Chairman (R), Torstein Hagen, in front of the steel cutting machine on the occasion of the first steel cutting for Viking's new ocean cruise ship, Viking Star. \" width=\"240\"><span>experiences.&#8221;<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>The ship was designed by experienced nautical architects and engineers, including\u00a0London-based SMC Design and\u00a0Los Angeles-based Rottet Studios. The 47,800gt ship will have 464 cabins and accommodate 928 guests.\u00a0<i>Viking Star<\/i>\u00a0is one of two ocean ships on order; both will be built by Fincantieri at its Marghera shipyard.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Viking&#8217;s foray into ocean cruising marks the introduction of the travel industry&#8217;s first entirely new cruise line in nearly a decade.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Itineraries for maiden voyages starting in\u00a0April 2015\u00a0include cruising in Scandinavia and the Baltic; and the Western and Eastern Mediterranean. Guests on the 928-passenger all-veranda\u00a0<i>Viking Star<\/i>\u00a0will experience cruising with destination as the focus, maximum time in port and an onboard cultural enrichment program ideal for an experienced traveler with an interest in history, art and culture.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span><span>Viking Cruises has aggressive expansion plans in both the ocean and river cruise categories, with a second ocean ship on order for delivery in 2016 and with conditional orders and options for four more additional ocean vessels. The ocean ship order follows the company&#8217;s continued rapid fleet expansion in the river cruise sector, with 10 new Viking Longships christened in 2013 and 12 new Viking Longships planned to launch in 2014.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viking Cruises (www.vikingcruises.com) today announced it has cut steel in the construction of its first ocean cruise vessel,\u00a0Viking Star,\u00a0marking a major development toward the company&#8217;s ocean product. The steel cutting took place at Fincantieri&#8217;s Marghera shipyard outside\u00a0Venice, Italy. Viking Star\u00a0is scheduled to be delivered in early 2015, with maiden voyages beginning in\u00a0April 2015. &#8220;This is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}