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Viking Cruise Lines has unveiled the very first of its oceanic ships in a video earlier this week. While that may not sounds all that impressive, people should consider that the Viking Cruise Line used to be solely river cruises around Europe, Asia, and parts of Egypt. The branching out into ocean cruises (the Viking Start launches in 2015) is a big step for the company and takes them into direct competition with a number of larger and better known companies including Norwegian Cruise Line and Carnival Cruise line. While the ship can only carry 930 passengers (leading to a different type of cruise experience), it wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine Viking eventually owning a fleet of large cruise ships as well as smaller ones.
The video released showed the inaugural floating of the ship, the first time it has ever touched water. It also sets the stage for the final chapter of the ship’s construction, the building and outfitting of the interior of the ship. While the ship is being built/inaugurated in Italy, the mayor of Bergen, Norway and godmother to the Viking Star, Trude Drevland, was there as well to officially inaugurate the ship. Soon the Viking Star will be officially used to ferry passengers around the world’s oceans and will take Viking Cruise Lines to a whole new level.
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