Viking right now introduced its 2024 -2025 world cruise itineraries, together with the brand new Viking World Voyage I, which sails all over the world in 180 days, visiting 37 nations and 85 ports, with in a single day stays in 13 iconic cities, based on a press launch.
Setting sail on December 19, 2024, from Fort Lauderdale, the itinerary will embody ports of name throughout 5 continents and can fully circumnavigate the globe when it returns to the USA for its last port in New York on June 17, 2025.
In accordance with the corporate, right now’s announcement of the brand new world cruises comes at a time of document gross sales for Viking, with the launch of Viking’s new twenty fifth Anniversary Sale on January 1 ensuing within the highest variety of bookings in a single week within the firm’s historical past.
On January 9 alone, Viking had its strongest single gross sales day ever, the corporate mentioned.
“For 25 years, we’ve been dedicated to offering our visitors with immersive and culturally enriching experiences whereas touring the world in consolation,” mentioned Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking. “Our earlier World Cruises bought out in a matter of weeks, and we proceed to see robust demand from our visitors for prolonged voyages. Our seamless World Cruises are the best of all adventures and permit visitors to discover extra of the world with us.”
Visitors crusing on Viking’s award-winning 930-guest ship, the Viking Sk®, will discover ports of name in Central America; transit the Panama Canal; journey up the West Coast of North America earlier than crossing the Pacific Ocean and calling upon the Hawaiian islands and French Polynesia; traverse New Zealand and Australia; and sail via Asia, the Center East, the Mediterranean and Northern Europe earlier than crossing the Atlantic and concluding in New York. A shorter 163-day portion of the crusing, Viking World Voyage II, departs from Los Angeles on January 5, 2025 and visits 29 nations and 78 ports earlier than ending in New York. Visitors can also select the 138-day Viking World Cruise itinerary from Ft. Lauderdale to London or the 121-day voyage, Viking World Journeys which departs from Los Angeles and visits 23 nations earlier than ending in London.
