Cruise Critic News: Fincantieri Floats Out Viking Venus Cruise Ship

[LauraS]

(12:35 p.m. EDT) – Despite shipyard slowdowns related to the current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Italy's Finantieri shipyard has successfully floated out Viking's newest oceangoing cruise ship, Viking Venus, at its yard in Ancona. Viking Venus will be the seventh oceangoing cruise ship for Viking since the debut of Viking Star in 2015. The ...

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[OnTheJourney]

Thanks Laura. If you've been around the Viking threads, you've undoubtedly noticed that this topic is of great interest to many, including myself, being that I'm scheduled to be on the inaugural sailing. The big question now is how long it'll take to finish her and whether that will be done in time for the 1/19 "chairman's" cruise. 

Edited June 14, 2020 by OnTheJourney