Viking’s new purpose-built Viking Octantis kicks off its inaugural season within the Nice Lakes area.
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The Nice Lakes won’t be high of thoughts for many cruisers, however that could possibly be altering because of the launch of Viking’s newest expedition ship which formally kicked off their inaugural season right this moment.
Designed particularly to sail The Nice Lakes area, the 378-passenger expedition ship Viking Octantis simply accomplished her roundtrip voyage by means of the Welland Canal—a key part of the St. Lawrence Seaway connecting Lake Ontario and Lake Erie—making it the most important passenger vessel ever to transit the canal, the cruise strains mentioned in a press release Thursday.
“Our expedition ships have been designed with the Nice Lakes in thoughts,’ Chairman of Viking Torstein Hagen mentioned. “This area has been traditionally underserved by cruise strains, and we’re delighted by the nice and cozy and enthusiastic reception we have now obtained from the native communities.”
Viking Octanis will stay within the Nice Lakes till early October 2022, crusing a wide range of itineraries between Toronto and Duluth. A second expedition vessel, Viking Polaris, is slated to her make her Nice Lakes debut later this 12 months earlier than becoming a member of Octantis for the 2023 season. Constructed for expeditions crusing, each Polar Class ships can maintain a complete of 378 passengers in 189 staterooms.
Amongst just a few of the ship’s highlights are an outside lounge space simply above sea degree with recessed, heated seating and lava rock “firepits,” a Science Lab, Nordic Spa that includes a heated indoor pool and wood-sided sizzling tub open to the skin, and a Nordic Balcony in each stateroom.
Throughout Viking’s inaugural 2022 season, the cruise line shall be working 4 new itineraries within the Nice Lakes together with:
In 2023, Viking will even be including a brand new 15-day voyage known as the Great Lakes Collection crusing from Toronto to Duluth.
“With our first season now underway, we’re happy with the robust demand amongst our visitors and look ahead to introducing much more curious vacationers to those implausible locations in 2023,” Torstein mentioned.
