LOS ANGELES, CA - Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Viking Ocean Cruises i kēia lā i kāna moku mua, ʻo Viking Star, ua hoʻomaka i kāna huakaʻi mua mai Istanbul a Venice, no laila e hoʻomaka ana i ka laina holo moana hou mua loa o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi i loko o kahi makahiki. Mai Venice mai, e hele ana ʻo Viking Star i ke Kaiwaenahonua a i loko o ka ʻAkelanika ma kona ala e bapetizo ʻia ai ma Bergen, Norewai i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale ma ka lā 17 Mei - ka lā Kumukānāwai Norewai. Hoʻokumu ʻia mai ka honua aʻe e hoʻihoʻi i ka manaʻo o ka holo ʻana i kahi e hele ai, ʻelua mau moku kaikuahine ʻē aʻe ʻo Viking Ocean Cruises ma ke kauoha - Viking Sky a me Viking Sea - ʻo ia mau mea a pau e holo i nā huakaʻi ma Scandinavia a me ka Baltic; a me ke Kaiwaenahonua Komohana a me Hikina.

"Ua manaʻo mau mākou ʻo ka holo ʻana e pili ana i ka hoʻopili ʻana iā ʻoe i kāu huakaʻi - ʻaʻole lawe wale iā ʻoe i nā wahi ma ka palapala ʻāina. ʻO ko mākou manaʻo i ka heihei e kūkulu i nā moku nui aʻe, ua nalowale nā laina holo moku he nui i nā wahi a lākou e holo ai, "wahi a Torstein Hagen, ka luna hoʻomalu o Viking Cruises. “Me kā mākou mau moku holo moana hou, ua hana mākou i ʻano moku hou i ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka nui a me ka naʻauao i ka hoʻolālā ʻana, e hāʻawi ana i kahi mea ʻē aʻe i nā mega liners o kēia mau lā. Me kā mākou huakaʻi hele a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka moku, ua hoʻolilo mākou i ka huakaʻi i kumu maoli o kā mākou mau holo moana hou.

He moku i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka holo ʻana i ka huakaʻi

Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e Cruise Critic ma ke ʻano he "moku liʻiliʻi," he 47,800 tons ko Viking Star a hoʻokipa i 930 mau kaʻa ma 465 staterooms - kēlā me kēia me kona veranda ponoʻī. Hana ʻia ma kahi pālākiō e hiki ai ke komo pololei i ka hapa nui o nā awa, loaʻa i nā malihini ka maʻalahi a me ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana, e ʻae iā lākou i ka manawa e hoʻolimalima i kēlā me kēia wahi.

Hoʻopiha piha ʻia me ka hoʻonaninani Scandinavian hou, ua hoʻolālā ʻia ʻo Viking Star e nā mea kālai moana a me nā mea ʻenekinia akamai, me ka hui hoʻolālā kūloko hoʻokahi kuleana no ka ʻauwaʻa lanakila o Viking Longships®. Ma ka moku holoʻokoʻa, ua hoʻohui ʻia nā kikoʻī e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻoilina Nordic a kōkua i nā malihini e hoʻoinu iā lākou iho i nā wahi āpau. ʻO kahi wai puna aniani i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao hope e hāʻawi i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻike ʻole; Hāʻawi nā wahi i loko-waho i nā koho ʻē aʻe no ka ʻaina al fresco ma mua o nā moku ʻē aʻe o kāna papa; ʻO nā puka makani nui a me nā kukui uila e hoʻopili i nā laina ma waena a me waho; a me kahi papa hoʻopuʻi hele a puni i ke au kahiko o nā laina moana maʻamau.

Ma luna o ka Viking Star, nā laina maʻemaʻe, nā lole i ulana ʻia a me nā lāʻau māmā e hoʻāla i ka ʻuhane Viking o ka ʻike a me ka pilina i ke ao kūlohelohe. ʻO kahi hōʻiliʻili maikaʻi o nā hana hana Scandinavian e hoʻonani i nā paia o nā hale ʻaina a me nā wahi ākea. I loko o ka lumi hoʻokipa ʻelua ʻo Explorers ma ka ihu o ka moku, ua hoʻoulu ʻia ka mea hoʻonaninani e nā ala kalepa Viking kahiko a me nā ʻano hoʻokele - hoʻohui ʻia nā kiʻi kiʻi o nā hōkū hōkū a me nā palapala ʻāina astronomical e nā poʻi honua kahiko, astrolabes a me nā sofa me nā pelt ʻoluʻolu. I loko o ka Spa, ka holistic wellness philosophy o Scandinavia i loko o ka manao - mai ka Nordic hoʻomana o ka hydrotherapy loko a me ka mua Snow Room ma ke kai, i nā mea i hoʻouluʻia e Scandinavian 'ano: Kuekene limestone a me ka eleele papa; nā kikoʻī lāʻau juniper a me teak; aniani opaque i hana hou ia; a me ka hao hao. Ma ka Wintergarden, hohola nā "lāʻau" blonde i ko lākou mau lālā a hiki i ke kau aniani, e hana ana i ka uhi lattice ma luna o kahi ākea kahi e leʻaleʻa ai nā malihini i ka lawelawe kīʻaha ahiahi. A i loko o ka Viking Living Room, ua hoʻoulu ʻia kahi māla geometric e ka lichen hihiu o Finse Mountain Plateau o Norewai.

Hoʻonui i ka hopena

Ke hoʻohana nei i nā manaʻo nui a me nā manaʻo mai nā poʻe holo moku Viking River Cruises, ua hoʻomohala ʻia ʻo Viking Ocean Cruises me ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻike. Hoʻolālā ʻia nā itineraries no ka manawa kiʻekiʻe ma ke awa, pinepine me nā ahiahi ahiahi a i ʻole nā pō, no laila hiki i nā malihini ke ʻike i ka moʻomeheu kūloko i ka pō a i ʻole nā hana ahiahi. Loaʻa i nā awa nā kūlanakauhale kosmopolitan a me "nā awa hōʻiliʻili," e ʻoluʻolu i ka poʻe hoihoi i ka mōʻaukala, nā kiʻi, nā mele, a me nā meaʻai.

ʻOiai ma luna o ka moku, e hauʻoli nā malihini i nā kamaʻilio ʻike mai ka poʻe loea kūloko a me nā kumu aʻo i koho pono ʻia ma The Theatre. ʻO nā koho ʻai ma luna o ka Viking Star e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka meaʻai ma ke ʻano he moʻomeheu moʻomeheu - hōʻike ka World Café i ka meaʻai honua me ka kuke ola a me nā kīhini hāmama; ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona ʻo Mamsen i ka ʻano kaila deli no Norwegian, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka makuahine o Hagen, ʻo Ragnhild, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Mamsen;" a ʻo ka hale ʻaina ʻItalia ʻo Manfredi e pili ana i ka meaʻai Tuscan a me Roma. I loko o ka Pākaukau ʻĀpana, hāʻawi ka ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe i nā papa kuke e hōʻike ana i kahi ākea o nā kīʻaha hoʻoulu ʻāina a me nā ʻenehana kuke; i ka pō e hoʻololi ʻia i kahi ʻike pāʻina pāʻina me nā hoa kipa a me nā chef mahalo nui o Viking.
ʻOiai ʻo kēlā me kēia huakaʻi holo moku e loaʻa kahi huakaʻi alakaʻi i kēlā me kēia awa, ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka papahana huakaʻi koho a Viking e hoʻolako i nā malihini i nā ʻike hoʻomaikaʻi i ke komo ʻana i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona i hōʻike ʻia:

• Ke kipa pilikino iā Hagia Sophia ma ka pō, Istanbul, Turkey - Ma kēia huakaʻi kūikawā, kipa nā malihini i ka Hagia Sophia nani no kahi huakaʻi pilikino me ka ʻole o ka lehulehu. Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana i ka moku me kahi alakaʻi, hauʻoli nā malihini i ka holo ma luna o ke alahaka ʻo Galata i loko o ka puʻuwai o Old Istanbul e hele i nā hale laʻa o Hagia Sophia a nānā i kāna mau waiwai waiwai ʻole. Ma hope o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana, hauʻoli ka poʻe malihini i nā mea ʻoluʻolu ma ka pā o ka Ayasofya Hürrem Sultan Hamami, kahi hale ʻauʻau Turkish nani.

• Ke kuke ʻana me kahi Countess, Venice, Italia - Hoʻokipa ʻo Countessa Lelia Passi i nā malihini Viking i kona home, aia i loko o kona ʻohana no nā haneli mau makahiki. I loko o nā wahi nani o kēia hale aliʻi nani, ua haʻi aku ka countess a me kāna mau kumu aʻo me nā malihini i nā mea huna o ka kuke ʻItalia.

• Sail & Swim the French Riviera, Toulon, France - Loaʻa i nā malihini ka manawa e hoʻāʻo ai i ko lākou lima i ka holo ʻana i kahi waʻa maikaʻi ma ke Kai o Toulon. I ka ʻae ʻana i ka wā, e hele ana ka moku moku ma kekahi o nā lua liʻiliʻi, kahi e hoʻomaha ai nā malihini me ka inu a i ʻole ka ʻai ʻana, a i ʻole ka ʻauʻau ʻana i nā wai mahana o ke Kaiwaenahonua.

• A Normandy Countryside Cheese & Brandy Tasting – Ma ke kauhale o Pont L'Évêque, e ʻono i kahi ʻaina awakea Noremana kūikawā ma waena o nā pahu Calvados o ka hale ʻaina Les Tonneaux du Père Magloire. Ma hope o kāu ʻai ʻana, e kipa aku ʻoe i nā hale waihona puke e aʻo i ka hoʻololi ʻia ʻana o nā ʻāpala i "eau de vie," ka wai o ke ola—ka brandy punahele a Normandy.

• Kayak a Fjord - Loaʻa i nā malihini ka manawa e hoe ai i waena o nā fjord ikaika o Norewai, ma kahi huakaʻi ikaika a hoihoi.

• Ma ka Home ma Haugesund, Haugesund, Norewai - E kipa i kahi hale kuʻuna no ke kī. ʻO kou poʻe hoʻokipa, he mea hoʻolālā kīhāpai kūloko a me ka mea kākau kiʻi, hoʻokipa iā ʻoe i loko o ko lākou hale lāʻau i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka makahiki 1884. E kipa ʻoe a hauʻoli i ke kī i hoʻomoʻa ʻia mai nā mea kanu o kā lākou māla.