More than half a dozen cruise lines that market to North Americans are rolling out new oceangoing ships in 2018. Here, USA TODAY profiles one of the new offerings: Viking Cruises' Viking Orion. For ...

Viking Orion houses an extensive collection of books, appealing to interests in science, art, culture and exploration. The library in the Explorer's Lounge features touches of Nordic history and ...

Thinking about an ocean voyage with Viking Cruises? Our latest Cruise Ship Tour, in the carousel above, offers a deck-by-deck look at the line's newest ocean-going vessel, the 930-passenger Viking ...

Inside the glass-encased tea room, blond timber pillars branch into a forest-like canopy, a string duo plays pretty tunes and the nests of lounges and armchairs fill with passengers. One hour, ...

Viking Cruises already reached for the cosmos with its appropriately named first ocean ship-the Viking Star-and the line is at it again. Not only is the company now set to call its fifth seafaring ...

NEW YORK -- Viking Cruises said the fifth in its series of 930-passenger ocean ships will be named Viking Orion. The vessel is due in July 2018. The line had previously referred to the ship as the ...

Passengers onboard the Viking Orion cruise ship have had their holiday plans ground to a halt after potentially harmful growth was found on the hull of the luxury vessel. Despite being known for its ...

Tourists hoping to enjoy a holiday cruise have instead found themselves stranded off the coast of Australia due to a fungus outbreak on the ship. The Viking Orion, a lavish 14-deck, 930-person cruise ...

Passengers were left stranded on New Year's Eve due to marine growth that stopped ship from docking. The Viking Orion cruise ship was turned away from 4 ports and had to get its hull cleaned. One ...

In June 2018, Space reporter Samantha Mathewson sailed on the maiden voyage of Viking Orion, the newest ship in Viking's growing ocean fleet. The ship set sail on June 13 from Rome and traveled to ...