The Most Stylish Cruise Ships EVER? Viking Ocean Ship Tour (relevant to every ship!) 

My wife and I are some of Viking’s biggest fans. We have cruised on lower and higher priced lines, and still feel Viking is by far the best for what we want on a ship.

Thank you for watching! This is the first of a series on our fabulous voyage on board Viking Venus. Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE for more beautiful content!

Viking is our "Go-To" line. My wife and I have been on 39 cruises, on several different lines, but Viking is by far the best of them all. Our last 5 cruises have been on Viking and we are booked for a 3 week cruise in March of 2022. All of their blue water ships are built according to the same plans/lay-out so it is easy to find your way around the moment you board the ship. The staff and crew are equally as stellar as the ship. You can't go wrong with Viking. Happy and safe sailing.

Incredibly beautiful offering to help me daydream my future Viking Ocean Voyage into reality. With my whole heart, I thank you 💝

We are sailing on the Venus come 2023 and are so looking forward to spending 15 days in this gorgeous ship. Thanks so much for your tour!

OMG that spa! I'd be in that spa every single day outside of meal times.

This is a beautiful video. I'm currently sailing on a back-to-back Bermuda cruise aboard Viking Orion. The ship design & decor are definitely future classic. Although the look is slick & modern, the feel is warm & welcoming. The service from the crew & dining experiences are the best I've had in 30 plus years of cruising. My favorite spaces are The Restaurant & The Living Room.

just recently discovered your channel and really love shooting style you use & the lighthearted nature in the videos I've watched so far. i must say that you're slowly converting us over to going on a nice cruise for our honeymoon, rather than flying somewhere. keep up the great work! cheers from Texas.

⚘ Love your sense of humor and these calm, beautifully edited videos with exquisitely perfect music choices. Binge-watching now. Im planning a river cruise as a solo traveler and you've hands-down convinced me that Viking is my 1st Choice. Thank you.

This line is top of our bucket list. Lovely detailed video showing some things I'd not seen on any of the other reviews of Venus. Excellent.

Great video, well done. What a magnificent ship! Looking forward to more.

I really enjoyed this this morning. Unlike other videos, putting the background music very low in the background indeed- really did fit what I expect for a Viking environment. I use quite a bit of music in my own productions- this is definitely a brand that warrants the right selections. I think you nailed it. I can’t wait for your cabin tour, and as you mentioned, Vlog series (showing the ship in use, that’s what really interests me). “Flavored with strong navigational things”- especially the nighttime “star chart“ makeover- Holly may have her Wintergarden but I know she can find me here. Just perfect for a proper Sailor☺️ (including the bar, of course 😁) Really well done overall.

Hoping you won’t think me too odd, but we are decidedly not “cruise people”. But I watch your videos right away when they publish because they are so lovely. And we are strongly considering Viking for Galapagos and Norway because of your videos. They seem sensible and small enough that we won’t feel overwhelmed.

I love everything about Viking, my favorite line thus far. They just do everything right. I see you made it to Liverpool, we did that a few years ago on a British Isles cruise. We were supposed to be on the Venus in July in the Baltic until they cancelled it to make room for you two and Gary and Ben & David. So heartbreaking. 🤣😎😍. We love Manfredi's and usually eat there most every night. My favorite spot on the ship is the upper deck of the Explorer's Lounge, I go there every night and relax and have an amaretto or two. Second favorite spot is the Wintergarden and the afternoon tea. Great video as always, thanks for sharing.

I am so excited as my husband and I are booked for a cruise on this ship in June! We’ve done river cruise with Viking and loved it and now I am already in love just watching this video! I’m sure we will be hooked on Viking cruises in the future!

Checking out Viking April "26 L.A. to Vancouver Canada. Looks like we have a gorgeous cruise ship taking us on that trip.

Beautiful video and narration!! Classy! Expertly done. 👍

I’m going on my first cruise ever for 5 weeks to Alaska and Asia on Viking’s Orion leaving in September. Traveling solo. 😮 This looks so beautiful; lovely pace and editing with your videos as well. Love your channel. Thank you and bon voyage. 🍾

What a wonderful video! Thank you for sharing with us!

This ship looks wonderful - Hopefully get the chance one day to experience it myself, thank you once again for a lovely tour, looking forward to the Vlogs.

🤿I like this Ship...its classy not cluttered...Thank you for the tour...The artifacts are a wonderful idea and the constellation☺

Beautiful vessel, sailed the same ship from Venice to Rome…best vacation of my life. Had a Jr Penthouse suite on the 7th level! Take me back!

Guys! It was amazing to meet you onboard!! I'm so sorry we couldn't hang out more, but come back soon!!

Between you and Ben & David we're itching to get on a Viking Ocean cruise. Just need for them to do something that matches our schedules. Thanks for the great ship's tour. David

You will pleased to know your video got me booking a Venus cruise today ..... Sail in 16 days. 5 cruises in one summer!!! OMG! lol

Great video guys. Wonderful to see cruising return. I've said it before but you always pick amazing music to go along with the video.

Stunning, simply stunning. Yes a Viking voyage has to happen.

What a great presentation you do! We have done a Viking river cruise on a Long Ship - excellent. Now we want to book an ocean cruise with them

My wife and I have booked a cruise to Hawaii to celebrate our 50th anniversary. We met on Maui in 1974. Most of the cruises we have taken in the past have been somewhat disappointing so we decided never again. But Viking seems like an upscale experience so we are looking forward to our trip next year.

Absolutely amazing! A stylish video to accompany a stylish ship..... Thanks for taking the time . Definitely want to sail on this ship ..!

God, I love you! You are as fantastic as this ship! You make me laugh in every single one of your videos! I have never sailed on Viking but I'm definitely going to at some point soon.

Wow EVERYONE is on the Venus right now. Gary, Ben and David, AND you guys

Wow, what a very classy and elegant cruise ship, I am working in another cruise ship, and I hope one day I can work with Viking, and you reviewed this ship very well with great capture Sir 😇

Thank you for your videos. They are not only informative, but they also relax me.

Can't wait until it's Goodbye Covid, Hello Venus! Great review guys, you've definitely got me hooked.

Love your voice! So relaxing!

Ok so I admit it … its absolutely gorgeous … simple understated elegance. Not one corner of garishness. Yes, I’m a Swedish-American 🇸🇪. Yes I’m biased (my home decor is simple understated and calming) so hats off to my Norwegian Brothers for well executed design! As I was watching Rich, I was thinking … now if Rich was a prankster, given his mistaken Scandinavian looks, he could “borrow” an Officers dress uniform and probably get away with the prank. 😂😂😂. Ok Helen. Right. Don’t give him any ideas. 🙄. I could easily sign up for a 2-3 week respite aboard Viking. Looking forward to your continuing presentations 👍🏻

I love clean electronic lines 😍

Very helpful! Thanks.

Did a Viking cruise in 2018, the ship was wonderful. We had an Explorer Suite, which was one of the best cabins I have been in. The bathroom was without doubt, the best I have ever had. So many aspects of the ship were great, the infinity pool and the whole deck around it was fantastic. Strangely, as I read through comments here complementing the line and the journeys others have had, I felt there was just something lacking on our cruise. The crew just didn't quite cut it compared to other lines. Perhaps, as it was a very new ship and crew they hadn't come to grips with their job or the ship but it made us reluctant to sail with them again. So, ship, one of the best, cruise, not as good.

Wow! What a stunningly beautiful ship. This video so makes me want to cruise on her. Brilliant video yet again Rich. Can't wait to see your dining guide.

We are so excited for our upcoming cruise in January on the Viking Star! Two weeks on such a beautiful ship and checking off one of our bucket list items - the Panama Canal. Thank you for such great cinematography and lovely description of your experience. Well done!

You are right drinks served in horns would have been cool.

Loverly video! As a solo traveller I think it may be out of my price range for now, but if you have seen a massive surge in viewings for your wonderful Sky Princess videos in the last months, that will be me. I'm on her in 12 weeks and when I need my fix it's your videos I turn to, they are just brilliant. Many thanks

What a gorgeous ship! I definitely would like to experience Viking One of these days soon!

Congratulations on your fantastic vlog on Viking cruises, very relaxing and informative. We are booked on Viking Orion for Xmas New year cruise from Auckland to Sydney on 22nd December and look forward to experiencing the ambience on board.

Simply Beautiful!! Homey and inviting with elegance and sophistication. Lovely (socially required adjective) fiancée and I already have a Viking River Cruise on our Bucket List, but this ship is MUST to be on before I die, get thrown in the ground, and gobbled up by various vermin and varmints. Imagine, feasting on waffles and lutefisk! Not to mention al fresco lutefisk beside the infinity pool! Mmmmmm! Good eats! Thank you for yet another masterful presentation.

We couldn’t find the video regarding Viking room types. Was there a link? Thanks

My parents were big fans of Viking. My mother passed away recently. She was excited to leave us a big credit on Viking as part of her wishes before her passing. Excited to relive her passion for travel and cruising with Viking, we spend months dreaming and planning around several itineraries. We later find out that Viking will not honor the transfer or refund the cash that she paid because she accepted a 25% voucher for a trip that Viking had canceled previously because of COVID. Rather than receive a refund, she was excited to look forward to more travels in the future and wait to book a future trip, but too late due to ailing health. After months of having their reservation specialists look into this, and because of the fine print in the acceptance of this voucher, they cannot honor a transfer to another name under any circumstance. This was a shocking blow to our family and not indicative of the experience she has had in the past. A week before her passing, and I don't remember the context of the conversation, but I overheard her say several times, "you don't worry at all, Viking will take good care of you!"

Brilliant just brilliant. Sadly our Viking Venus cruise from Portsmouth to Malta on 3 July has been cancelled so I'm crying into my coffee as I watch and remember how fab every aspect of this ship is 😍 . I will be crying even more when I watch your restaurant video as we have been dieting for the last 11 days since disembarking Venus, in readiness to sample all the amazing food (and cocktails) again 😂🤣 Oh and I see we had a starring role in the video 🤗🤗

Hi Rich and Helen. I was thinking the Viking ships are Azamazing !! see what I did there? I love these ships. One day will see them ourselves. They are a destination unto themselves, just like Azamara. Loved the video today. Hope all is well across the pond.

Looks absolutely fabulous great review 👌, Hope you do another road trip series at some point the NC500 content was superb .

After four mentions, how could I not go to check out the dining guide now haha

Love listening to your You Tube videos. Better than the other English guy. You know the tips guy. Keep it up! Very nice.

2 questions to Rich & Helen: 1- Did you pay for the cruise you show or was it a gratuity from Viking Cruises? 2- Is the video part filmed by you or "provided" by Viking Cruises?

Penny lane - Liverpool I’m thinking. Great tour!

Liverpool, thx

Forgot to add silversea & crystal my favourite chose of line !!! Still old school cruising... Luv it ...

Great video, you didn't mention the 'adult only' clientele, nor the heated floor bathrooms, and best of all "no gratuities", very civilised !

I don't think you mention the "no extras" on European booked cruises, no gratuities, no wifi 'extra' etc. Excellent transfers and assistance on shore tours. No formal dining, its all so relaxing !

Excellent vlog, thank you. Looks understated excellence and will be looking more carefully at their 2023 Australian to Bali itinerary!

Beautifully filmed

Brilliant Video. Thank you

Gorgeous

Great vid, thanks!

I’m booked 2023. Norway 🤞🤞🤞🤞

Looking forward to my VWU fix. Thank you for another great video.

Oof so expensive! I'm not refined enough to truly appreciate it I think 😄. A cruise half the price would probably be perfect for me and I'd get to go on it twice. It's great that this level of opulence exists though and that there are folk out there that capture it so beautifully for the rest of us.

Thanks for sharing. Lovely video. 謝謝！👍🌹

I think I could live full time on that ship :)

What a fantastic vessel😍

Enjoyed your video very much but a little sad at the same time. Our British Isles cruise on Venus was cancelled this past April. Have since booked West Indies Explorer for Feb ‘22 on the Sea. Did Alaska on Orion in 2019, spectacular! We are forever spoiled for any other cruise line. Now to go find your dining guide…..

Great video - Looking forward to our first Viking cruise on the Jupiter in Aug 2022.

so glad!!!

Yes fabulous video yet again... Wish I could experience as many ships as you do!!! It must cost you a fortune 😉... It's lovely ( I know the Viking owner is a friend of Manfred ( silversea ) but it's got a few gimick venues ... which I'm not that interested in... That's just me ... Happy cruising 🚢🍾👙👔😎

Wow this ship is beautiful

You did it again! Magnificent! May I ask how do I find your vlog/blog?

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Hope they didn't include that weird Manfedi picture that is now on all the SS fleet. So gutted I missed out on the Viking seacations.... Definitely would have hit the spot. Great video as usual. 👍

Very classy !

Wow!👌🏻👌🏻😍😍

Looks far better than Canada Queen Victoria, which had been on my bucket list and was left feeling SO disappointed. Unfortunately, I'm a solo traveller and Viking is way out of my price range 😕

I had to rebook a Viking cruise due to difficulty in the wait time to get a renewed passport. I was told I could use the voucher for a future cruise which I booked for 20 days later. Viking took too long to generate the voucher so that it went past the full payment due date for the new cruise. Earlier I asked why the voucher had not been applied to my second booking, all I was told that it hadn't posted yet. Today we got the email saying our cruise booking was cancelled and we could rebook at full price or use the voucher on another cruise! After much time on the phone and the forwarding of many emails to them about the issue, my cruise booking doesn't show up and is "under review". Has this happened to anyone else?

Everything’s “…the best we’ve ever seen…” 😂😂

Lovely stylish video to go with the Viking Venus …. I would like to know if you regard Viking as “better value” (or cheaper) as compared to say MSC??

Thanks so much. I love the look of their ships, was the $15 per day for upgrade drink package on top of another drink package price that you paid, or just to give you unlimited drinks, on top of the included wine and beer with lunch and dinner. ?

We are considering getting back into cruising after Covid kept us away, and really still gun-shy of bigger ships. It seems you two have found a safe environment with Viking. Would you say they have the best safety protocol with Covid?

Where is the dining guide? I tried looking for it but couldn’t see it

Please provide a link to your viking cruise dining guide.

Please post links to the guides you reference in your video.

Where can I find the Viking Dining Guide?

Was there a formal night or is that not a Viking thing,?

I've never seen glasses and plates upside down on any ships or in restaurants.

Don’t mind me just 😭🤣

This is what just any other cruise ship should have been!... Surely; if all the cruise ships were what those Viking cruise ships are, most of us, like me, would be out of this wonderful thing that cruising is for sure, because those ships aren't generally affordable, despite some nice deals here or there... But what saddens me is that there's no one on the whole industry at least trying to offer such at least such a mid priced, classical experience cruising for everyone anymore, except perhaps for Princess... Celebrity is going out of this world expensive, while being another mainstream at the same time, and the others are either top luxury even more expensive than Viking or base line mainstream focusing mostly in amusement parks at sea!... Hope that in say, 10 years from now, when those ships will be out of standard to the Viking product, they can pick these ships and bring along such a "Viking Lite" so that some more can afford that wonderful wonder that is classical cruising!... Many thanks to the wonderful video!...

OMG ..get me a brochure.. Thanks

0:39 is that Erna Solberg down there?

Where can I find Your vlog?

yep - this looked and sounded like a really objective review (ahum) - how many guesses do we get on what they gave you to put this up here ?

Are you in Liverpool, England