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Viking Star Float Out

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<h1 class="post-title" style="line-height: 1em; border: 0px; font-size: 2.625em; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"><a data-cke-saved-href="http://cruisemiss.com/2014/06/24/viking-star-float-out/" href="http://cruisemiss.com/2014/06/24/viking-star-float-out/" rel="bookmark" style="line-height: 1em; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;">Viking Star Float&nbsp;Out</a></h1><div class="post-meta" style="border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);"><span class="meta-prep meta-prep-author posted" style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Posted on&nbsp;</span><a data-cke-saved-href="http://cruisemiss.com/2014/06/24/viking-star-float-out/" href="http://cruisemiss.com/2014/06/24/viking-star-float-out/" title="10:46 am" rel="bookmark" style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;">June 24, 2014</a><span class="byline" style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">&nbsp;by&nbsp;</span><span class="author vcard" style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="url fn n" data-cke-saved-href="http://cruisemiss.com/author/cruisemiss/" href="http://cruisemiss.com/author/cruisemiss/" title="View all posts by Danielle Fear" style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;">Danielle Fear</a></span>&nbsp;</div><div class="post-entry" style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><a data-cke-saved-href="https://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/vikingocean.png" href="https://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/vikingocean.png" style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-5597" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/vikingocean.png?w=1210&amp;h=844" src="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/vikingocean.png?w=1210&amp;h=844" alt="VikingOcean" originalw="605" width="605" height="422" originalh="421" src-orig="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/vikingocean.png?w=605&amp;h=421" scale="2" style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 5px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;"></a></p><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Viking Cruises inaugural Ocean ship, the 930-passenger&nbsp;<em style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Viking Star,</em>&nbsp;has touched water for the first time with her float out. The traditional ceremony, which marks the first new cruise line in nearly a decade, took place at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard outside Venice. With a total of three sister ships now under construction,&nbsp;<em style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Viking Star</em>, debuts in early 2015 with maiden voyages in Scandinavia and the Baltic; and the Western and Eastern Mediterranean – as well as two new itineraries for 2016 that visit the British Isles.</p><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Viking Cruises Chairman Torstein Hagen said at the ceremony, “Today is a proud day for our entire Viking family, as we are one step closer to launching a new era of ocean cruising.&nbsp;<em style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Viking Star’</em>s maiden seasonwas sold out before she even touched water, which just demonstrates how enthusiastic our guests are for destination-focused ocean cruises. It is this enthusiasm that has led us to place orders for two additional sister ships,&nbsp;<em style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Viking Sea&nbsp;</em>and&nbsp;<em style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Viking Sky</em>.”</p><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">According to Italian shipbuilding tradition, a float out ceremony is significant because it denotes a ship moving into its final stage of construction.&nbsp;<em style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Viking Star’</em>s float out began at 10.30a.m. local time, when a “madrina” – a woman of honor from the shipyard – cut a cord to allow water to begin flowing into the ship’s building dock. Following a two-day process that set&nbsp;<em style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Viking Star</em>afloat, she will now be moved to a nearby outfitting dock for final construction and interior build-out.</p><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><em style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Viking Star</em>&nbsp;was borne of Viking’s move to redefine the Ocean Cruise experience by leveraging extensive feedback and input from passengers, with experienced travellers in mind. Itineraries are designed for maximum time in port, often with late evenings or overnights allowing guests to experience the local culture.</p><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Info courtesy of Viking Cruises</p></div>
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