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Viking Ocean Cruises: 14 ships, 1,944 departures, 567 routes, and no guest under eighteen

As with its river sister, Viking accepts nobody under eighteen, and there is no casino, no children's club and no art auction aboard. It is the first thing to check if you travel as a family.

What we carry, measured

Fourteen ships in our inventory, 1,944 departures across 701 dates and 567 routes, from 29 June 2026 to 30 October 2029. The ratio matters: five hundred and sixty-seven routes for fourteen ships is a fleet that goes to many different places, the opposite of the river side where one hundred and two routes cover seventy boats. Two of the fourteen carry no departure with us at the moment.

The size, and the word not to believe

The first hulls carry about 930 guests, the later ones 998. You often read that these are small ships: this is the small end of the large ships, not a small ship. A genuinely small ship carries one or two hundred people. Nine hundred is a middle format, with what that implies about which berths are open to it and which are not.

Two expedition ships in the same fleet

Viking Octantis and Viking Polaris are the house's two expedition ships, in service from January 2022, and with us they sit in this fleet. They carry 205 and 204 departures, nearly as many as Viking Jupiter with 206. They are not the same voyages, though: ice, landings by inflatable, hours set by the weather.

What the line says is included

One shore excursion per port, Wi-Fi, beer, wine and soft drinks at lunch and dinner, access to the thermal area, the specialty restaurants, self-service laundry and room service around the clock. We report what the line announces; we have not checked it departure by departure.

Elsewhere at Viking

Viking Neptune is one of the busiest ships in the sea fleet. And Viking River Cruises is the other half of the house, with seventy boats and a calendar reaching into 2030. The company has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 1 May 2024, under the symbol VIK.

Frequently Asked Questions

Fourteen ships in our inventory and 1,944 departures, across 701 dates and 567 routes, from 29 June 2026 to 30 October 2029.
No, two of the fourteen carry none on our calendar at the moment. That is our inventory, not the line's.
Not in the usual sense. The first hulls carry about 930 guests, the later ones 998. This is the small end of the large ships. A genuinely small ship carries one or two hundred people.
Yes, two: Viking Octantis and Viking Polaris, in service from January 2022. They carry 205 and 204 departures with us. They are not the same voyages as the rest of the fleet: ice, landings by inflatable, hours set by the weather.
Five hundred and sixty-seven routes for fourteen ships: this is a fleet that goes to many different places and repeats little. The exact opposite of the same house's river side, where one hundred and two routes cover seventy boats.
Viking Jupiter, with 206 departures, closely followed by the two expedition ships.
By ground and by rhythm. The river strings towns together hours apart; the sea imposes days of sailing. The rules aboard are the same, though: eighteen and over, no casino.
No. Viking accepts nobody under eighteen, on the rivers as at sea. There is no casino, no children's club and no art auction aboard. It is a house decision, not a ship rule: it has no exceptions.
The line announces one shore excursion per port, Wi-Fi, beer, wine and soft drinks at lunch and dinner, access to the thermal area, the specialty restaurants, self-service laundry and room service around the clock. We report what it announces; we have not checked it departure by departure. Ask your advisor for the written list before booking.
Founded in 1997 by Torstein Hagen, in Saint Petersburg. Operating head office in Basel, commercial head office in Los Angeles. River is the original trade, ocean came in 2015 with Viking Star, and expedition in January 2022 with Viking Octantis.
Yes. Viking has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 1 May 2024, under the symbol VIK. In practice that means its results are public and checkable: it is a fact about solidity, not a selling point.
No, and that matters. Everything given here — number of boats, number of departures, dates, routes — comes from OUR inventory, measured on 31 August. The line operates more boats than we carry. A zero with us is not a zero with them.
Service is in English on most departures. If French matters to you, say so to your advisor before booking: it is checked departure by departure, not line by line.
Families with children, without exception, since the eighteen-and-over rule allows no arrangement. And anyone looking for the animation of a big ship: no casino, no large-scale show, a deliberately quiet vessel. That is the product, not a shortfall.
Your agency, and it alone. Voyages AquaTerra operates under a licence from Quebec's Office de la protection du consommateur, your payments pass through a trust account, and the compensation fund for travel agency clients covers your departure. That holds whichever line you choose.