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Riding the crest of aWAVE
From expedition ships to small and mediumsized vessels to the big ocean liners, cruising is back, faster and more comprehensively than even we’d expected. In this 14page Cruising Guide, we look at how that has happened, what’s on offer and the new ships and itineraries, and we experience voyages from lowcost to luxury.
Signs of the comeback are right across the board, but there are standouts, like the interest in voyages to see the northern lights.
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I think the pick of those is Viking’s 13day voyage, In
Search of the Northern Lights from London to Bergen or vice versa, which has been on sale as part of Viking’s Explorer Sale from $6895 per person.
Guests are, of course, in Viking’s home waters, sailing far north during Norway’s winter to a land where dawn and twilight merge. And, as guests look for smaller ships and more intense experiences, Viking’s ocean vessels fit the bill, taking a maximum of just 930 guests, all in veranda staterooms.
At the bigger end of the scale, Royal Caribbean Group president and chief executive Jason Liberty says Royal
Caribbean ships are sailing at full capacity as 2023 begins.
Royal Caribbean Group expects more than 8 million guests in 2023.
The inaugural sailing of the new Icon of the Seas isn’t until January 2024, but Royal Caribbean president and chief executive Michael Bayley says: “We opened up Icon of the Seas for sale a few months ago, and that ship has literally been the bestselling product in the history of our business and has been absolutely outstanding in terms of the demand and the pricing that we’re generating for that product.”
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