In her debut season Viking Star was awarded with the cruise industry’s highest honors, including being named Best New Ocean Ship and receiving a 5-star rating by the editors of Cruise Critic, receiving the highest rating in the mid-size ship category in Berlitz Cruising & Cruise Ships 2016, and being heralded by CNN as the “world’s best new cruise ship.” Viking River Cruises has listened to their loyal river cruise passengers who enjoy intimate vessels that exude understated elegance, and they developed Viking Ocean Cruises, a new line of small ocean ships. Viking Star, has 465 staterooms and suites - all with verandas. The ship accommodates a maximum of 930 passengers.
Desso has designed custom-made Axminster carpets for the lounges and other public areas of the ship as well as delivered the carpets for the cabins.
