This ship is one of the original Longships that set sail in 2012 as part of Viking River Cruises' massive fleet-development program. The company named the Longship class after the Vikings' models of technical perfection: The original rapierlike longships were so cutting-edge that modern scholars doubted the accounts of them until the 1997 discovery of the Roskilde Longship. The company's version is an updated design for the 21st century.
Each of Viking's Longships is 443 ft long, features 95 ...