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The line is celebrating a quarter of a century of cruising the way all birthdays should be celebrated: with 11 new ships and a trip to Australia.

The cruise line recruited a famous British journo to be the ship’s godmother, which means she got to wield a cool-looking axe and smash a bottle. Jealous.

Víking er kontinuing til pause sinn kruise operations. Or, for those who don’t speak Old Norse, Viking is continuing to pause its cruise operations.

The cruise line has doubled down on its commitment to cruising in Egypt with the promise of a third purpose-built ship.

Need a little pick-me-up after returning to work? Viking has two pieces of bloody brilliant news to share with you.

Viking staff are busy shining their shoes and ironing their uniforms upon learning that a former Navy officer is now among the cruise line’s ranks.

Looking to impress your friends and colleagues with some very specific cruise ship facts? Viking’s new-look marketing centre will help you do just that.

No, your eyes are not deceiving you – we’ve published our Wednesday Cruise Wrap on a Thursday this week! And, as you can imagine, it has led to complete and total anarchy in the Travel Weekly office.

This week’s Cruise Wrap is so hefty, we reckon that if each letter weighed a tonne, it would equate to a 4,000-pax ship. However, we’re not mathematicians and we also haven’t made any effort to count each individual letter.

This week’s Cruise Wrap is brought to you by three shots of espresso, half a pack to Tim Tams and plenty of cuddles with the office dog.

Travel Weekly is tickled pink to present you with this week’s Cruise Wrap, and that’s not only because it was the last thing standing between us and lunch.