Home Away From Home

 Welcome to our home away from home - the Viking Ocean Ships - The Star, The Sun, The Sky, The Orion and now the Jupiter.

With a few minor variations, all the Viking ocean-going ships are identical.  This model shows a typical ship.

I'll start our tour in our cabin.  We have chosen the same class of cabin for the last few trips, so if some of the pictures look backward, they are from different years. Our cabin has two "rooms" divided by a curtain, which we leave open most of the time.

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The closet is across from the bathroom.                                                                         

Now, let's walk down the hall to the elevator.  The center panel shows announcements

We could have chosen to walk.  Then we would see all the scenes from the Bayeux tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest. 

When we get to the second deck, we can look up the Grand staircase to see the everchanging picture on

the landing or just notice the 3 deck high open atrium.   First deck has specialty restaurants, a bar, lots of comfortable seating and the Explorer's desk, where we go to get any questions answered.  There are also 4 computers and a printer located under the stairway for guests to use.

Deck 7 has the World Cafe, the Pool Grill, the swimming pool and sun deck with a closable roof and the Winter Garden.   At the front of the ship is the Explorer's Lounge and Mamsen's Cafe.

At the rear of the ship you have a view down to the outdoor dining area, hot tub and infinity pool.

Going  up either of the open stairways you arrive at the upper level, Deck 8, with the entrance to the planetarium, also called the Explorer's Dome, with more seating, books and artifacts related to exploration. From these two decks you look out over the front of the ship to see where we are headed.  It is a great place to be when we arrive at a port.

Deck 9 is where you find the outdoor activities - putting green, ping-pong and shuffleboard.

  

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Going back down to deck 1 toward the back of the ship you find the  spa, beauty salon, fitness center, hot tub, ice room, dressing rooms and saunas. There is also a pool with a current so you can swim without ever going forward!  Deck 2 has the Theater, ship's store for mementoes and necessities as well as a jewelry store.

Deck A, the deck below deck 1, has crew quarters and the Medical Center.