Part of the fleet
Viking River Cruises
The scale player in river cruising — adults-only, culture-led and standardised across more than 80 near-identical Longships.
- Introduced
- 2009
- Gross tonnage
- ~2,700 GT
- Capacity
- 189 guests
Viking Legend and Viking Prestige predate the Longship and retain the older centre-corridor layout, with cabins on both sides and a single forward lounge rather than an Aquavit Terrace.
They are marginally smaller and shallower than a Longship, which keeps them useful on low-water Danube stretches and on itineraries with tighter lock dimensions.
Viking Prestige was the first river vessel to run on liquefied natural gas, an early experiment that has since been overtaken but which still makes her one of the cleanest hulls in the fleet.
Cabins are slightly smaller than the Longship equivalent and there are no Explorer Suites, so fares generally sit below the standardised fleet for the same itinerary.
Sister ships
Ships in the Viking Legend Class
2 sister ships share this class — near-identical layouts, cabins, and onboard venues across the Viking River Cruises fleet.
Also in Viking River Cruises
Other ship classes
Viking Longship Class
The standardised 190-guest platform repeated more than eighty times — the single most-produced river ship design in the world.
Viking Douro Class
Purpose-built Portuguese vessels sized to the Douro's locks — 106 guests, a plunge pool and a shaded sun deck.
Viking Exotics Class
The non-European vessels — Nile, Mekong and Mississippi ships built to local dimensions and regulations.
Cruise line