The Honest Truth About Viking Cruises (No Kids, No Casinos, No Catch?)
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We started 28 years ago. We're going to be celebrating 29 years in August and we started out with river cruising and right now we're up to 82 or more.
No kids, no casinos. So just definitely a clear demographics of what we um that are coming on board.
People love those little things. The leather handrails, you know, it they just love it when they come on board and they can just relax.
Everything's included. Um except for if you want some extra short excursions, that's where you want to add your extra short excursions to make it more complete.
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