Windsor-Essex will play host to another cruise line in two years.
Viking Expeditions, a California-based travel company, specializing in cruise vacations on rivers, oceans, and to specific destinations, has announced it will begin a Great Lakes cruise line in January 2022.
The Niagara and the Great Lakes cruise will run eight days at a time, with a different port-of-call each day. With the journey beginning in Toronto and heading west on Lakes Ontario and Erie, vacationers will stop on day three at Point Pelee National Park. Day four will involve a day in Detroit.
"Viking's arrival to the Great Lakes will bring the newest and most modern vessels ever to explore this region of North America and will mark a major commitment to local tourism and economic development for the states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as the Canadian province of Ontario," read the media release.
The vessel on the Great Lakes line will be the Polar Class 6 Viking Octantis. The ship will have a capacity of 378 passengers in 189 staterooms.
"The ship will feature public spaces that are familiar to Viking's ocean cruise guests but that have been reimagined for expeditions, as well as new public spaces created specifically for expeditions," the media release continued. "Straight bows, longer hulls and state-of-the-art fin stabilizers will allow the ships to glide over the waves for the calmest possible journey."
The ship is currently under construction in Norway.
According to the Great Lakes Cruising Coalition's official website, several cruise lines operate on a portion of the Great Lakes now, based in Canada, the U.S. and Germany.
Booking for the Viking cruise is open now, with the first voyage scheduled for April 2022. Complete information is available on Viking Canada's official website.
