hey everybody its Bruce here with traveling with Bruce welcome to my
channel today I want to compare taking a cruise on celebrity versus taking a
cruise on Viking ocean cruises which way should you go both ships have lots in
common both cruise lines you are looking at excellent service either way
celebrity is at least a five-star line if not a five and a half star line where
Viking is definitely a six star cruise line first difference you'll notice
between the ships here is a celebrity ship this equinox is 1041 feet long and
121 feet wide whereas the Viking say the Viking star right here it's only 745
feet long and 95 feet wide so it's a 300 foot difference on the length of the
ship but here's the differential with our cruise on Celebrity you're looking
at twenty eight hundred and fifty passengers on a Viking cruise ship
you're looking at nine hundred and thirty passengers the other difference
you have twelve hundred fifty five crew members on board the equinox whereas you
have four hundred and sixty-five crew members on the Viking that means for the
Viking cruise for every two passengers you have a crew member you have to have
about two and a half passengers for a crew member of aunts on celebrity so not
as not as closest service here's a shot of celebrity swimming pool area during
the height of the day quite active quite busy a lot of folks there taking a look
at a shot of say the the Viking pool area it's a smaller pool area you don't
need to be able to handle five hundred people in this one pool area alone
you have several on the ship and you're gonna find that in Vikings case the ship
will seem much empty or to you in the case of Viking the spa is included in
your fare so you get to use all the amenities of the Viking ship without any
extra charges all your dining is included
the specialty Dining's included alcohol specialty coffee soft drinks at lunch
and dinner are included you don't pay extra for that sort of stuff
Wi-Fi is included on the celebrity ship the spa area you have to pay extra for
unless you're a member of the aqua class but if you booked an aqua class balcony
room you're gonna actually pay more money than going on a Viking ship which
is kind of surprising you do get access to this area here through the spa of
course and you can enjoy that but again remember this area here is built out for
probably four or five hundred people to use during the day and that'll be a lot
busier here's a shot of the inside of the Viking ship beautiful atrium here's
a gorgeous shot of the observation area it's designed for passengers to really
take it easy Viking does not allow children on board
either you have to be 18 and older to be on this ship whereas with celebrity you
can have kids on board and there will be a bunch of them here's a shot of the
main dining room on the equinox it's a two-story dining room probably able to
handle seven or eight hundred people per seating
we're on the Viking cruise ships you can have much smaller restaurants much more
intimate and you'll have outside views not all that uncommon whereas in the
celebi's case you're gonna have to have a room that can handle with a large
number of people and several seedings during the day library on on the equinox
quite nice very pretty very very relaxing the library on the Viking ship
however is larger it is quite common for folks to grab a book and then find a
note somewhere on the ship and relax it's a slower pace and it's an
older demographic yeah here's a shot right here of the equinox the glass
blowing demonstration that they have me to see all the kids they're adults there
it's great if you're gonna take kids if you want to take children on a nice
quality cruise nothing wrong with celebrity you can do that for sure but
if you want a quiet casual or an elegant quiet cruise you're gonna go with
Waikiki here's another shot of the Observation Lounge all the couches and
sofas comfortable chairs beautiful views pretty nice stuff here's another shot of
Viking the winter garden beautiful area here this is where you come in the
afternoon tea or coffee some scones or a piece of cake socialize with your fellow
adults you don't have to talk about what to do with the kids tonight because
there aren't any gear on celebrity this is the ship but these are the ships
famous for having grass on the top decks but the ship is not accessible to all
passengers in all areas like most cruise ships nowadays they are segregating
these ships and so certain passengers cannot get to certain parts of the ship
and that includes part of the grass area in the case of Viking you can go
anywhere you want on this cruise ship no matter what class of room you have so in
effect all 745 feet of the ship are accessible to you whereas on the
celebrity even though it's a thousand and forty feet long yet can't go in all
areas of the ship unless you're paying top dollar or the higher end Suites you
see an idea between the two here's another shot of the Eclipse you see how
big it is how many lifeboats there are beautiful way to go especially if you're
taking the children with you for a couple nothing wrong with celebrity but
on the Viking it's designed for intimate casual
got much quieter cruising no casinos no water slides no rock climbing walls that
type of thing biking is much quieter anyway there you go there's a brief idea
for you between the two you can take the Viking cruise for $3,000 a person in the
winter time of the Caribbean celebrity by the time you add it all up if you
want to use the same amenities you're gonna pay more surprisingly but it's a
beautiful line anyway thanks for joining me today it's Bruce with traveling the
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