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Donald Johnson
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posted 02-08-2018 05:40 AM      Profile for Donald Johnson   Email Donald Johnson   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Has anyone here ever sailed on board the MS Sun Viking? It is the last remaining ship of the original RCL when the company started. Her running mates are now scrapped. She's the only ship that was never given a mid-section enlargement, which makes her so special. I certainly would love to hear your personal stories about the ship.
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jeremya
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posted 02-08-2018 07:09 AM      Profile for jeremya   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hello,
Ok. I'll bite.

When I was a kid, on in port days, my family seemed to always find itself on board Sun Viking for lunch and to hang about the ship all afternoon. Those were the days before security was a serious issue.

I have been aboard Nordic Prince and Sun Viking quite often. Song of Norway, not so much. When i worked for RCI back in 91-92, we used to lunch aboard Song of America and the Sovereign Vessels.

You can't hold a candle to those original ships that used to call Port Miami Home.

Jeremy in Montreal.


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Donald Johnson
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quote:
Originally posted by jeremya:
Hello,
Ok. I'll bite.

When I was a kid, on in port days, my family seemed to always find itself on board Sun Viking for lunch and to hang about the ship all afternoon. Those were the days before security was a serious issue.

I have been aboard Nordic Prince and Sun Viking quite often. Song of Norway, not so much. When i worked for RCI back in 91-92, we used to lunch aboard Song of America and the Sovereign Vessels.

You can't hold a candle to those original ships that used to call Port Miami Home.

Jeremy in Montreal.


It such a shame that the old ship are not around anymore. The Sun Viking resides in China as a hotel ship. I wished that the ship was still sailing. Imperial Cruises made the worst mistake in disposing the Regal Empress for the MS Bahamas Celebration that ended up getting scraped a few years later. At least they could had obtained the SS Maxim Gorkiy as that was a real ship. Too bad she got scrapped the same year as the Regal Empress.


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