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Atlas Adventurer vs Viking Mississippi

The verdict

Which should you choose?

Atlas Adventurer is a small Atlas Ocean Voyages ship carrying 400 passengers. Viking Mississippi is a small Viking River Cruises ship carrying 386 passengers, in service since 2022. Atlas Adventurer has no Bliss scores yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.

Choose Atlas Adventurer if you want more space per passenger: it has 65.0 gross tons per passenger (vs 25.9).

Choose Viking Mississippi if you want more cruises to choose from: it has 15 cruises on sale (vs none).

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Specifications

marks the better figure where more, or less, is plainly better.

Atlas AdventurerViking Mississippi
Cruise line Atlas Ocean Voyages Viking River Cruises
Ship size Small Small
Maiden voyagenewer highlighted — 2022
Gross tonnage 26,000 10,000
Passengers 400 386
Crew — 150
Passengers per crew memberfewer is better — 2.6
Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier 65.0 (better) 25.9
Decks — 5
Length — 374 ft
Beam — 36 ft
Cruiseable ratingout of 10 — 7 / 10
Cruises on sale — 15
Upcoming sailings — 102
Cruise lengths — 7 to 21 nights
Fares fromlower highlighted — $3,699

Bliss scores

How they rate, out of 10

Cruiseable rates ships out of 10 on ten parts of a cruise holiday.

Atlas Adventurer has no Bliss scores yet.

  • Active Viking Mississippi: 7.0
  • Adventure & nature Viking Mississippi: 5.0
  • Cultural Viking Mississippi: 7.0
  • Dining Viking Mississippi: 6.0
  • Entertainment Viking Mississippi: 6.0
  • Family friendly Viking Mississippi: 5.0
  • Party Viking Mississippi: 5.0
  • Romantic Viking Mississippi: 8.0
  • Spa & fitness Viking Mississippi: 5.0
  • Staterooms Viking Mississippi: 6.0

Viking River Cruises

Viking Mississippi

The 386-passenger Viking Mississippi, which launched in August 2022, brings the Viking brand as the top river cruise outfit in the world to Mississippi river cruising.

Sailing now

15 cruises on sale, from $3,699.

Questions

Atlas Adventurer or Viking Mississippi?

Which is bigger, Atlas Adventurer or Viking Mississippi?

Atlas Adventurer is bigger at 26,000 gross tons, against 10,000 gross tons for Viking Mississippi. Atlas Adventurer carries 400 passengers and Viking Mississippi carries 386.

Which has more space per passenger?

Atlas Adventurer, with 65.0 gross tons per passenger against 25.9 on Viking Mississippi. The higher the figure, the more ship there is for each guest.

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