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Luminara vs Viking Mississippi

The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection

Luminara

Cruises
56
From
$7,500

The verdict

Which should you choose?

Luminara is a small The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection ship carrying 452 passengers. Viking Mississippi is a small Viking River Cruises ship carrying 386 passengers, in service since 2022. Luminara has no Bliss scores or specs yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.

Choose Luminara if you want more cruises to choose from: it has 56 cruises on sale (vs 15).

Choose Viking Mississippi if you want a lower starting fare: its cruises start from $3,699 (vs $7,500).

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Specifications

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

LuminaraViking Mississippi
Cruise line The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection Viking River Cruises
Ship size Small Small
Maiden voyagenewer highlighted — 2022
Gross tonnage — 10,000
Passengers 452 386
Crew — 150
Passengers per crew memberfewer is better — 2.6
Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier — 25.9
Decks — 5
Length — 374 ft
Beam — 36 ft
Cruiseable ratingout of 10 — 7 / 10
Cruises on sale 56 15
Upcoming sailings 58 102
Cruise lengths 5 to 16 nights 7 to 21 nights
Fares fromlower highlighted $7,500 $3,699 (better)

Bliss scores

How they rate, out of 10

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

Luminara 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.

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15 cruises on sale, from $3,699.

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