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Scenic Jasper vs Viking Nerthus

The verdict

Which should you choose?

Scenic Jasper is an intimate Scenic ship carrying 169 passengers, in service since 2015. Viking Nerthus is an intimate Viking River Cruises ship carrying 168 passengers. Viking Nerthus has no Bliss scores or specs yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.

Choose Scenic Jasper if you want more cruises to choose from: it has 81 cruises on sale (vs 3).

Choose Viking Nerthus if you want a lower starting fare: its cruises start from $2,799 (vs $3,577).

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Specifications

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

Scenic JasperViking Nerthus
Cruise line Scenic Viking River Cruises
Ship size Intimate Intimate
Maiden voyagenewer highlighted 2015 —
Gross tonnage 2,721 —
Passengers 169 168
Crew 51 46
Passengers per crew memberfewer is better 3.3 (better) 3.7
Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier 16.1 —
Decks 4 —
Length 443 ft —
Beam 63 ft —
Speed 14 mph —
Cruiseable ratingout of 10 9 / 10 —
Cruises on sale 81 3
Upcoming sailings 161 105
Cruise lengths 7 to 33 nights 7 to 14 nights
Fares fromlower highlighted $3,577 $2,799 (better)

Bliss scores

How they rate, out of 10

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

Viking Nerthus has no Bliss scores yet.

  • Active Scenic Jasper: 7.0
  • Adventure & nature Scenic Jasper: 5.0
  • Cultural Scenic Jasper: 8.0
  • Dining Scenic Jasper: 8.0
  • Entertainment Scenic Jasper: 5.0
  • Family friendly Scenic Jasper: 5.0
  • Party Scenic Jasper: 5.0
  • Romantic Scenic Jasper: 7.0
  • Spa & fitness Scenic Jasper: 7.0
  • Staterooms Scenic Jasper: 9.0

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