Quark Expeditions
Ultramarine
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Ship comparison
Ultramarine vs Viking Alruna
Viking River Cruises
Viking Alruna
- Cruises
- 5
- From
- $2,499
The verdict
Which should you choose?
Ultramarine is an intimate Quark Expeditions ship carrying 199 passengers. Viking Alruna is an intimate Viking River Cruises ship carrying 190 passengers, in service since 2016. Ultramarine has no Bliss scores or specs yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.
Choose Ultramarine if you want more crew per passenger: it has a crew member for every 1.4 passengers (vs 3.8).
Choose Viking Alruna if you want more cruises to choose from: it has 5 cruises on sale (vs none).
Side by side
Specifications
marks the better figure where more, or less, is plainly better.
| Ultramarine | Viking Alruna | |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise line | Quark Expeditions | Viking River Cruises |
| Ship size | Intimate | Intimate |
| Maiden voyagenewer highlighted | — | 2016 |
| Gross tonnage | — | 5,000 |
| Passengers | 199 | 190 |
| Crew | 140 | 50 |
| Passengers per crew memberfewer is better | 1.4 (better) | 3.8 |
| Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier | — | 26.3 |
| Decks | — | 4 |
| Length | — | 443 ft |
| Beam | — | 55 ft |
| Speed | — | 17 mph |
| Cruiseable ratingout of 10 | — | 8 / 10 |
| Cruises on sale | — | 5 |
| Upcoming sailings | — | 94 |
| Cruise lengths | — | 7 to 11 nights |
| Fares fromlower highlighted | — | $2,499 |
Bliss scores
How they rate, out of 10
Cruiseable rates ships out of 10 on ten parts of a cruise holiday.
Ultramarine has no Bliss scores yet.
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Ultramarine
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