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SHIP OVERVIEW

Expand your horizons on this comfortable, award-winning ship, intimate and thoughtfully created by experienced nautical architects and designers to enrich your interaction with your destination in every way.

  • CRUISES
  • STATISTICS

STATISTICS

  • Year Built

    2023
  • Year Refurbished

  • Year Entered Present Fleet

  • Country of Registry

  • Tonnage (GRT)

    48000
  • PAX (basis 2)

    930
  • Max Pax (inc. Uppers)

    928
  • Passenger Decks

    9
  • Number of Crew

    370
  • Officers' Nationality

  • Cruise/Hotel Staff Nationality

STATEROOMS

  • Suites

    47
  • Balcony

    0
  • Oceanview

    0
  • Oceanview No Balcony

    0
  • Oceanview With Balcony

    0
  • Balconies

    418
  • Interior

    0
  • Accessible

    20
  • Total Number of Accommodations

    1000
  • SUITE
  • BALCONY
  • OCEANVIEW
  • INSIDE

Deck Plans

SHIP REVIEWS

OVERALL RATING

4.7

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January 2026

JANUARY

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PROS

Beautiful ship

CONS

Excursions

RECOMMENDED

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Just so-so. Good for older people.

OCTOBER

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PROS

Ship was great. Rooms well equipped with plenty of storage and nice bathroom. Great staff.

CONS

Several ports are no where near the cities listed: Rome, Florence and Venice you spend way more time on the bus or other transportation then visiting the cities. Feel like you are mislead on what you are seeing. Entertainment is slow paced and repetitive . Piano player and violinist, guitar player every day. House band, etc. While they are talented it’s not very energetic or entertaining after multiple days.

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Great staff

MAY

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Very friendly staff , good food pin 4 locations

CONS

Entertainment was marginal to good

RECOMMENDED

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There was a comic/card tossed who was great and a woman Lorie who gave a lot of history and was a good speaker

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Italian Sojourn Trip

MAY

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PROS

Great ship, attentive staff, great meals and entertainment

CONS

Some of the Shore Excursions were

RECOMMENDED

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If the shore excursions could proceed at a more leisurely pace and provide the participants, the opportunity to shop and take pictures at some of the venues it would be a bit more enjoyable. If we wanted to look at something and take a picture, we had to rush to catch up to the group.

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We loved our 28 day cruise!

MAY

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PROS

The staff! Excellent customer service, from Housekeeping to Guest Services to Dining. Great room. Great ship! Lots of common areas AND quiet areas. All in all, a terrific experience.

CONS

Most often, the food could have been hotter. With all the heat lamps, we still found some things (like the potatoes and even the meat) lukewarm at best. This should be an easy fix. Also, some dimmers on the bathroom lights would be great. They are very bright!

RECOMMENDED

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Forgot to mention the spa - it was wonderful and we used it almost daily!

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Review of The Mediterranean Odyssey Barcelona to Venice

OCTOBER

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PROS

Wonderful staff. Immaculate ship. Fabulous food. Very organized. Staff remembers your name and goes out of their way to please you.

CONS

Too many ports to visit with limited time. Monte Carlo should be overnight. Marseille could be dropped. Corfu could be dropped with an extra day in Venice.

RECOMMENDED

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Viking is overall a wonderful cruise company. The Saturn is an ocean cruise with 930 passengers. The ship is beautiful and did not seem crowded. The staff is exemplary. Friendly, helpful, polite and happy. Having been in Europe several times, we opted not to go into port in Rome and Florence. Relaxing on the ship was the best. There was not enough time to enjoy either city after having to be bused in for 1.5 hours each way. The crew was terrific and always upbeat. All in all, we liked it as much as our 2 cruises on The Crystal Symphony and The Crystal Serenity in 2010 and 2013. We would recommend Viking wholeheartedly. We have not been on their river voyages but the ocean cruise is fabulous.

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Review of Viking Saturn Ship

JULY

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PROS

Very modern and smooth running. A beautiful ship.

CONS

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RECOMMENDED

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Very delightful experience. All the staff were world class.

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British Isles explorer cruise

JUNE

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Outstanding service, food and entertainment

CONS

RECOMMENDED

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Excellent cruise. Staff, entertainment and food were great.Beautiful newmship.

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Midnight Sun cruise

JUNE

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PROS

Clean, friendly, excellent entertainment (Jeno & Geza, 4 British singers), care for sanitizing, excellent services, helpful

CONS

weak wi-fi at times, some excursions were not excellent

RECOMMENDED

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Dining excellent service, quality. Bars and afternoon tea excellent

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Viking Saturn review

MAY

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PROS

Fantastic staff, enrichment programs, very clean ship, classy

CONS

Not enough time in the ports

RECOMMENDED

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Thoroughly enjoyed our trip.

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