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Viking Cruises adding Great Lakes trips by 2022

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5 years ago

January 16, 2020

Milwaukee will soon become one of the regular U.S. destinations for Viking Cruise ships.

The international company will launch Great Lakes cruises between Milwaukee and the Canadian shore of Lake Superior in 2022, while it continues to make plans to start trips on the Upper Mississippi.

Viking has been negotiating with the city of La Crosse to make future stops at Riverside Park.

Viking chairman Tor Hagen tells WIZM News that the Great Lakes represented an untapped destination for luxury cruises.

Hagen says more information on when Mississippi cruises might begin could be announced around April.

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Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.