Cruise lines are pushing virtual voyages

With no live cruise likely to start anytime soon and as many as 40 or 50 ships still at sea seeking ports that will take their passengers, the cruise lines have turned their attention to the future, and to keeping cruise fans attention and loyalty with virtual voyages.

Most of the cruise lines have already had a fair amount of video content that they use as sales tools or show as destination previews aboard ship, but in the past few days numbers of them have worked on making it easier to accesss.

In some cases, that could fill a whole lot of your confined-to-home time; Hurtigruten is offering a ‘Minute-by-Minute Norwegian Odyssey,’ with every second of a voyage from Bergen to Kirkenes filmed by 11 onboard cameras. It was broadcast by Norway’s NRK as part of its ‘slow TV’ series that has trailed the migration of reindeer and other lengthy treks. This one holds the Guinness record for longest live television documentary; it runs 134 hours, or slightly less than six days.

If you haven’t time for that, Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic are putting together a series of weekly “Virtual Expeditions,” weekly cruises that will run from every Monday and Friday, including slideshows, nature and solitude moments and a happy hour with cocktail recipes.

CruiseCritic.com has an expanding list of offerings from other cruise lines, including Carnival, Holland America and Viking.

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