After pandemic shutdown, the cruise ship industry is booming on the Great Lakes
Scott Kidd and his wife had always wanted to go on a cruise. But the 63-year-old Episcopal priest from the rural mountains of Georgia wanted something different.
He wasn’t really interested in the Caribbean ocean liners that carry several thousand people at a time, and the pandemic made travel to other countries difficult.
Then, two years ago, Kidd stumbled upon a Viking Cruises announcement. The company was building an entirely new ship — one designed specifically for the Great Lakes.
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