Cruising the Great Lakes: Victory Cruise Lines relaunching; plans U.S., Canada sailings. Victory Cruise Lines, a small-ship cruise operator, is relaunching with two refurbished ships, Victory I and Victory II
A small-ship cruise operator is pursuing a comeback in the U.S.Victory Cruise Lines is relaunching in April with Great Lakes and Canada cruises.
American Queen Voyages’ founder, John Waggoner, is reviving the brand with two 190-passenger ships, Victory I and Victory II.
The vessels, which were purpose-built to sail the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence Seaway and French-Canadian Maritimes, were owned by American Queen Voyages before it shut down last year (Waggoner was no longer involved with the company at the time).
American Queen Voyages acquired Victory Cruise Lines in 2019.
