Seven Seas Navigator Review
Seven Seas Navigator Review
The Seven Seas Navigator is the first ship furnished in the unique design of a Regent Seven Seas’ cruise ships. This small intimate ship with features of a big ship is specifically designed to offer its 490 guests the utmost in luxurious cruising, incomparable level of service and one of the highest service and space ratio to guests in the cruising industry. There is an almost unbelievable 1 to 1 (actually 1:1.5) ratio of crew to guest, or 1 crew member to attend and cater to the needs of 1 guest. Total crew member is 324 while guests is 490.
The six-star cruise ship Seven Seas Navigator’s guest accommodations are all-suite, all-ocean view and larger than the usual accommodations in any cruise ship category and provided with lavishly appointed marble bathrooms with a separate shower and tub. All suites also have a sitting/living area furnished with chairs, a table and a settee. The top three suite category of the Seven Seas Navigator, the Master suites, Grand suites and the Navigator suites are luxuriously designed with a separate powder room (only for Master and Grand suites) and sitting-dining room apart from the bedrooms. They are similarly equipped with a marble bathroom but outfitted with a whirlpool tub. On top of these outstanding facilities, butler service is also provided to attend to the needs of the guests.
The dining options on board the Seven Seas Navigator are not only varied but offer a dazzling array of choices from the open-seating main dining room, the Compass Rose to the privacy of the guest’s own suites courtesy of a 24-hour room service. The elegant Compass Rose serves breakfast, lunch and dinner with no fix dining assignment, although no less than once during the cruise, the pool deck becomes the venue of an alfresco dinner. An alternative dining venue are the La Veranda where there is a fantastic buffet spread of various dishes for breakfast and lunch; and for dinner the Pier 7, a reservations only but without extra charge steak house. Guests are also afforded a choice of a casual lunch and snacks at the poolside grill while afternoon tea is provided daily.
Seven Seas Navigator
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Other facilities and amenities that guests can enjoy on the Seven Seas Navigator are the Carita Spa for a full beauty treatment of mud wraps, steam and sauna and the thalassotheraphy; and the Fitness Center for a more physical workout. Nightly entertainment of live performances, cabaret acts and dancing are also made available for the guests’ pleasure.
Seven Seas Mariner Cruise Review 2011
Seven Seas Mariner Cruise Review 2011
The Seven Seas Mariner is one of the luxury cruise ships of the RSSC chain or in full Regent Seven Seas Cruises which is owned in turn by Carlson Travel. The Seven Seas Mariner was put in service in 2001 and is the first; along with its sister ship the Seven Seas Voyager, all suites, all balcony ships in service. It is 48,075 tons and is 709 feet long. It can carry 700 passengers. It has 8 passenger decks. This cruise line has four ships plying the waters from all over the world.
Seven Seas Mariner
This is considered an upscale cruise ship and it is not the most expensive of the upscale aka luxury cruise ships but among seasoned cruisers the Seven Seas Mariner is considered one of the best values. Tips are included in the all inclusive fares and also included is the wine during dinner. Passengers on this cruise ship are generally fairly well off and over 55. One of its claims to fame is the open seating restaurants. One of the workshops that it touts is the Le Cordon of Paris Class Culinaire on some voyages.
Seven Seas Mariner
It offers many cruises ranging from seven to thirty two days. This cruise is one that sails in December and is called Scenic Sojourn and disembarks at Ft Lauderdale, FL and starts at Cape Town, South Africa. Some of the stops along the way are Namibia, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Barbados and St. Bart’s before docking at Ft. Lauderdale, FL. A 25 day cruise is entitled Around the Horn to Antarctica, starting in Lima, Peru, with exciting stops in Chili and the Chilean Fjord, the Drake Passage and Deception Islands in Antarctica.
Seven Seas Mariner
A shorter cruise is the 15 Day Transatlantic Passage starting in Ft Lauderdale and stopping in Barcelona, Spain, Bermuda, Portugal, Morocco and Spain ending in Barcelona Spain.
REGENT SEVEN SEAS CRUISE LINE REVIEW
REGENT SEVEN SEAS CRUISE LINE REVIEW
A cruise ship is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages. There are many cruise liners that provide world class amenities and a perfect voyage experience to the passengers. Regent Seven Seas Cruises is one such liner that indulges in conducting cruises that provide a once in a life time experience to its passengers.
Cruising today has become a major tourism industry with more and more people getting attracted to a voyage on the sea. Cruise ships normally operate on a route that returns the passengers to their originating port.
RSS Cruises are headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They provide cruises to nearly 300 ports in the world. Unlike other cruises, Regent seven seas cruises’ liners are not very big and cater to not thousands, but only hundreds of guests an a particular cruise voyage. This is because the company believes in quality, and not quantity. Those who have traveled on a voyage with Regent seven seas cruises vouch for their efficacy and quality. All the ships of Regent seven seas cruises are distinct in their accommodations, services and the amenities they provide. Most of their vessels offer all balconies, all suite accommodation.
One of the major attractions of RSS Cruises is that they provide shore excursions, that is passengers are take on tours to ports where the liner docks during the voyage and that too no extra cost. Also the roundtrip airfare is included in the cruise fare. During the cruise, passengers get open seated dining, that is they are free to dine in any of the ships’ restaurants, with any one they desire to.
One thing that passengers like about Regent Seven Seas Cruises is that they are not required to pay tips for any of the services that are on offer during the voyage. Also, what the passengers like about these voyages is that complimentary beverages are served throughout the ship.