D-29 The Seven Seas Voyager

 

Date: Dec. 10, 2006

 

Location:  Chicago

 

Next Port:  Departure from Ft. Lauderdale on Jan. 9, 2007

 

Quick Summary:  Here is some information on the RSSC Seven Seas Voyager, the ship we will be taking on our upcoming world cruise. 

 

Report: The Seven Seas Voyager, launched in 2003, was built in Genoa, Italy.  It was the second all-balcony ship in the industry.  (The first was the Seven Seas Mariner, a similar-sized RSSC ship built in 2001.)

 

          Gross Tonnage: 46,000

          Length: 670 ft.   Width: 94.5 ft.   Draft: 23 ft.

          Speed: 20 knots

Propulsion: Diesel-electric, 2 Dolphin azimuthing pods; stabilizers

Passengers: 700 (double occupancy)

Crew: 445

 

RSSC refers to all the staterooms as suites, as its lead-in ones are the largest in the industry. Ours will be forward on the 8th deck (#810) and is 306 sq ft, with a 50 sq ft balcony.  There is a walk-in closet, a small refrigerator, plus a large bathroom with a separate shower and tub. New flat-screen TVs, DVD players and WiFi internet connections have been recently installed. Complimentary laundries are located on each passenger deck.

 

There are four restaurants: Compass Rose (the main dining room), Signatures (operated by Le Cordon Bleu), Latitudes (featuring the cuisines of the regions visited and/or Indochine-style cooking) and La Veranda (the breakfast and lunch buffet area which in the evening is converted into an informal trattoria or brasseire). On an extended cruise such as ours, each of these venues will present special menus coordinated with area in which we are cruising.

 

Public areas include a gym, spa, pool, two hot-tubs, sports deck, poolside bar and grill, extensive library, Internet café, casino, several lounges and a main theater.

 

In 2007, Regent Seven Seas Cruises is going all-inclusive, by adding complimentary alcoholic beverages throughout the ship.  (Previously it just included an in-suite bar set-up.)  All gratuities are included.  And for full world cruisers, RSSC is paying for our visas and shipping up to 270 lbs of luggage to and from the ship.

 

The World Cruise is comprised of six segments of 2-3 weeks in length.  We understand that about 400 passengers are making the entire cruise.  Included in each segment is a complimentary shore event for all passengers and there are also four additional special shore events for full world cruise passengers.  There will aslo be a full slate of guest lecturers and destinaton experts on each segment.