Strong demand for 'most luxurious cruise ship ever'

Jason · February 4, 2015

Looks like there's heavy demand for what's being billed as the 'most luxurious cruise ship ever."

Luxury line Regent Seven Seas on Monday reported both single-day and first week record bookings for its new flagship, the 750-passenger Seven Seas Explorer. Scheduled to debut in July 2016, the vessel went on sale exclusively to members of Regent's loyalty program on Jan. 19, and reservations made that day surpassed the line's previous single-day revenue record by nearly three times.

The line says the maiden voyage of ship already is nearly sold out.

"We are thrilled by the overwhelmingly positive response," Regent president and COO Jason Montague says in a statement accompanying the announcement. "Demand for the inaugural season is extremely strong."

As previously announced, the 56,000-ton Explorer will have the highest ratio of space to passengers in the history of cruising and feature some of the most opulent suites at sea. At $450 million, it'll be the most expensive luxury ship ever.

The Explorer will be Regent's first new ship since the debut of the line's 700-passenger Seven Seas Voyager and Seven Seas Mariner more than a decade ago. Like those vessels, the Explorer will be an all-suite ship. Only a handful of luxury lines, including Hapag-Lloyd Cruises and Silversea Cruises, offer all-suite ships.

Reservations for the Explorer's maiden voyage and inaugural season will be exclusively available to members of Regent's Seven Seas Society through Feb. 4 before going on sale to the general public.

For a sneak peek at Regent's plans for the vessel, click through the carousel at the top of this story.

By Gene Sloan, USA Today

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WeCruiseToo · February 4, 2015

We’ve never sailed Regent but this certainly sounds like an amazing ship! Maybe now that they’re part of the Norwegian family we’ll get an offer that’s just too good to pass up! We can hope, right? :unsure:

DebbieandJerry · February 4, 2015

Here's the deal and you can all partake: The Lottery is $312 million (and climbing). If Jerry's ticket wins, Regent here we come and I have some Cruise Crazy friends that I'll be bringing along.

So, what do you think our chances are????

WeCruiseToo · February 4, 2015

Here's the deal and you can all partake: The Lottery is $312 million (and climbing). If Jerry's ticket wins, Regent here we come and I have some Cruise Crazy friends that I'll be bringing along.

So, what do you think our chances are????

Woo hoo! We LOVE that plan Debbie! :thumbup: :biggrin:

DebbieandJerry · February 5, 2015

No one had a winning ticket. Guess that means all bets are off!

WeCruiseToo · February 6, 2015

Aww, bummer. :sad2: Better luck next week! :smile:

HeatherMcNally · February 9, 2015

I would love to be able to go on one of these luxury lines...

Right now though, Carnival seems to be the only one to fit our budget and we have a brilliant time.

WeCruiseToo · February 10, 2015

I would love to be able to go on one of these luxury lines...

Right now though, Carnival seems to be the only one to fit our budget and we have a brilliant time.

We’re “in the same boat” :laugh: Heather – we always have a great time on Carnival (as well as other cruise lines) but one day we’d love to experience a true luxury cruise line!

DebbieandJerry · February 10, 2015

Now that we are platinum members of Carnival, it's hard for us to look elsewhere. The laundry perk alone has sometimes been the deal breaker between Carnival and another line..especially on the longer cruises.

As for the lottery, no one won again this weekend. Will have to let Jerry know that I invited a lot of cruising buddies on the next luxury cruise should we win.