Cruises and cruising
Posted in Cruise industry, NCL, Newbuilds, Regent Seven Seas on Jan 24th, 2017
Following on from the post about Carnival’s new builds, here’s a list of the ships either under construction or on order for NCL and its associated companies. The companies included are NCL itself, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, and Oceania Cruises. Not a very long list, this time. Note there are currently no ships either under […]
Posted in Celebrity, Cunard, Dress Code, Oceania, Regent Seven Seas on Nov 10th, 2015
Celebrity Cruises are to change their dress code. Here’s what they say in the FAQ section on their website:- For sailings departing December 4, 2015, and beyond, Formal Night gets a modern luxury reboot. Say goodbye to Formal Night, and hello to Evening Chic. It’s your time to shine—your way. Get glamorous. Get chic. Be sophisticated. […]
Posted in Regent Seven Seas on Jan 24th, 2015
We received a brochure from a Regent Seven Seas Cruises about a week or so ago. This contained the initial itineraries for their new ship, Seven Seas Explorer, which debuts in 2016. She will be a bit larger than the current RSSC ships Seven Seas Mariner and Seven Seas Voyager; about 54000 tons instead of […]
Posted in NCL, Oceania, Regent Seven Seas on Jan 9th, 2015
Some while ago I did a post about the takeover of Prestige Cruising, whose brands are the decidedly upmarket lines Oceania and Regent Seven Seas, by NCL. At that time I said that there was some concern among regular customers of Oceania and Regent Seven Seas that NCL would either ‘dumb them down’ or reduce […]
Posted in NCL, Oceania, Regent Seven Seas on Sep 3rd, 2014
The big new in the last couple of days is the takeover by NCL of Regent Seven Seas and Oceania. Well, actually, I think NCL are buying the company that owns both of those lines, Prestige Cruises. And it gets even more complicated than that: the previous majority shareholder in Prestige Cruises was a private […]