Further refining the widely acclaimed and popular features of her sister ship, the all-balcony suite 700-guest Seven Seas Mariner (which debuted in March 2001), the 49,000 ton Voyager melds many of the best attributes of her sister and the 490-guest all-suite Seven Seas Navigator (90 percent with private balconies, which debuted in September 1999). Her design allows for luxurious amenities, an exceptionally high space ratio and elegant public spaces similar to the Mariner, coupled with the Navigator`s popular marble-appointed suite bathrooms with separate showers and full bathtubs.
Radisson Seven Seas is very proud to own the all-balcony suite cruise ship category, said Mark Conroy, president and CEO of the line. We`ve listened to our guests` comments and have created an innovative, technologically advanced vessel that offers nothing less than the highest of standards. The Voyager is the logical conclusion to the evolution of `luxury` cruising; I foresee her setting the standard for years to come, he continued.
Setting Sail
The ship will depart April 1, 2003 on her maiden voyage from Monte Carlo to Venice. The 12-night sailing kicks off her inaugural season in Europe with seven, seven- to 12-night Mediterranean cruises, followed by 10- and 11-night Western Europe and British Isles cruises as she plies around the Iberian peninsula and heads to the Baltic region for the summer, with eight seven-night Copenhagen/Stockholm voyages in July and August. The 670-foot vessel then returns to the Mediterranean for nine more seven- and nine-night sailings along the coastlines of Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Sicily, Croatia, Greece, Malta, Turkey, Morocco and the Canary Islands. In November the Seven Seas Voyager sails a course west across the open waters of the Atlantic to Ft. Lauderdale, where she will be warmly welcomed to the United States for the first time. She will round out the rest of 2003 sailing the Caribbean, Panama Canal and Mexico from Ft. Lauderdale to Los Angeles. The Voyager will celebrate New Years during the first leg of her circumnavigation of South America.
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