Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Regent Seven Seas has been selling the same promise since 1992, first as Radisson Seven Seas and, since 2014, as part of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, that a cruise fare should include almost everything you would otherwise pay for one item at a time. It is one of the few lines that can make the claim without an asterisk swallowing the sentence, and it built a fleet around it.

There are six ships, and the newer ones show where the money goes. Seven Seas Explorer arrived in 2016, Seven Seas Splendor in 2020, and Seven Seas Grandeur in 2023, each carrying roughly 745 guests across about 56,000 gross tons. That ratio is the number worth staring at. It works out to some of the most space per guest at sea, and you feel it in the wide corridors, the uncrowded restaurants, and a pool deck that never becomes a scramble for a chair. The older Voyager, Mariner, and Navigator run smaller still, from under 500 guests up to about 700, which keeps even the veterans of the fleet intimate by cruise-industry standards.

Every ship is all-suite and all-balcony, so there is no such thing as an inside cabin or a porthole you have to talk yourself into. The entry accommodation is a suite with a private veranda, and the range climbs from there to the Regent Suite, a multi-room apartment at the top of the newest ships that is regularly described as one of the most extravagant spaces afloat.

The fare is where Regent separates itself. It bundles in unlimited shore excursions, which is close to unheard of, so you can book a tour in every port without a running tally in the back of your mind. It also covers dining across the specialty restaurants, beverages including wines and spirits, gratuities, WiFi, airport transfers, and in most cases roundtrip flights and a pre-cruise hotel night. You can board having already paid for the parts of a trip that usually arrive as surprises, which is a genuinely different way to travel and the main reason people who try Regent tend to come back.

The line is not standing still either. Seven Seas Prestige is due in 2026 as the largest ship Regent has ever built, at around 77,000 tons and 822 guests, and three more sisters are already ordered for the following decade. That matters for a buyer today because it signals a company investing in the format rather than coasting on it, and because the design ideas from the newest ships tend to filter back through refits of the older ones.

The honest caveat is the price on the way in. All of that inclusion is folded into a fare that looks steep next to a mainstream cruise line, and the arithmetic only works once you add up the excursions, drinks, flights, and tips you would have paid separately elsewhere. Do that math and Regent usually comes out reasonable for what it is. Skip it and the sticker can scare you off a genuinely excellent product. For a milestone trip, a long itinerary, or simply a couple who would rather not think about money once they are aboard, this sits close to the top of the category, and it has for a long time.