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Regent Seven Seas · ice-strengthened expedition ship

Seven Seas Navigator

4.0· 459 votesBuilt 1999 · 28,803 GT · 12 decks24 sailings from $602/night
Guests
490 – 557
Crew
345
Cabins
245
Length
170 m
Space ratio
51
Homeport pattern
Miami

Where she is right now

AIS reported 20:30 UTC · 1 Nov 2026
En route · Valletta· 11/1/2026, 8:30:04 PM· Course 176°
Position
41.31°N, 11.68°E
Heading
176° · COG 178°
Speed
12 kn
Destination
Valletta
Our take · opinion

Oldest Regent, still all-suite

We experience Seven Seas Navigator as Regent’s smallest, most personal classic: all-suite luxury, roughly five hundred guests, and a crew that learns names fast. She’s for couples who want inclusive Regent polish on longer itineraries—and who understand she’s the oldest hull in the fleet with a residential chapter ahead.

The vibe is quiet luxury, not megaship theater, and that is exactly why we still brief Navigator for the right couples who value scale over spectacle. Public rooms stay intimate, and enrichment lectures plus spa time fill afternoons better than waterslides or race tracks. We send shoppers here when they want Regent’s all-inclusive package of spirits, Wi‑Fi, and shore excursions without needing Explorer-class wow or a casino-driven nightlife brief.

Almost every stateroom is a suite, and about eighty-five percent open to a private balcony. Master Suites are the headline space with the largest terraces, while most guests live happily in mid-category balcony suites if we keep them off elevator banks and under late venues. Oceanview holdouts still exist on this conversion hull, so please ask us first before you assume every category steps outside cleanly.

Soft goods have been refreshed across refits, but this remains a late-1990s research-ship conversion at heart. Dining is the familiar Regent circuit of open-seating Compass Rose, La Veranda by day turning Mediterranean at night, and reservation-needed Prime 7. Confirm the remaining Regent sailings on this page before you commit, because her fleet chapter winds down after 2026 and timing matters as much as suite category.

She's for
  • Couples booking all-inclusive Regent luxury
  • Travelers who prefer ~500 guests to megaships
  • World-cruise and long-itinerary shoppers
  • Guests who value crew familiarity over newbuild flash
She's not for
  • Families wanting kids clubs and waterparks
  • Shoppers who need the newest suite tech
  • Anyone who wants a decades-long Regent future on this hull
Honest caveat

She’s Regent’s 1999 converted research hull—refits help, but cabin tech and scale lag Explorer-class newbuilds, and her Regent chapter ends toward residential conversion. Ask us which remaining sailings still make sense before you commit.

The record · ship background

Regent’s first all-suite ship

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Seven Seas Navigator entered Regent service in 1999 after conversion from a Soviet-era research vessel into an all-suite luxury liner, the brand’s first of that format. She remains the smallest and oldest ship in the current Regent fleet, with roughly 245 suites, a high space-to-guest ratio, and ice-strengthened origins that once supported more expedition-leaning routing.

A mid-2010s renovation program aligned her hotel product closer to Seven Seas Explorer standards across soft goods and public rooms. Deployment historically spans Caribbean and Miami programs, Alaska from Vancouver, world cruises, and seasonal Europe or canal repositionings under Regent’s inclusive fare structure of drinks, Wi‑Fi, and shore excursions.

Ownership notes now matter for shoppers planning ahead. Regent’s final sailings are scheduled through 2026 before a residential conversion chapter under new operators. Confirm the exact voyage still operating as Regent on this page; specs and remaining inventory appear in the fact sheet and sailings table below.

Build record

Keel to delivery
1991 – 1999 (conversion)
Inaugural
1999
Fuel
Marine gas oil
Commerce

Upcoming sailings

24 itineraries · 24 sail dates on Seven Seas Navigator. Fares are live and change daily.

Spice Trail Sail

Rome (Civitavecchia) · 14n · $1,111/n · Dec 21, 2026

From $15,557 inside

SailingDateDepartNights$/nInsideBalconySuite
Old World ExplorationRome (Civitavecchia) | Valletta | La Goulette | Palermo (Sicily) | Naples/Pompeii | Tuscany (Livorno) | Toulon | Barcelona | Barcelona
Nov 1, 2026Rome (Civitavecchia)10$839$8,386—$8,386
Southern Mediterranean SojournBarcelona | Valencia | Alicante | Palma De Mallorca | Sete | Provence (Marseille) | Tuscany (Livorno) | Palermo (Sicily) | La Goulette | Valletta | Valletta | Rome (Civitavecchia)
Dec 7, 2026Barcelona14$796$11,140—$11,140
Spice Trail SailRome (Civitavecchia) | Naples/Pompeii | Messina (Sicily) | Valletta | Alexandria | Alexandria | Limassol | Rhodes | Heraklion (Crete) | Kusadasi | Athens (Piraeus) | Athens (Piraeus)
Dec 21, 2026Rome (Civitavecchia)14$1,111$15,557—$15,557
11-Night RomanceAthens (Piraeus) | Rhodes | Alexandria | Alexandria | Limassol | Antalya | Heraklion (Crete) | Kusadasi | Istanbul | Istanbul
Jan 4, 2027Athens11$1,015$11,160—$11,160
Pharaohs & EmpiresIstanbul | Canakkale (Troy) | Kusadasi | Rhodes | Alanya | Limassol | Limassol | Alexandria | Alexandria | Heraklion (Crete) | Athens (Piraeus) | Athens (Piraeus)
Jan 15, 2027Istanbul14$787$11,011—$11,011
Mediterranean InterludeAthens (Piraeus) | Heraklion (Crete) | Messina (Sicily) | Valletta | Valletta | La Goulette | Palma De Mallorca | Valencia | Malaga | Seville | Seville | Portimao | Lisbon
Jan 29, 2027Athens14$1,010$14,141—$14,141
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