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Seven Seas Explorer - Inside the Most Luxurious Cruise Ship in the World

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It includes a $10,000-per-night suite-and all the caviar, lobster, and Champagne you can possibly consume. On board the opulent new Seven Seas Explorer this week, Frank Del Rio, president and chief executive officer of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, took a moment to talk about the subject of conspicuous consumption.

"This idea that one-percenters are the evil empire of the world is over," Del Rio said. "It's time to celebrate success. It's time to celebrate wealth. This ship is a trophy to the one-percenters."


The Seven Seas Explorer is a $450 million, 750-passenger, all-suite triumph of luxury—the first new ship for NCLH's high-end Regent Seven Seas Cruises brand in 13 years. It’s designed to make a splash, as well as a profit: Extravagance was always core to the plan when it was being conceived, and subtlety was never a consideration. Del Rio's simple goal was to create the most luxurious cruise liner ever built.On a pre-inaugural cruise in the Western Mediterranean for media, travel agents, and company insiders, I had the run of the ship for five days. The most striking feature of this Italian-built, 55,254-ton ship is how palatial it feels.

Ceilings seem to soar endlessly, the floors are done up in intricate stone patterns (sometimes with gold leaf accents), and even the guest hallways have Czech crystal and glass chandeliers. There's an entire football field’s worth of marble onboard, half of it Carrara. The overall look is more Grand European Hotel than your typical cruise ship.
Three design firms worked on the project, but somehow their work flows seamlessly. They report that "no" was a word rarely heard from the money guys.
Asked the craziest thing he got away with, Greg Walton of design firm CallisonRTKL cited a $500,000, three-ton sculpture made from hand-cast bronze that resides outside the ship's Pacific Rim restaurant. It’s so heavy, it required steel reinforcement.
"The answer from Frank sDel Riot was a resounding 'yes,' no matter what it weighed or what it cost when he saw the design," Walton said.
Del Rio himself was responsible for choosing (and even hanging) much of the art, and his refined taste comes through, clear as day. In the lobby are dramatic abstract paintings by Eduardo Arranz-Bravo, the famed Spanish artist, that were commissioned for the ship. And from the bar in front of Prime 7 steakhouse, you can spot pieces by Chagall and Picasso.

On a pre-inaugural cruise in the Western Mediterranean for media, travel agents, and company insiders, I had the run of the ship for five days. The most striking feature of this Italian-built, 55,254-ton ship is how palatial it feels.
Ceilings seem to soar endlessly, the floors are done up in intricate stone patterns (sometimes with gold leaf accents), and even the guest hallways have Czech crystal and glass chandeliers. There's an entire football field’s worth of marble onboard, half of it Carrara. The overall look is more Grand European Hotel than your typical cruise ship.

Three design firms worked on the project, but somehow their work flows seamlessly. They report that "no" was a word rarely heard from the money guys.
Asked the craziest thing he got away with, Greg Walton of design firm CallisonRTKL cited a $500,000, three-ton sculpture made from hand-cast bronze that resides outside the ship's Pacific Rim restaurant. It’s so heavy, it required steel reinforcement.
"The answer from Frank sDel Riot was a resounding 'yes,' no matter what it weighed or what it cost when he saw the design," Walton said.

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