Good call on the name Marc, and I didn't intend to step on your thread - I simply didn't look after I got conformation and could post my piece (separately, but copied below):

"I now have it on good authority - but specifically not including the sponsors of this web site - that Apollo has authorized PCH to negotiate for a newly built ship for Regent, to be named the Seven Seas Explorer. And, in good journalistic fashion, I've now gotten conformation from an independent second source, so I feel confident in posting this. I understand from the second source that the ship builder will be the same as the one that built the Navigator (something Italian like Fintcari(sp?)), that the ship will be under 800' long and just over 100' wide, and will carry up to +/-780s passengers (770-790), with a number of single suites and perhaps 4 specialty restaurants. Larger suites will almost certrainly mean more expensive. Due out in mid-late 2015, but I could get no hint whether (or not) there will be a complementary shakedown cruise for guests as was offered for both Mariner and Voyager."