He said that the Navigator will be going into drydock in May of 2012 for a 30 million dollar facelift. A new ship is in the planning stages, destined to debut in 2014. This vessel will be larger than the Voyager and the Mariner, around 65,000 gross tons. She will carry about 750 passengers with some newly-sized suites for singles. The next size will be the same as their other ships, 356 square feet. Larger suites will be about 400 square feet, but more square in shape than rectangular. There will be no azipods for the new ship, but conventional props, much more efficiently built.

Mr. Conroy added that the guests have reported mixed reactions to the "all-inclusive" aspect of sailing. Not everyone participates in the free excursions, nor do they drink wine and alcohol. He did not deny that the higher than normal pricing does compensate for these perks, whether or not they are used. Future pricing may be even higher, even though the world economy is in a bad state at the moment. Regent's experience has shown that dropping the prices only attracted temporary customers, who did not come back, since they could not afford it. So the company will continue to raise prices, and hope they fill the ships. Mr. Conroy backed that up by bragging that Regent had a 92% occupancy for the year so far.

We got the message that the Navigator may be sold in the future, once the new ship comes out. They plan to take the Navigator into different ports, where other larger ships cannot go with hopes of filling all the berths in the meantime.