Regent Seven Seas Navigator – Prime 7 Restaurant Regent Seven Seas Navigator failed the CDC’s inspection on June 16, 2013 with a score of 79…an 86 or higher is passing.  I am not sure how this rather disgusting score wasn’t the focus of media attention as was the Silversea Silver Shadows higher score of 82…but

For years I have shunned the Regent Seven Seas Navigator due to her excessive vibration, drab and quirky interiors, horrible maintenance and systems issues and, let me think…could there be anything else as far as hardware goes????? (OK, she has wonderful suites and excellent bathrooms, but those were marred by various systems and maintenance problems.)

When Prestige Cruise Holdings purchased Regent Seven Seas Cruises from Carlson it really had no idea how bad things were on one of the ships, the Navigator.  And since that day it has struggled with pretty much unthinkable conditions ranging from “little things” like brown water to defective air conditioning, to total losses of power