Launch date:<\/b> December 4<\/span><\/p>\n Capacity:<\/b> 604<\/span><\/p>\n Sister ships:<\/b> None (yet)<\/span><\/p>\n Maiden voyage:<\/b> Athens<\/a> to Dubai<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Home port: <\/b>Several in Asia and Australia <\/span><\/p>\n Ships then in Seabourn fleet:<\/b> 4<\/span><\/p>\n Interesting:<\/b> The plan is what will be this small-ship line\u2019s biggest ship at 40,000 gross tonnes is for it and the Ovation to be regarded as kings of the luxury business. Yet as Seabourn points out that architecturally it will not be significantly different than the other three ships, the Encore designed by Tihany will be \u201csofter\u201d and \u201ccurvaceous\u201d with unexpected surprises and subtle transformations that \u201care not meant to be described but rather discovered.\u201d In other words, seasoned Seabourn customers will expect the traditional exclusivity and privacy traits\u00a0<\/span>that has made the line ultra luxurious, but find a few new touches to what will be a larger private yacht than they\u2019ve previously experienced<\/span>.<\/p>\n In the news…<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0High-diving comedy among shows planned for\u00a0Harmony of the Seas Today at\u00a0<\/span>portsandbows.com<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0Another n<\/span><\/strong><\/em>ew ship\u00a0coming for AmaWaterways<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Eighth\u00a0in a series of new ships for 2016 Seabourn is an ultra-luxury cruise line that has been around for 30 years but effectively became a player in 2009 when the revolutionary Seabourn Odyssey arrived. With selling older ships Pride, Spirit and Legend to Windstar, the Encore is now Seabourn’s fourth ship and will be followed… Continue reading New ship No. 8 \u2014 Seabourn Encore<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,19,15],"tags":[2180,137,912,72,819,86,35,2023,151,26,27,33,152,2181,1235,773,2182,1236,1237,1175,1016],"class_list":["post-26708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-ships","category-stories","tag-adam-d-tihany","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-luxury-cruise-lines","tag-new-cruise-ships","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-royal-caribbean","tag-seabourn","tag-seabourn-encore","tag-seabourn-legend","tag-seabourn-odyssey","tag-seabourn-ovation","tag-seabourn-pride","tag-seabourn-spirit","tag-vision-of-the-seas","tag-windstar-cruises","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022\u00a0Norwegian’s Harvest Caye opening delayed nine months until November
\n\u2022 Azamara’s first world cruise \u2014 61 ports, 29 countries \u2014 set for 2018<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" "\\"DailyDeal-2\\"")
\nRoyal Caribbean Vision of the Seas
\n<\/a><\/span>7 nights
\n<\/span>March 19, 2016
\n<\/span>Tampa<\/a><\/span> (return): Roatan<\/span><\/a>, Belize<\/span><\/a>, Costa Maya<\/span><\/a>, Cozumel
\n<\/span><\/a><\/span>Inside: $679
\n<\/span>Cost per day: $97<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>www.royalcaribbean.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"