Regent Seven Seas Is Selling a 150-Night World Cruise Starting at $99,999

Regent Seven Seas Cruises announced its 2029 World Cruise with the kind of itinerary that makes you reconsider whether “vacation” is the right word for a five-month journey across seven continents. 150 nights aboard the all-suite Seven Seas Mariner. Departure from Miami on January 6, 2029. Arrival in Rome. 37,000 nautical miles. 70 ports of call across 31 countries. 57 UNESCO World Heritage Sites on the route. Starting at $99,999 per guest.

Reservations open April 1, 2026. Pre-registration of interest opened March 25. The booking window will likely be short. Regent’s previous world cruises have sold out within days of opening reservations, and the 2029 itinerary is more ambitious than any they’ve offered.

The Route

The Seven Seas Mariner departs Miami and heads south through the Caribbean to South America, where the ship navigates the Amazon River before turning south toward Antarctica. The Antarctic leg includes Zodiac safaris among icebergs and penguin colonies, an experience that most travelers access only through dedicated expedition cruises costing $15,000 to $90,000 for 10 to 14 days. The world cruise includes it as one segment of a much larger journey.

From Antarctica, the ship crosses the Pacific through Polynesia to Australia, with an overnight stay in Sydney. Then north through Southeast Asia, across the Indian Ocean to India, through the Red Sea to Petra and Aqaba (the twilight hikes through Petra are among the 326 included shore excursions), past the Nile region, and finally north through the Mediterranean to Rome.

Thirteen overnight stays in port are built into the itinerary. Lima and Sydney both receive overnights, allowing time for meaningful exploration rather than the compressed port visits that most cruises offer. The total of 57 UNESCO sites along the route means the cultural density of the itinerary rivals dedicated educational travel programs, except this one includes a suite, unlimited dining, and fine wines.

What “All-Inclusive” Means at This Level

The fare includes business-class air to Miami and from Rome. A pre-cruise hotel stay. Pre-cruise galas. All gratuities for the duration of the voyage. 326 shore excursions (not a typo: three hundred and twenty-six excursions are included at no additional cost). Unlimited dining across the ship’s multiple restaurants. Fine wines and spirits at every meal and at every bar. Starlink Wi-Fi. Valet laundry throughout the 150-night voyage.

The comprehensiveness of the inclusion matters because it eliminates the hidden costs that inflate the price of most cruise vacations. On mainstream cruise lines, shore excursions, specialty dining, Wi-Fi, laundry, and premium beverages are all additional charges that can add 30 to 50 percent to the fare. On the Regent world cruise, the $99,999 starting price is the actual price. The only additional expense is whatever you spend on land during port stops.

The Ship

The Seven Seas Mariner carries 700 guests in all-suite accommodations. No inside cabins. No ocean-view rooms without balconies. Every accommodation is a suite with a balcony, starting with the Deluxe Veranda Suite and scaling up through Concierge, Penthouse, Horizon, Seven Seas, Mariner, Grand, and Signature categories.

The suites were refreshed in 2025, including fully redesigned marble bathrooms for the Signature, Grand, Mariner, Seven Seas, and Horizon suites. The Signature Suites measure 186 to 202 square meters and are priced up to $344,999 per guest for the world cruise.

The Economics

$99,999 per guest for 150 nights breaks down to approximately $667 per night, all-inclusive. For context, a standard room at a luxury hotel in Sydney, Lima, or Rome runs $400 to $800 per night without meals, without excursions, and without the transportation between cities that the cruise provides by sailing between them.

The math becomes even more favorable when you consider that the fare includes 326 excursions (independently booked shore excursions in most ports cost $100 to $500 each), business-class flights (often $5,000 to $10,000 per person for intercontinental routes), and unlimited premium dining and beverages for five months.

At the top end, the Signature Suite at $344,999 per guest for 150 nights works out to approximately $2,300 per night. That’s expensive by any standard, but the square footage, the butler service, and the all-inclusive package position it competitively against ultra-luxury hotel suites in the cities along the route.

Who Books a 150-Night Cruise

Retired professionals with the time and financial means to disappear for five months. Couples who have done the two-week Mediterranean and the Alaska cruise and want something that resets the scale. Wealthy travelers who prefer the consistency and community of ship life to the logistics of booking 31 countries independently. People who view travel not as a series of destinations but as a continuous experience where the journey between places matters as much as the places themselves.

The commitment is the product. You leave Miami in January and arrive in Rome in June. You cross every ocean. You visit every continent. You eat 450 meals. You watch 150 sunsets from a balcony above the sea. The world cruise doesn’t compete with other cruise vacations. It competes with the idea of spending five months of your life doing something that most people will never do.

Reservations open April 1, 2026.