Mid-Size Ship: 26,428 tons

Lifestyle: Standard

Cruise Line: Louis Cruise Lines

Former Names: Regent Rainbow,

Diamond Island, Santa Rosa

Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding

(USA)

Original Cost: $25 million Entered Service: June 1958/Apr 1997

Registry: Cyprus

Length (ft/m): 599.0/182.57 Beam (ft/m): 84.0/25.60

Draft (ft/m): 27.5/8.38

Propulsion/Propellers: steam turbine

(16,400kW)/2

Passenger Decks: 10

Total Crew: 412

Passengers

(lower beds/all berths): 990/1,198

Passenger Space Ratio

(lower beds/all berths): 26.6/22.0

Crew/Passenger Ratio

(lower beds/all berths): 2.4/2.9

Navigation Officers: Greek/European Cabins (total): 500

Size Range (sq ft/m): 124.8–304.6/

11.6–28.3

Cabins (outside view): 338

Cabins (interior/no view): 162

Cabins (for one person): 10

Cabins (with private balcony): 0

Cabins (wheelchair accessible): 2

Cabin Current: 110 and 220 volts

Elevators: 3

Casino (gaming tables): Yes

Slot Machines: Yes

Swimming Pools (outdoors): 1

Swimming Pools (indoors): 0

Whirlpools: 2

Self-Service Launderette: No

Dedicated Cinema/Seats: No

Library: Yes

Classification Society: American Bureau

of Shipping

BERLITZ’S OVERALL SCORE: 1,102 (OUT OF A POSSIBLE 2,000 POINTS)

Berlitz Guide © Apa Publishing 2008