Stern’s Guide to the Greatest Resorts of the World, Stern’s Guide to the
Cruise Vacation and The Indispensable Guide to Foreign Words and Phrases by Steven B. Stern (Sponsored by Stern’s Travel Guides, Ltd.)
REGATTA, INSIGNIA, and NAUTICA (formerly R-2, R-1, and R-5): entered service 1998 and 2000; refurbished 2005, 2006, and 2007, respectively; 30,277 G.R.T.; 594’ x 84’; 684-passenger capacity; 342 cabins; European officers and international crew; cruises Mediterranean, Scandinavia and Baltic, Asia and the Far East, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Panama Canal.
[Category B] ******
Note: Six black stars are the highest ratings given in this edition any ships in the premium market category.
These ships are rated in 11 separate categories in the second half of chapter 14.
