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Seven Seas Prestige vs Viking Mars

The verdict

Which should you choose?

Seven Seas Prestige is a mid-size Regent Seven Seas Cruises ship carrying 822 passengers. Viking Mars is a mid-size Viking Ocean Cruises ship carrying 930 passengers, in service since 2022. Seven Seas Prestige has no Bliss scores yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.

Choose Seven Seas Prestige if you want more space per passenger or more crew per passenger: it has 93.1 gross tons per passenger (vs 51.4) and it has a crew member for every 1.3 passengers (vs 2.0).

Choose Viking Mars if you want a lower starting fare: its cruises start from $3,299 (vs $5,449).

Side by side

Specifications

marks the better figure where more, or less, is plainly better.

Seven Seas PrestigeViking Mars
Cruise line Regent Seven Seas Cruises Viking Ocean Cruises
Ship size Medium Medium
Maiden voyagenewer highlighted — 2022
Gross tonnage 76,550 47,800
Passengers 822 930
Crew 630 465
Passengers per crew memberfewer is better 1.3 (better) 2.0
Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier 93.1 (better) 51.4
Decks — 10
Length — 745 ft
Beam — 94 ft
Speed — 23 mph
Cruiseable ratingout of 10 — 10 / 10
Cruises on sale 85 68
Upcoming sailings 85 121
Cruise lengths 7 to 26 nights 7 to 28 nights
Fares fromlower highlighted $5,449 $3,299 (better)

Bliss scores

How they rate, out of 10

Cruiseable rates ships out of 10 on ten parts of a cruise holiday.

Seven Seas Prestige has no Bliss scores yet.

  • Active Viking Mars: 8.0
  • Adventure & nature Viking Mars: 6.0
  • Cultural Viking Mars: 8.0
  • Dining Viking Mars: 7.0
  • Entertainment Viking Mars: 7.0
  • Family friendly Viking Mars: 2.0
  • Party Viking Mars: 5.0
  • Romantic Viking Mars: 10.0
  • Spa & fitness Viking Mars: 10.0
  • Staterooms Viking Mars: 8.0

Questions

Seven Seas Prestige or Viking Mars?

Which is bigger, Seven Seas Prestige or Viking Mars?

Seven Seas Prestige is bigger at 76,550 gross tons, against 47,800 gross tons for Viking Mars. Seven Seas Prestige carries 822 passengers and Viking Mars carries 930.

Which has more space per passenger?

Seven Seas Prestige, with 93.1 gross tons per passenger against 51.4 on Viking Mars. The higher the figure, the more ship there is for each guest.

Which has more crew per passenger?

Seven Seas Prestige, with one crew member for every 1.3 passengers against one for every 2.0 on Viking Mars.

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