{"id":10421,"date":"2013-03-05T10:48:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T17:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/?p=10421"},"modified":"2022-05-26T08:05:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T12:05:56","slug":"tauck-names-new-river-cruise-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/2013\/03\/tauck-names-new-river-cruise-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"Tauck Names New River Cruise Ships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tauck<\/strong><\/a> has unveiled the names of its two newest river cruise ships that are set to hit the water next year: MS Inspire<\/strong> and MS Savor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A 2D rendering of Tauck’s new MS Inspiration and MS Savor, due to enter service in 2014. Illustration courtesy of Tauck.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Aside from their names, the two new vessels will represent a new class of ship for Tauck, rather than being sisters to the line\u2019s four existing 361-foot long ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MS Inspire and MS Savor will measure 443 feet \u2014 as long as river cruise ships can realistically be constructed due to lock constraints \u2014 yet will only accommodate 130 guests each; just a 10 percent increase over the line\u2019s existing vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur existing riverboats \u2014 what we\u2019re now calling our Jewel Class vessels \u2014 already have the lowest passenger-to-ship-length ratio on Europe\u2019s rivers,\u201d says Tauck CEO Dan Mahar. \u201cThe two new riverboats \u2014 our Inspiration Class vessels \u2014 actually raise the bar even higher.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Inspiration Class ships will offer the same intimate, personalized product that Tauck has built its reputation on with the Swiss Emerald<\/a>, Swiss Jewel<\/a>, Swiss Sapphire<\/a> <\/strong>and MS Treasures<\/strong><\/a>. With the overall increase in length, however, Tauck\u2019s new ships stand to be some of the roomiest newbuilds afloat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen our Inspiration Class ships launch next year, they\u2019ll each have just 130 guests aboard, whereas other major lines carry up to 190 guests on the same length ships,\u201d Mahar says. \u201cThat\u2019s an additional 46 percent more passengers aboard ships of the exact same length. You simply can\u2019t deliver the same relaxed, intimate atmosphere when you put nearly 50 percent more passengers into the same space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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The interiors aboard Tauck’s river cruise ships reflect a soothing, old-world elegance. Photo \u00a9 2012 Aaron Saunders<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Tauck\u2019s entire program revolves heavily around its highly skilled and personable Tauck Directors, who accompany guests every step of the way, from greeting them at their hotel upon arrival, to the final farewell at the end of the comprehensive land and river journeys. Guests are divided into groups that rarely exceed 25, with a Tauck Director accompanying each group along with a local destination expert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All excursions featured by Tauck are included in the cost of the overall cruise, and the line even surprised us on our own sailing last year by providing \u20ac20 to each guest for lunch during an all-day excursion to Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic. Tauck’s rationale: We\u2019d have paid for lunch that would have been included on the river cruise ship, and the fact that we chose to venture further afield shouldn\u2019t come out of the passenger’s wallet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRiver cruises offer incredible opportunities for authentic, in-depth explorations of each destination, so we place tremendous emphasis on ensuring that our shore excursions \u2014 all of which are included in our cruise prices \u2014 are absolutely world-class,\u201d Mahar says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tauck will also introduce four new river cruise itineraries in 2014, including the line\u2019s first-ever cruises along the beautiful Seine River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information on Tauck\u2019s river cruise product can be found by viewing our complete Tauck profile here on River Cruise Advisor<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tauck has unveiled the names of its two newest river cruise ships that are set to hit the water next year: MS Inspire and MS Savor. Aside from their names, the two new vessels will represent a new class of ship for Tauck, rather than being sisters to the line\u2019s four existing 361-foot long ships. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":10422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,424,423,84,82,83,81,248],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}