Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The new cruise line launched in 2021. Atlas Ocean Voyages Atlas Ocean Voyages has certainly made a splash with its triad of superyachts that immediately entered the Polar expedition market after the line launched its first sailing in 2021. Typically, cruise lines test out more tried-and-true destinations like the Caribbean or the Mediterranean when they start.
Not so with Atlas though, which dived in “bow first” into the Antarctic market with luxury sailings at a lower price point than the competition. That’s what set travel advisors a-flurry. They were used to selling luxury, once-in-a-lifetime dream vacations at the Poles for five digit-starting prices.
These days, Atlas Ocean Voyages has expanded beyond the typical Polar trips, but to many travelers, says Chris Gray Faust, executive editor for Cruise Critic, it still remains an unknown brand. Here are five things to know about America’s newest cruise line. A fleet of three, and just three Atlas Ocean Voyages has three ships, which it calls super yachts, in its fleet.
Atlas Ocean Voyages Atlas launched with World Navigator in late 2021, a ship that can hold 196 passengers (far fewer than its luxury competitors like Seabourn or Regent Seven Seas). All ships in the fleet have almost a 1-to-1 staff to guest ratio. The line has continued the same trend with World Traveller, which debuted in 2022, and its newest vessel, World Voyager.
It began sailing late last year. M.