The MS Swiss Jewel, the newest ship in Tauck World Discovery’s fleet of luxury riverboats, was floated out at the Vahali Shipyard in Belgrade, Serbia recently. The floating out marked the transition from its early stages of construction, where all the work is performed while the hull is in dry dock, to its later stages, when the remaining work is done while the ship is afloat.
The Swiss Jewel is currently being moved by tugboat to the Vahali facility in Ghent, the Netherlands, where its engines and other major components will be installed.
Tauck has confirmed that the vessel’s 59 cabins will include a total of 21 suites and junior suites — more than four-times the number of suites and junior suites typically found on other riverboats. As with the Jewel’s sister ships — the MS Swiss Sapphire and MS Swiss Emerald — Tauck will limit capacity to 118 guests, compared to 150 or more on other ships of similar size. This allows the line to offer more spacious common areas, a bistro dining area as a less formal alternative to the main dining room and an airy, open decor.
Swiss Jewel will alternate with Tauck’s other vessels on five of the company’s seven river cruise itineraries next year.
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