Ambience

Ambassador Cruise Line · Residential class · 1991

Ambience measures 70,285 gross tons, with room for 1,596 guests. Ambience sails 12-night cruises from London (Tilbury).

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Ambassador Cruise Line ship Ambience alongside at Tilbury
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BuiltYear built
1991
TonnageGross tonnage
70,285
Decks
13
Cabins
798
Guests
1,596
1,915 at full occupancy
Crew
660

Ambience cruise schedule

25 cruises in the next 12 months · open a cruise to see its itinerary · all times local

Showing 6 of 25 cruises

Where Ambience sails

Homeport and departures by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027

Most of its sailings are in the Baltic, Norwegian Fjords, Russia, with more in the Mediterranean, Black Sea. Ambience sails from London (Tilbury).

London (Tilbury)Number = cruises starting that month

Ports Ambience visits

94 ports of call in the next 12 months · homeports not counted

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How Ambience sails

Sailings starting in the next 12 months · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027 · from published itineraries

Sailing mix

Upcoming sailings by length

25sailings

  • Up to 5 nights520%
  • 7 nights312%
  • 6, 8 or 9 nights28%
  • 10–14 nights1248%
  • 15+ nights312%

Turnaround ports

Port intensity

Port days and sea days per cruise, between embarkation and return

Time in port
10 h
median · 5 – 35.5 h
Port days
57%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
7
staying past midnight
Late departures
21
after 20:00 · latest 23:59

Cruise patterns

  • 4 ports · 2 sea days7 nights2 cruises
  • 1 port · 0 sea days2 nights2 cruises
  • 15 ports · 15 sea days31 nights1 cruise
  • 1 port · 2 sea days4 nights1 cruise
  • 3 ports · 1 sea day5 nights1 cruise

Port daySea dayEmbarkation and return days not shown

Sea days are the days between embarkation and return with no port call. Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out. Late departure = leaving a port of call after 20:00, local time.

Ambience specifications

From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units

Ship

Cruise line
Ambassador Cruise Line
Class
Residential class
Year built
1991
Status
In service
IMO
8521232
MMSI
311001109

Size

Gross tonnage
70,285 GT
Length
245.1 m
Beam
32 m
Decks
13
Cruising speed
22 knots

Capacity

Guests, double occupancy
1,596
Guests, full occupancy
1,915
Cabins
798
Crew
660
Guests per crew member
2.4
Space per guest
44.0 GT

How it compares

212th largest of 350 ships in service

Gross tonnage

  • Ambience70,285
  • Ambassador Cruise Line average57,994
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • Ambience1,596
  • Ambassador Cruise Line average1,367
  • All ships in service2,189

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About Ambience

Ambience was built by Fincantieri at Monfalcone and delivered in July 1991 as Regal Princess for Princess Cruises; Margaret Thatcher christened her in New York. In 2007 she moved to P&O Cruises Australia as Pacific Dawn. Sold in 2020, she was briefly renamed Satoshi for a residential ship project that was cancelled, and in 2021 she became Ambience, the first ship of Ambassador Cruise Line. She had a refit at A&P Tyne in January 2026.