Small Ship Cruising --
Nature and Cultural Cruises
Cruise West Fleet of Ships
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The Spirit of Endeavor accommodates 102 guests in comfortable rooms with expansive picture windows or port holes. Rooms have phone service. The ship features a lounge, library and cozy, intimate areas, wireless Internet.
Category A (Gold): 8'4" x 13' x 11', 2 single beds, desk, port holes
Category AA (Green): 8'4" x 13, 2 single beds, desk, view window
Category AAA (Blue): 8'4" x 13, 2 single beds (some convert to queen), some adjoin, some accommodate triples
Category Deluxe (Orange): 15'2" x 10'3", 2 singles can convert to queen bed, small refrigerator, large view window, desk, rooms 201 and 202 can accommodate triples.
Spirit of Endeavor
The Spirit of Yorktown small ship is one of Cruise West's newer ships. Its decor is enhanced with light wood and artistically etched glass. The Observation Lounge features expansive picture windows. There are four decks, a library, intimate conversation areas. Staterroms have either a wide picture window or a port hole, writing desk, and ample storage. The crew is American.
Category A (Gold): 9" x 18', 2 single beds, hair dryer, porthole
Category AA (Green): 13' x 10', 2 single beds, hair dryer, view windows
Category AAA (Blue): 8'4" x 13', 2 single beds, writing desk, hair dryer, large view windows. Some accommodate tripes
Category Deluxe (Orange): 12'8" x 18'4", 2 singles or queen bed, writing desk, hair dryer, large view window, triple capability
Category Balcony (Purple): 10'6" x 16', queen bed, writing desk, hair dryer, small refrigerator, large view windows, private balcony
Spirit of Yorktown
Cruise West's Spirit of Discovery accommodates 84 guests. Every category stateroom has a wide-view window, many open. There is lots of deck space onboard. The Discovery Lounge hass wide picture windows port and starboard and floor to ceiling windows in the front.
Category Single (Red): 8' x 8', Single bed, large view wiindow, compact bath
Category BBB (Dark Green): 8'6" x 13', upper and lower single beds, large view window
Category A (Gold): 10' x 11', 2 single beds (302 has double bed), large view window
Category AA (Light Green): 8' x 11'6", 2 single beds, view window
Category AAA (Blue): 8' x 13', 2 single beds, large view windows
Category Deluxe (Orange): 10'6" x 12', queen bed, writing desk, chair, small refrigerator, large view windows
Spirit of Discovery
Cruise West's Spirit of Oceanus ship is one of their ocean-going vessels and is one of Cruise West's nicest ships. It is very spacious with outside suites to accommodate 120 guests. Rooms feature either a picture window or port hole, walk-in closet or wardrobe, large marble vanity and sink, lounge area, satellite phone, Internet access, fresh fruit bowl, robes to use during cruise, and spa bath amenities. All categories can accomodate triples. The Oceanus has 2 lounges, a game room, library, elevator to all decks, and a doctor with clinic.
Superior Category (Orange): 215 Sq. Ft., 3 portholes or picture window, 2 singles or king.
Majestic Category (Blue): 240 Sq. Ft., 2 portholes, wardrobe, 2 single beds or a king.
Premium Category (Purple): 235 Sq. Ft., large picture window, 2 singles or king.
Classic Category (Turquoise): 250 Sq. Ft., picture window, 2 wardrobes, 2 single beds or king
Explorer Category (Brown): 277 Sq. Ft., sliding glass door to balcony, walk in closet, 2 singles or king
Grand Titan Category (Red): 353 Sq. Ft., sliding glass door to private balcony, spacious wardrobe, large picture window, 2 singles or a king
Owner's Suite (Yellow): 550 Sq. Ft., living room with game & meeting area, large bath with jetted tub, walk-in closet, king bed, sleeper sofa, complimentary bar, beverage chiller, Hd Plasma TV, DVD, VCR, BOSE stereo system, Internet access, large sliding glass door to private balcony.
Spirit of Oceanus
Category Superior
Galapagos Explorer II
The Galápagos Explorer II, sister ship to Spirit of Oceanus, is the safest and most elegant of the vessels cruising the Galápagos’s waters. Designed to provide comfort and scientific information to 100 passengers visiting the Galápagos National Park, the vessel is fully air conditioned with a desalinization plant for producing the vessel’s own fresh water. The ship offers 50 exterior suites, each equipped with a marble bathroom, hair dryer, television, refrigerated bar and wireless internet.
Cruise West's small ship Pacific Explorer accommodates 100 guests. All large rooms feature picture windows that open, teak beds, climate control, bath & shower, international cuisine, Room size is between 109 and 154 square feet. The Costa Rican crew speaks English and the Exploration Leader is American.
Category A: Gold on deck plan. 7'8" x 14'. Queen bed, picture window that opens, storage closet.
Categories AA and AAA: AA is green on deck plan. AAA is blue. 7'8" x 15'. Queen or 2 singles, picture window that opens. Storage closet. Shelves. Some rooms adjoin.
Category Deluxe: Orange on deck plan. 10'5" x 14'7". quee bed, 2 large picture windows that open, storage closet. Can accommodate 3 persons.
Pacific Explorer
Spirit of Columbia
The Spirit of Columbia is a rustic, yet cozy vessel perfect for shared adventure in Prince William Sound. With its shallow draft and stately pace of cruising, you won't miss a thing as it lingers among the back channels, bays and wilderness islands.
The range of cabin categories is one of the widest in our fleet, ranging from lower-deck inside cabins to Deluxe categories with picture windows. All staterooms offer private facilities and air conditioning.
NEW! Explorer Class Cabins
Enjoy more upscale comforts with eco-friendly amenities, including ultra-soft bamboo fiber linens and towels, cotton waffle-weave bathrobes, water-conserving Speakman “Easy Jet” adjustable stream shower heads, and hypoallergenic down European duvets.
Categories Deluxe and Explorer: Orange & Turquoise Colors. 9' x 13' Deluxe = Access is from outside passageway. 2 single beds, refrigerator, desk, view window. Explorer = 2 single beds, table & chair, refrigerator, view window.
Category AA: Green Color. 8' x 11' 6". Access is from inside corridor. 2 single beds or double bed, large view window.
Category A: Yellow Color. 9' x 10' 6". Access is from outside passageway. 2 singles, view window. Sink is in the shower.
Categories B and C: Blue and Pink Colors. 7" x 10' 5". Interior stateroom. No window. 2 single beds. Some have sink in shower. No closet -- hanging bar for clothes.
This page is dedicated to the Cruise West fleet of ships.
Check out the deck plans and stateroom information.
Cruise West ships are not luxury vessels. The clientele who are repeat guests find they spend little time in their rooms. Cruise West cruises are soft adventure and the emphasis is on nature and the ecological ambiance of the region. The deluxe vessel in the fleet is the Oceanus.
Each vessel is designed to take guests to places they would normally not get to visit with larger ships.
