Seabourn Legend Review

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Seabourn Transatlantic Review

Review for Transatlantic Cruise on Seabourn Legend
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autumnriver
First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

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Sail Date: Apr 2010

We took the 13 day transatlantic cruise on the Legend, from Fort Lauderdale to Lisbon, with a one day stop in Madeira, between April 8 and 21, 2010. We are experienced veterans of Cunard, as well as the great transatlantic liners of the 50s, 60s and 70s. We sought out Seabourn because we like ships to be ships, not floating Las Vegas Hotels or theme parks.

In sum, Seabourn fully deserves its fine reputation. As other reviewers have noted, the food and service are superb. Portions in the dining room are moderate to small, so that you can try everything. The smaller dining room toward the aft of the ship offers equally refined fare, and is excellent for breakfast and lunch, as well as different dinner menus. We had a $400 shipboard credit which we planned to spend on premium wines. We did not bother, as the wines Seabourn provides were superb. Instead, we spent the credit on a tour of Madeira and the gift shop.

Coming recently from Cunard, we are used to excellent service. The Legend was even better, nearly faultless, despite having some new crew members undergoing training. Within a day or two most of the waiters and other staff knew our names. The crew is uniformly friendly, without being intrusive, and their morale seems exceptionally good. Not having to sign chits for every drink was a great relief, and probably saves the cruise line considerable trouble. There were 162 passengers aboard, including quite a few singles, and the cabins were fully booked. Crew outnumbered the passengers. Because of these small numbers, there were never any lines. Embarkation and debarkation were as easy as if we had our own yacht.

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Excellent in all respects.

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