We have been on Seabourn before and really enjoyed it so this was a natural choice for a Caribbean cruise.
The staff continue to be very high quality, attentive to requests and just the right balance of friendliness and professionalism.
The cabin ( Veranda 825) was fine -never felt cramped and the excellent separate storage room continues to impress.
Never felt crowded on the ship and ...
Preface:
I travel extensively throughout the USA, Europe and Asia. After doing some research on the Seabourn Odyssey, my wife and I decided to take a Caribbean vacation (without our kids).
Before getting into the details, I want to commend the crew, a fine group of people who did their best to provide a good experience.
The Ship: (Tired, Can't Handle any Swells)
The Odyssey is small, ...
After a terrible cruise on the Mariner with Regent of the Seven Seas we returned to Seabourn hoping that it still was the best cruise line we had ever been on, we were not disappointed, there have been some cutbacks as with all cruise lines but not enough to have a big impact on the services, and yes as many of the seasoned crew were on the new Explorer there were some delays in service but these ...
We chose this Seabourn cruise (actually, three sequential cruises) on Odyssey because our previous experiences with Seabourn have been excellent. As Diamond members, we have been aboard a Seabourn ship for over 200 nights.
We noted last fall aboard Sojourn that there had been cuts in dining options and in service. For example, two persons previously came in to clean suites. Now that there's ...
We sailed from Ft.L on Dec 3-15. We enjoyed almost all aspects of the ship, save for one important exception.
Let's begin with the positives:
Check in was quite quick since there's only 450 passengers. Note that a slow check-in never bothers us much since the ship isn't going anywhere till be board. Once aboard we were very impressed with the beautiful architecture and furnishings of the ...
My wife and I were on the December 6th 14-night Caribbean cruise, from FLL to FLL. This was our sixth Seabourn cruise, and many of the familiar satisfactions were in place. A fine crew dedicated to making you happy, an aging ship, but one kept in very good repair, a vivacious CD who amped up trivia contests, a significantly improved array of wines, assuming you chose with care, the familiar ...
This was our first Seabourn cruise we usually sail with Celebrity. I had always heard great things about Seabourn so my expectations were very high.
We were on a 12 day Caribbean cruise on the Odyssey which holds approx 450 passengers. The itinerary was great and included smaller Islands as the ship was small enough to get in to these ports-we tendered 3 times and we missed one stop because ...
This was my first Seabourn cruise, having previously sailed with Crystal one can't help comparing experiences. However, there is little I can say about Seabourn that would compare favourably, or entice me to sail with Seabourn in the future.
Overall it was a dull experience, I did not find the ship to be well laid out, I found the decor bland, ceilings low, generally lacking in colour with ...
We just left a 12 day cruise on Odyssey--had a suite with a veranda on 9th floor, and are non smokers. We were lucky? enough to have on either side of us 4 chain smokers- who due to no smoking in suites, decided to camp out morning, noon, afternoon and evening on their verandas smoking, drinking, playing cards-living on the veranda. We couldn't use our veranda due to noise and smoke at all ...
We are repeat Seabourn clients. This was our first (and only) try aboard Seabourn's larger vessel.
Virtually none of the small-ship experience Seabourn is famous seems to have transferred to the much larger Odyssey class ship.
Visually the ship is beautiful.
Food was excellent with the notable exception of the morning galley chefs' treatment of eggs. Day after day the scrambled eggs in ...