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, ...
Although still quite good, a two year hiatus from SeaBourn certainly highlighted a decline in service. Corporate "cutting" is evident, with the service especially. As the top end of the Carnival line one would think the bean counters would leave this one alone. Not so. Less servers and less competent (trained?) servers compared to our two Seabourn cruises in winter of 2014. Not saying people ...
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 sailed to the Caribbean on Seabourn Quest December 2012 in a Penthouse Suite (one category above the Seabourn Suite with veranda.) Even though there were numerous positive reviews of the Quest, we still didn't know what to expect; however, within minutes after boarding we sensed that something was different. To start we were escorted to the Colonade for a spectacular lunch with fine wines. ...
If the sub-head above seems odd, it is triggered by the disparity of reviews from the same cruise in which some are exultant and others reflect bitter disappoint.You will have to judge for yourselves whose judgments to trust.
This was our third Seabourn cruise--in chronological order, Odyssey, Legend, then Sojourn. It was in many ways the most satisfactory of them all, though perhaps ...