EMBARKATION. This was our first Seabourn Cruise. The Virgin Atlantic flight to Dubai was quite satisfactory and the Seabourn Agent at Dubai airport was efficient and informative. We arrived in Dubai at 8.50am. There were 25 guests on our flight and when we were all gathered together with our luggage, to our great pleasure, we were taken on a coach to the Armani Hotel for breakfast. This is the tallest building in the UAE..... at the moment!

The breakfast buffet there was excellent, and afterwards we spent a short time waiting in the comfortable lounge, before being taken to the ship about 1.30pm Check-in on Legend takes place in the show lounge and on arrival we were served a choice of fruit juice, coffee, tea, champagne and canapes. Check in was quick and was the usual photo taken and plastic key card handed out. We got the cruise card with the photo on it later in the day. All the guests began to arrive from their various flights and by 2.30pm we were taken to our suite. We were not permitted to carry our hand baggage ourselves.

THE SUITE. Our A1 suite was on deck 4. Decks 4, 5 and 6 are passenger accommodation decks. The suite was spacious and well appointed. We had a large window. The bathroom has a full length bath tub and shower over. There is one wash basin. The bathroom is white marble, with plenty of storage. There is a walk in wardrobe, ample hangers and a safe. Read more