Seven Seas Voyager Review

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Review for Transatlantic Cruise on Seven Seas Voyager
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Sail Date: Apr 2023
Cabin: Voyager Suite

My wife and I wanted to do a transatlantic voyage and decided to do it on Seven Seas Voyager. We had previously gone on a 7-day Mediterranean cruise on Voyager in 2018. We noticed significant improvements compared with the 2018 cruise. First, the food is substantially improved in all of the venues. They also have added an Italian restaurant, Sette Mari, and have an excellent afternoon tea service with changing food options. Chartreuse is excellent. The main dining room, Compace Rose, has specials each day reflecting the specialty restaurants along with its extensive standard menu. La Veranda is excellent for lunch. We are not steak house fans but Prime 7 had good seafood options. For in room dining, we could order off of any of the restaurant menus. All in all the food is substantially improved compared to 2018. Second, the service was outstanding. All the ship personnel sought to make us feel special and provided expert service. Also notable was that when we were outside walking or sitting on the deck, personnel not involved in any of the service activities but rather were ensuring the safe operation of the ship would greet us. They had lots of activities on the transatlantic cruise and a number of musicians and musical venues. The few ports (Bermuda, Ponta Del Gada and Cadiz) were interesting and ensured we were not at sea the entire cruise.

We had smooth seas and no bad weather the entire trip. That said, one of us had problems with sea sickness and spent a couple of days on the veranda looking at the horizon and felt mildly sea sick most of the trip. Because of this we won't do a transatlantic relocation trip again. This is something to keep in mind if you have a tendency for sea sickness when considering a transatlantic cruise. (We did find that strong ginger tea was good for sea sickness. We had the kitchen slice up ginger root and seeped the ginger in hot water. However, it requires more than a few small slice of ginger root and we did encountered problems with getting enough sliced ginger each time we requested it.)

We took a 7 day cruise on Oceania's Marina right after the transatlantic trip on Voyager. The food was definitely better on the Voyager. All 4 of the specialty restaurants on the Marina were incredibly noisy which was a problem we encountered only in Prime 7 on the Voyager. Despite pushing Jacques Pepin as responsible for the French restaurant's menu, Chartreuse was significantly better. Sette Mari was also better than the Italian restaurant, Toscana, on Marina. All of the restaurants on Voyager were better than on Marina. The Terrace Cafe did have a larger selection of food than La Veranda and we liked that the buffet food was served to you in the The Terrace Cafe rather than the self-serve in La Veranda. But the overall food quality was still superior in La Veranda. We also found that the service was spotty. Some of the personnel were polite and attentive whereas others were clueless and not polite, attentive or effective. Whereas everyone we encountered on Voyager were excellent. There also seemed to be many more guests on the Marina that liked talking very loudly, which was not the case on the Voyager. We are not sure how much of that difference reflected the number of passengers (450 vs 1200) or the destination (transatlantic versus Mediterranean) or the spectrum of guests that cruise of Regent vs Oceania. But we enjoyed the other passengers on Voyager more than Marina.

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Voyager Suite

We splurged and took a Voyager suite on the starboard side of deck 7 (suite 7**). We loved the cabin and having 1 and 1/2 baths is very convenient. We have a great butler. Wonderful experience.

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