We have approx 14 cruises under our belt, but this is the 1st for the Caribbean.
!st Seabourn , they took care of us all the way. Before we were out of the taxi we were met by a representative and then guided to check in, no lines nor waiting ...and had a drink and lunch in no time. As we left the ship once again guided thru to a taxi, effortless.
The room was nice, loved the walk in closet ...
We have cruised on Regent, Crystal, Viking, Celebrity, Princess and Cunard and although our experience with Seabourn was very good, there was something about Seabourn that did not live up to all the hype. The plus points are excellent cabin sizes, good food, good service and staff (most of the time), excellent safety and security procedures and the all inclusive nature of the cruise. Seabourn ...
We chose this cruise as we have been meaning to try Seaborn for some time and the itinerary offered some different islands, (even more after the changes because of the hurricanes.) We may well go with Seabourn again, for the right itinerary, but we are by no means 100% converted!
We had already notched up over 20 cruises on nine different lines, mostly in the Caribbean and the Med. I can ...
We sailed to the Caribbean for the weather. On the whole it was lovely weather. We chose Seabourn Odyssey for dates and itinerary.
Embarkation in Barbados was not well organized; there was not a SB Rep indicating that the line to board the port shuttles to the ship should be kept inside...it was raining and people were queuing outside, as per port reps. More than 50 people waited for the ...
We have had a Seabourn Cruise on our radar for many years. Having sailed on all the major cruise lines, we were anxious to compare our Windstar, Azamara, Regent Cruise experiences to Seabourn. Everything we heard about Seabourn led us to believe that we would receive fine service. We anticipated excellent food and service. Unfortunately, many of our expectations were not met.
What did ...
We booked this cruise as it was convenient to just fly to Barbados and then return to Miami (near where we live). The Caribbean has been devastated by Hurricane Maria and many ports were changed. We were on 2 back to back cruises so we would up visiting some ports twice. We only went on one excursion which turned out to be terrible (glass bottom boat). Saw little amount of fish, boat was a rickety ...
This was a 10 year wedding anniversary cruise and was a bucket list cruise and the price was right for the amount of days. Roundtrip Miami was a plus rather than having to fly to Barbados or St. Martin. First of all, let me say that I have been LIVING this cruise through YouTube videos and was thrilled beyond anything to be cruising with Seabourn.
Check in was too slow. "Bob" needed much more ...
We have cruised over 24 times. The last 6 cruises with Regent. We needed a change as we felt Regent standards were dropping dramatically from when we first started using them. We noted that Seabourn had a consistently higher rating than Regent, so decided to give them a try as the pricing was similar, although Seabourn do not offer complimentary excursions or wifi.
The difference was ...
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 ...