After 12 other cruises on 9 other lines, this was our first time on Seabourn. We completed 2 segments on the 2014 World Cruise, from Los Angeles to Hong Kong. Some things on the Sojourn were wonderful; some not so much...
The Ship: Beautiful and well-maintained. The design is sleek, modern with a flavor of mid-century. One of the things you pay for in the luxury pricing is the space. Imagine an ...
Until about 6 weeks ago when we were shown round and given lunch on a Radisson 7 Seas ship that docked in Cairns, we had nothing to compare with Seabourn.
There is no doubt that the Seabourn architecture is the best afloat. One can see this on a profile view where the accommodation stops approx 2/3 from the bow with the final 1/3 aft as public space. No other line is so generous with public ...
After almost 300 days on Seabourn ships:
Seabourn was once an elegant, almost perfect cruise line which I truly loved. Since it is part of Carnival, it's over. Seabourn is now Middle-class. "Luxury" remained only the prices.
First of all: English is not my mother tounge. So please excuse my mistakes. And then: Maybe a couple of serious suggestions.
* Don't book Seabourn. There are better ...
Noisy room - everything rattled - lot of vibration. We were on 3 consecutive segments totalling 60 days and got no upgrade - in fact we got worst cabin in our category. Several other passengers on only 1 segment got 2 or even 3 category upgrades. Most staff never recognized us by name after 60 days!
No caviar in the surf or marina days during a 60 day voyage. 4 or 5 port stops only 4-6 hours - ...
My husband and I flew from Australia to LA to join the Seabourn Odyssey for our 20 day cruise back through Nuku Hiva, Atuona, Papeete, Bora Bora, Rarotonga, Russell in the Bay of Islands and finally ending in Auckland.
This was our first ever cruise with the Yachts of Seabourn, the best decision we could of ever made. Our embarkation was so quick and easy with no major wait then straight onto ...