Shellback2014

I just now tried it. 4:26 CDT. All seems OK. Logged in and checked my preferences without any trouble at all. Wish I could help more.

We attended a beautiful wedding on the Legend in 2015. The ship decorated the Observation Lounge with flowers, rolled out a red carpet for the procession, and had a big cake and champagne for the wedding party. It was a very nice and formal affair with the Captain officiating. The only possible problem was that the Captain’s authority only applies to the ship, so the marriage is legal only aboard. But as long as you cruise, all is well.

Go to Seabourn’s site, then Life on Board, then Our Ships, then the one you are nterested in, then click on the Suite you want to see the size and floor plan.

On the Quest, Suite 830 has what appears to be a sofa-bed. It is longer, taking up the entire space from exterior wall to the bar cabinet...no room for the ice bucket or anything else. And there is a joint between the cushion and the frame, unlike the standard sofa. However, we, being only two, did not extend it.

We, fellow septuagenarians, find it flattering when we return to our suite after the late show, to find our stewardess has turned the lights down low, put soft music on the TV, and festooned the bed with rose petals. :D

Dear Wrinkles,

Did you forget you had already posted?

Thanks for the heads-up, but the Terms and Conditions say cancellations made more than 3 days prior to embarkation may be subject to a cancellation fee. Is the important word "may"? Most of the replies don't mention being penalized for a customer cancellation. I can understand there being no fee for a ship's cancelling, but it sounds as though I will be charged for a cancellation made after boarding.

I don’t read it quite that way. Here’s what it says in part: Cancellations of shore excursions, spa services or gift orders made more than three days prior to embarkation will be fully refunded.

Anyhow, the only time I have suffered a cancellation fee was when I canceled on the day of the tour.

You are correct. You use your credit card to book excursions online, but once on board, you get the good folks at Seabourn Square to change the booking to your OBC account. They will then issue a credit to your credit card. I’ve done it more than once.

I used to book some in advance, but now wait until I'm on board. On our last cruise, the description of the tour had described on board changed from that described in the Prelimnary Documents...so much so that we canceled our booking. Seabourn was very understanding and accommodating about the refund, but that experience argues against booking in advance.

We sailed on the Quest in May of this year, deck 8. When we first got there, the bathroom had a slight sewer odor. So I ran water in the tub for a minute, and that solved it. My guess is that no one had used the tub recently and that the water in the P trap had evaporated, thereby loosing its seal. I failed to ask the Stewardess if she had been told to do this routinely, as she should have done. It's a common problem with plumbing fixtures which don't get used regularly.

Yes, 5% discount on a future cruise, and you get to say whether or not it's the next one.

Thank you both for your answers. We will take a taxi to the airport and pray all goes well.

Our cruise is scheduled to arrive in Barcelona at 7:00 AM on a Wednesday. Using Seabourn's airport transfer bus, can we make a 10:30 flight?

Our experience on the "O" class ships is that the ship rides beautifully. Spring crossings are normally pretty calm anyway. We prefer a V1 or higher suite so we can sit on the balcony, read and watch the ocean sail by. But if that's not important to you, an A1 is fine, and often less expensive. We get a guarantee booking and have never been sorry. We are usually assigned just what we paid for, but sometimes we get an upgrade, not that there's much difference between V1 and V6. We feel that the crossings are among the lowest per diem cost and the cruise is much more laid back and relaxing and it's easier to meet other pax. But if you like the port visits, then avoid a crossing.

Is there any way to tell which excursions are offered in which port, online, without having to book first? Is it somewhere on the website that I'm missing?

 

Thanks!

Go to Seabourn's website, then scroll all the way down to the bottom...the part in black. Click on "excursions". That will take you to a place where you can select the particular cruise and port you are interested in. It doesn't list prices, but you can see the tours.

Is there an outlet? We're going for 5 weeks so we'll need our toothbrush charger. It's not a big power draw, so even a razor outlet would do.

 

George

'fraid not

It's awkward and incomplete, but I'd you go to Seabourn's web site, then click on "Life on Board", then click on "Seabourn Conversations" you can, with effort, find the names of the guest lecturers on the various ships and their start dates, but not the end dates. Sort of useful, but not too much so. So the previous answer of "NO" is almost correct.

No problem just now with my iPad.

We usually use Seabourn Air. Caution: check the schedule carefully. Once they booked us through CDG with a rediculously short connection time. I assumed they knew what they were doing, so didn't complain. I was wrong. We missed the connection and almost missed the ship. Otherwise, it's very good. Competitive cost, transfers, and meals if there is much time between ship and plane.

Seabourn's O Class ships have more spaces, so one is less likely to bump into folks you were with before, and the Veranda and Colonnade are much larger than their old counterparts, so one is not as likely to sit at a table with others. It can happen but feels less "natural". So I feel the triplets were more conducive to making friends. But outgoing folks will do so anyway, and the new Seabourn ships are a good bit more comfortable. In summary, we like them both, but they are certainly different.

Can anyone who has been on the Quest recently enough to remember let me know about the electric outlets in the suites - for my purposes the V level suites. Specifically, enough outlets in convenient places, like next to the bed and by reading chairs? And do we need adapters or are they standard US plugs?

As I recall, none next to the beds. A couple at the vanity...both US and round European. One duplex at the baseboard between the TV and the chair...of the round European variety. So it took a little coordination to keep everything charged up, and we did need an adapter to go from round European to US blade plugs.

We're on this Panama Canal cruise in January 2017. Any suggestions for shore excursionsin Puerto Chaipas, Puerto Quetzal and Puntarenas would be appreciated.

We took the ship's excursion at Puerto Chiapas. A nice drive thru the countryside, then to a school where we were "entertained" by young children dancing "traditional native dances", etc., then to a banana cooperative. We had attended lectures about bananas on the ship, so seeing the coop was quite interesting, informative and educational. When we got back to the Quest, the crew was lined up to welcome us home. Quite impressive and fun. We were glad we took that excursion.

As to the others, we either didn't take them or have since forgotten.

I hesitate to say it, but that whole part of the world is so impoverished that it's depressing for us fat cats to see. Better to stay onboard and ignore the situation.

We took the same cruise this Spring. On sea days you can attend lectures, bridge lessons, duplicate bridge, watercolor classes, sit on the veranda reading or watching the ocean sail by, lounge by or in the pool or whirlpools, play trivia, sit in the Square or meet with others at one of the outside areas. The Patio Bar and the Observation Lounge were favorite haunts too. Those days were some of our favorites.

You can get your plane ticket through Seabourn, though it's additional cost. After booking your cruise, you talk to the air program folks and they will tell you how much they will charge to add the airfare from your gateway city to and/or from the cruise. You can opt for one way or round trip, Business or Coach. They seem willing to adjust things like carrier, routes and dates of travel. Sometimes their price is higher than you can get for yourself, and sometimes less. If you do add it, then I believe it's automatically included in the trip insurance, if you buy that from SB. And transfers to/from airport and ship are included. In summary, I think it's worth checking out. For me, getting the air from SB cuts down on the cost of antacid tablets. Even so, I always go one day early and add an hour to their suggested connection time in CDG. Belts and suspenders.

Occasionally my husband and I will accept an invitation but the problem is that we like to sit next to each other and they spread us around.

My wife and I have dined at hosted tables many times, but like you, wish they wouldn't seat us so far apart. When we get back to the room after such a dinner, we don't have many common conversations or people to talk about...we might as well have been at different tables! We don't need to be seated next to each other, but would prefer to sit at the same end of the table so that we can both be in the same conversation and meet the same people. Maybe if my ears worked better, or if the room were not so noisy, dining at the large hosted tables would be better than it is at present.

We have asked to be seated with another couple or two in the MDR sometimes, and that has generally worked well.