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My experience of booking 4 full Retreat packages in last 12 months is all full package guests on our cruises picked from available cabanas on first day of cruise and had them every day. I think this is is fair when a full package is booked 😀

That decision was only made late January 24, which was too late to create new voyages for March. This time they could create and sell a voyage around the Horn as other cruise lines have done. Cunard has just announced world cruise 25 will not go through Suez and thus adjusted ports. Sojourn going from Cape Town to Europe February 25.

Re Retreat booking - not true re not booking a particular cabana if book for the whole voyage.

Once Stockperks confirmed, where do I actually see the OBC? Seeing nothing when I log into any of my cruises 😀

Thank you 😀

Sorry to trouble you further - do you happen to know who the Head Chef is ? 😀

Thank you. I am now trying to think if I have previously met Maciej 😀

I booked a 30 day cruise and paid the deposit. 6 months later I qualified for a free cruise. Following qualification, my agent contacted Seabourn and they calculated the £ value of the free cruise based on my most frequent suite purchased. They then applied this to the already booked 30 day cruise before final payment was due.

Thank you so much for that. If you get the chance could you please ask who is their replacement in a months time.

That is the sequence of events for the 30 day cruise I had it applied to.

It is not as simple as a free weeks cruise. Seabourn gave me a £ figure for my free cruise against my 30 night cruise.

Unfortunately you cannot compare Seabourn and Cunard for the term suites. Seabourn advertises as all suite ships - they say this as the size of a basic cabin is similar to suites on other lines- they are not suites. Their ocean view suite which you are referring to is a cabin without a balcony ( only found on the older two ships now I think) - this is the size you are referring to above. The next up is a verandah cabin ( 300 sq and 65 sq balcony) and not a suite. The smallest suite is actually the Penthouse (440sq and 100 sq balcony) - this would equate to a QG starter suite. There are an additional 5 higher suites: only the top 4 categories are classed as premium suites on Seabourn - these give transport to and from ship and various other things.

We are not looking to switch from Seabourn - we currently have four 28 - 31 night bookings - it is a product we spend many months a year on and love it - yes we spend silly money but have never questioned the value. We have always accepted on Seabourn that you pay highly for the best suite 😀 However, on Seabourn we have had a few people tell us we should give a Q1 Cunard a go. We are young retirees who are lucky to have the freedom to do however many holidays we want and would just view this as an experience.

Response to last few posts 😀 This there is a misunderstanding here - each cabana has its own tv and Bluetooth headphones in case you wish to relax in shade and watch a movie/listen to a music chanel. You can open the back doors of the cabana and lie and watch the sea if you wish 😀 There is no large screen and no noise - Retreat is extremely peaceful. Retreat is its own deck and is not claustrophobic in any way. I enjoy having the option of sun/shade next to each other as husband is a true sunbather and I also like shade. As regards cost: if you are booking one day your prices are correct. I book a full cruise: this is priced at $100 a day BUT you receive $50 dollars a rebate a day to spend in the spa ( when and however you wish) - my husband is a spa person so easily spends this on massages etc. In addition you receive an upgraded bottle of champagne each day ( roughly £40 to buy in UK supermarket. As husband also loves champagne we find the deal a no brainier for us. Re laying on our own balcony - Wintergarden suite on Seabourn contains two balconies ( one open with sunbeds and table/chairs and one all enclosed glass with a jacuzzi and sunbeds. Although this is very nice - is is not the same as the Retreat where you are constantly asked what you want and immediately provided with it.

Seabourn Retreat has 15 cabanas ( 2 people per cabana) with 5 staff. They are constantly providing drink/food/ice cream etc. Each cabana has 2 thickly padded sunloungers plus a dining table outside. Inside, if don’t want to be in the sun, is a large comfy settee to relax on, coffee table, large tv screen, slippers, rug, dressing gown and headphones - and of course your chilled bottle of champagne. What I have seen online and read of the Queen Victoria grills terrace suggests there will be no comparison. However, we are looking forward to the suite and the restaurant 😀