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We had the same situation earlier this year on Virtuosa. We had a 2am flight so had dinner and then left the ship on the Friday night to go to the airport. We were in Yacht Club and told them we would be leaving at that time. I don't recall having to jump through any hoops or get special permission. We just did it as a courtesy and to let them know we didn't need our room making up that night. They asked us to call them for help getting off the ship with our luggage but we really didn't need all the faff of being escorted off so just took our own luggage off.

I would also disagree. We've done it on Grandeur and (I think) Legend where they have created a separate dining room at the back of the MDR but easily the best locations are on Radiance class ships where they have a separate and well appointed dining room Worst experience was Explorer where they they pulled a curtain across the back of Chops and put the table there. It could have been worse - apparently they sometimes held it in the Windjammer Have seen mention of various locations on other ships but to fully enjoy the experience I would only do it in one with a separate dedicated dining room

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Just to add to the above. I had forgotten that they did have a formal night but we chose to eat in the Japanese specialty restaurant as they had a special menu. No one was dressed 'formally' in there and don't recall seeing a lot of formal dress around the ship. There's a thread about formal night on the Seabourn board

Yes I can compare. Have done many RC cruises and only 1 Seabourn but would sail Seabourn again in a heartbeat - and there's no e at the end folks 😉. Lucky people who get offered a Seabourn cruise. We were lucky enough to know someone who worked there so got a generous discount. Sadly he's now left and it's only the price which would prevent us from booking again. Whilst I wouldn't know whether the people are wealthy it's not cheap to book so they won't be on the breadline. We certainly didn't find them to be snobby or standoffish. The age demographic was probably older than RC as its not a line which attracts children or party people but I wouldn't describe them as elderly- more of the age of Celebrity/Azamara cruisers. There are no formal nights on Seabourn. People tend to dress nicely so you won't find scruffy shorts and baseball caps in the restaurants but suits are not expected. There is one special night - called Gala Night - where people did dress up a bit more but nothing like the old 'formal' night on RC. Entertainment is obviously different as They don't have the size of ship for big production shows. The shows take place in a cabaret lounge setting with a small cast of high quality singers and dancers and with some guest performers eg comedians. We love the RC shows but didn't feel we missed out. The food is outstanding. We only ate in the buffet at breakfast and the pool grill for lunch (where they do excellent burgers) but the Main Dining room food is fantastic and on a par with RC speciality restaurants but with more choices as obviously the menu changes every night. The Gala Night dinner was one of the best I've ever had on a ship. Drinks are all included and top quality with plenty of choices and proper champagne- not the RC Chandon cheap version. You can even order caviar for free any time of day. We had a balcony stateroom which was similar in size to a RC Junior suite but much better appointed and also comes with a stocked bar. The ships are small which means they can get into ports which the larger ships can't, which is particularly nice in the Med where some of the ports are a long way from the attractions. What an amazing opportunity for your relatives. I would grab it with both hands 😁

You beat me to it. Been on many slides- far bigger than those on RC ships - and never had an issue

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