BillK400

My impression is that the ship and expedition crew are set up and focused on antarctic and possibly arctic cruises and warm weather expeditions are an afterthought filling time between cold weather seasons. Hope I am wrong as I am on the May 15th Pursuit cruise.

We have Keene sandals we use when river kayaking and will be bring them for use on wet landings, etc. I would prefer to not being our snorkel gear due to the bulk. I was told by Seaborne rep that the gear is available onboard as I would expect for an expedition ship, but just wanted to confirm.

Can you confirm that snorkel gear is available onboard? I was told the gear, mask, fins & snorkel were available onboard for use by passengers. Thanks!

The ship has a large expedition staff (per Seabourn web site it's 24 I believe); what are they doing if not providing "expedition" landings/tours? We are on the May 15th cruise from Guam that in includes Micronesia, PNG, and Solomon Islands and am hopeful that there will be many "expedition" activities/landings. We specifically wanted this expedition cruise to do the "expedition" type activities so will e very disappointed if they are few/limited. Note: they have recently posted 3 excursions/tours for our stop in Rabul; 2 included and one paid. One of the included excursions includes visits to WW2 sites.

Thanks everyone for the info!

I tried to find the information on the Oceania website (it just indicated anywhere between 45 and 7 days). I'm sure this is based on your cabin class. We are in an Oceanview cabin on the Marina for a cruise in August. I know we get one reservation per specialty restaurant on this 15-day cruise but, how far in advance can we make the specialty restaurant reservations? Thanks! Bill

Thanks for your help. I was able to access the log/blog from the webpage (using Chrome). On the map page showing the location of the ships, it shows 3 parallel lines (I think also referred to as a 'hamburger") in the upper left of the screen to access the ship and voyages rather than "Explore Voyages" at the bottom of the map page.

When I go to the page the only choices / Links I get at the bottom of the page are Expeditions and Special Offers. Nothing for Explore Voyages such as shown in your post/screen pic. Thanks for your help.

Found the tracker but not the blog/log? The ship is identified as to location and it provides a link to voyages but no blog/log for the current cruise or location.

Hello, We are first-time cruisers on Seabourn and I just noticed this referral offer. Are there any past Seabourn guests who would like to "team up" on this offer? Our cruise is May 15, 2024, so I hope it's not too late. I can be contacted at: BillK400 @ yahoo . com (delete spaces for correct address). Thanks in advance Bill Keppel

I will be on the Pursuit in about 6 weeks. This will be our first cruise on any Seabourn ship. We have taken expedition cruises on Silversea, Hutergruten, and some other small ship lines, and am surprised that the food offering sounds so uninspiring on Seabourn, I expected better. We don't expect and very rarely attend evening entertainment on any type of cruise we take so the 'lack of entertainment" is not an issue. We enjoy the lectures/presentations by the expedition staff more than any theater show. I am also surprised by passengers not realizing the 'realities" (in my estimation they are benefits) of expedition cruises such as Zodiacs, need for flexibility in excursions - relax and enjoy!, no shopping (thank god!!!), etc. Maybe some have more $$ than sense to research the cruise they will be taking.

No time to see anything plus we will need to get up very early to catch an 8 am flight!

Thanks for the info, we are on the 5/15/24 cruise also. Do you have any information on the time the charter flight to Sydney departs Honiara, Guadalcanal (if you end your cruise in Honiara)? I hope it's later in the day so we can visit some of the WW2 battle sites. Thanks

Was snorkel gear available onboard (I realize on an Antarctic trip there probably was much snorkeling!) Thanks

We have our own gear but sure hope we don't need to bring fins! (as you stated)

We are booked on an expedition cruise (the Pursuit) in May to Papua New Guinea and snorkeling is one of the included activities. I could not find on the Seabourn site if snorkel gear (mask, fins, snorkel) are provided/available onboard or if you need to bring your own equipment. I sure hope it's provided as bringing our own equipment will be a pain. Has anyone experienced snorkeling on one of the expedition ships? Bill

Thanks! I just signed up for the Kayaking. The "assignment" of day/time for Kayaking being later on in the cruise was noted deep into the excursion info for our cruise.

As you were going Kayaking on your cruise, I was wondering how they handled the Kayaking. We are on the May 15th South Pacific/ Papua New Guinea cruise starting in Guam. They list kayaking as a $200 "excursion", but only have it listed for Guam, none of the other stops/islands/ports. Did they offer Kayaking at multiple stops (weather/sea conditions excepted) on your cruise? Did they only show the Kayaking as an 'excursion' at one port, but had availability to choose the location you wanted to kayak? Any information is appreciated.

We are on the May 15, 2024 cruise from Guam to Papua New Guinea/Solomon Islands. Will you be on this cruise? I have the same questions on the availability of SCUBA and Kayaking

We are booked on the Pursuit in May from Guam to Papua New Guinea. In addition to questions on the scuba program (they list scuba as an activity (along with Snorkeling) at most of the ports/islands to be visited) I also have questions on the availability of kayaks. The itinerary/excursions ($200 excursion to kayak) only lists kayaks as being available in Guam, where we board the ship. It's hard to believe that they can't offer kayaking at the other stops(weather/sea conditions excepted). We took an Antarctic cruise with Silversea and kayaking was offered at most stops except those with weather/sea condition problems). The information on the Seabourn site is very much lacking with regard to the expedition cruises.

Thanks. It will be very interesting to learn of your experience.

I am looking to book a cruise on Sawn Hellenic ship Vega to Greenland/Northwest Passage Sept. 2024. Wondering if anyone has any experience with the cruise line/ship. Very little info here on CC about the company. Thanks!

Nice to know we won't miss the fireworks, but our main concern is the 6 & 8 yo grandkids. They usually have an 8 - 9 bedtime and with late dinner starting at 8:15 this may be a problem. The themed dinners are one of the highlights for the kids. I'd rather have the kids tired for the show (early dinner) than during dinner. Still hoping we can get the first seating, but don't have much hope.

Thanks for the info!

Hope so. Thanks