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Does anyone know if Seabourn are planning on “included” shore excursions?

I was checking Source for excursions on a cruise which visits Cherbourg in France and two of the excursions were marked as $0 - included. All of the other excursions for the cruise had a regular price. Those two now also have a price but wondered if this was Seabourn accidentally giving a preview of something they may experiment with?
 

13 hours ago, Flamin_June said:

I wouldn't want to be accused of opening the door to the the issue of whether or not one could bring an owl on board, but I find this whole thread to be an absolute hoot. I'm amused by the way people are going bats about the the poor  little doggie, but do recall how many posters agree that the Colonnade can be a zoo. I remain grateful that Seabourn are not yet marketing any  zebra crossings.

Hope I meet Fido on board one day and get their take on some of their fellow passengers ….

Hope everyone has heard by now. Cruise cancelled with refund and 25 percent future credit. Just in time for us to not catch our flight....

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Seattle said there would be a communication by close of (their ) business today about the cruise but so far nothing - agree with the comment about corporate office!

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Found a letter from Celebity on that board. Hope I have attached it

CS-4-1-20-Sailing-Cancellation-Guest-Letter-3-8-20.pdf

I read it on the CC News post dated 8 march as to which ports are closed

We have our documents and labels and the itinerary was sent through by Seabourn by email again last week. But now see that UAE have closed their ports as well. We’re also leaving shortly so hope for some communication soon....

We have our documents and labels and the itinerary was sent through by Seabourn by email again last week.have you checked with your agent?

We normally just give something to our stewardess as anything else ( other than the crew fund) is a bit random as so many staff provide excellent service.

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I’d recommend telephoning the number on the site. I had a different problem which was solved very promptly after talking with them.

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Yes, who knows???

the 42 day version is still showing the original itinerary.

It’s just wait and see for us We have plans in and afterAthens so as long as we get there It’ll be a positive result!

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Hi Flaming June

Sorry you’ve had such a roller coaster ride.  We haven’t been notified of another change yet. I actually liked the new itinerary and for various reasons would be very happy to never see Yangon again. But.    We’ll wait and see....

One good thing - after  talking to Seabourn and our TA we are still having our stay in lovely Singapore and then flying out from there to Colombo on the 13th.

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We don’t mind the new itinerary as we’ve been to Phuket and Yangon before and weren’t planning anything ... BUT ... Colombo seems to be a very difficult place to get to without going through Singapore if you live in Perth. Much thinking to be done.

We don’t mind the new itinerary ...  but the only practical way to get to Colombo from Perth is via Singapore so would we be denied boarding? More questions than answers at the moment

That’s appalling.  Seabourn may lose some loyal customers by acting so inconsiderately. What a disappointment for you and everyone in the same situation
Glad you’ve been able to change flights and that Singapore didn’t disappoint but that’s probably cold comfort.

Safe travels. I can’t even think what your jet lag will be like.

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That’s  dreadful westiesheepie! Are they offering you any help at all?  
We are supposed to be boarding in four weeks from Singapore and some very expensive upgrade offers just came through which seems a bit odd if Singapore is now  too risky for them...

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We’ve also travelled on all three classes and have enjoyed them all.  We were on the Ovation last year and didn’t find it crowded at all even though it was pretty much at capacity. We liked most of the layout changes a lot, particularly liked the TK Bar and the sushi restaurant . The suite didn’t feel noticeably smaller. The retreat was however empty every time we peeked, the tables were too close together in the TK Grill and we didn't like the new unmanned Colonnade island layout very much.  On balance we thought it was on equal footing with the O class and will very happily join it in Singapore next month.

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I’m having such a good time reading your blog. Hope you enjoy Antarctica as much as we did.

Best venue aboard . Miso cod was delicious.

We quite enjoyed it. The lunch was particularly good. Having been back to Vietnam on a later holiday agree that you can probably do it more inexpensively but it worked for us.

We were on this cruise this year and then stayed on for the first Alaska cruise of the season. We thoroughly enjoyed the first leg - it was a great group of passengers. The ports were few but interesting. Weather was mixed. Freezing in Aomori but beautifully sunny in many ports. The sea days were well managed - plenty to do if you were so inclined. Repairs were annoying but didn’t spoil the cruise. Would recommend this itinerary.

The second leg highlighted for us the different atmosphere between a longer less port-intensive and a shorter hectic cruise - still fun but different crowd entirely and less time to get to know people.

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I still wonder why the line has to align to a celebrity chef. It is so limiting. The menu is so repetitive and no better than the mdr. Snooty in the Grill and so contrived with the jeans in the Colonnade. Bad enough on one cruise but worse on subsequent cruises when the menu has not changed at all.

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Trivial question but are the couches on the Encore and Ovation any softer or more comfortable than on the smaller ships? Thanks

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I don't know where you would fill in the name for something not on the list. The only blank space I see is for comments, and if I fill in the name of something that is not listed, it says my updates are saved, but then it is not there when I look again. However, I am not that worried because we have always been able to get anything we wanted that was not listed from our stewardess when we board.

This has been our experience as well. I think, as the list is quite limited, it must be a common occurrence

Agree with everyone. An extra small pool would be far more useful.

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