With Reuben Goossens
Cruise’n’Travel
Journalist & Maritime Historian
*All
images on this page were provided by The Yachts of Seabourn
Please Note:
Cruise-Australia is a non-commercial and privately owned cruise site and not
connected with any cruise company or agency. Although the author has worked in
the passenger shipping industry since 1960 yet I am now semi-retired, but has continued
to write cruise and ship reviews as well as articles in order to better to
inform cruise and ship enthusiasts and provide information for those intending
a cruise in the future.
Introducing
MV Seabourn Odyssey, Sojourn
Including a Photo Gallery
The luxurious 32,000 ton MV Seabourn
Odyssey
When Seabourn
was founded in 1987, the company clearly established the philosophy to create
nothing less than a totally new concept of cruising, a cruise line that had
absolute dedication to the highest level of personal service, equal to that
would be found in most celebrated of hotels, resorts and restaurants around the
world. The rule was spaciousness and elegance, with an ambiance that allows
pampered guests to establish their own pace befitting their own varied
lifestyles.
The first of two new, ultra luxury Seabourn Yachts
was the Seabourn Odyssey which was built at a cost of US$250 million and she
was delivered in the
spring of 2009 and has already given so much pleasure to many who delight in
the art of luxury cruising! Then her sister the Seabourn Sojourn arrived in
June 2010, and
now the last of the trio the Seabourn Quest arrives on the scene when she is
officially named in
These three
sublime 32,000-ton ships each accommodate its guests in 225 luxury suites, with
ninety percent of the suites having private verandas. Combined, these ships
have more than doubled the Seabourn’s current fleet, which now operated
six ships, three of the intimate class and the three new slightly larger
vessls, but all remain intimate and offer the same Seabourn luxuries!
These ships have been specifically designed to
enable Seabourn’s award-winning staff to deliver the highly personalized
service experience which is as the author knows well, is a hallmark of the
brand. Seabourn President M/s Natansohn said, “They will be spacious,
with the sleek lines and relaxed, personal feel of an oversized yacht.
We’ve essentially taken the signature elements of our existing three
yachts and added some exciting new features that the larger hulls will allow.”
Seabourn Odyssey, Sojourn and Quest are 650 feet
long and are 84 feet wide, and they have a draft of 21 feet. The ships are
powered by diesel-generated electricity and operate with twin screw propellers,
with a service speed of 19 knots. Like all modern vessels, they are equipped
with two bow thrusters to enhance manoeuvrability and they have two
stabilizers. Another innovation is that these ships are “green
ships” employing advanced wastewater treatment technology.
M/s Natansohn said that past guests and
luxury-selling travel agents worldwide will be ecstatic at the word of new
ships for the brand. “The Yachts of Seabourn have always been the
highest-rated ships in the world when it comes to cuisine and service,”
she stated. “With an increased ability to deliver Seabourn’s
superior cruise experience to even more travellers, on state-of-the-art vessels,
we will continue to define the standard for ultra luxury cruising.”
MV Seabourn Odyssey Photo Gallery
MV Seabourn Quest
The Atrium
The Grand Salon / Show & Lecture Lounge
A cosy corner of the Grand Salon
The topside Observation Lounge
Observation Lounge and Bar
Another dinning venue on the Seabourn
Quest
Seabourn Sojourn seen at anchor with its starboard tender boarding platform extended
Accommodations
Owners Suite
Wintergarden Suite
Wintergarden Suite - Solarium
Signature Suite
Verandah Suite
Outside Seabourn Suite
Cruise & Travel Agents have named Seabourn as …
“Simply the Best”
The intimate yachts of Seabourn Cruises sail the world with guests (passengers) who love to cruise in an atmosphere that is unique in the cruise industry today. You can luxuriate in the uncompromising splendour of any of the unique Seabourn Yachts. You can be assured of being pampered with award winning personalized service while relaxing on their cruise ships. The social whirl of gala evenings and gourmet candlelit dinners served under the stars are a highlight of a Seabourn voyage. Seabourn cruises are perfect for the cruise connoisseur who expects the very best of everything!
Past passengers have told us that the Seabourn ships take cruising to a new level, offering all the luxuries of the large cruise lines, but having the intimacy of a yacht-like vessel and this includes the new and somewhat larger Seabourn Odyssey.
MV Seabourn Sojourn
One of her past guests told me in an email. “Although she is larger than the Legend we sailed on two years ago, and that was a wonderful experience, the Odyssey feels amazingly small and intimate that you would never know you are on a larger 30,000 ton ship. She is a wonderful ship and we will sail on her and on the new ship when she arrives in 2010.”
Seabourn has many fine features on offer, including the famed “Exclusive Seabourn” complimentary on shore experiences that is a private behind the scenes event, custom-designed just for Seabourn guests. In addition, once you have completed your first Seabourn voyage, you will be automatically enrolled in the “Seabourn Club” that is reserved exclusively for past guests. The club features special rewards and incentives designed to make your future cruise with Seabourn even better value.
But, when it comes down to it, no matter what you wish to see in the world, and wherever you sail, “The Yachts of Seabourn” will take you on the voyage that will not be easily be forgotten, for it Seabourn has been rated as “Simply the Best!”
MV Seabourn
Odyssey, Sojourn
Mv Seabourn Odyssey
Photographed
by the author from the decks of MV Athena enroute to
We
at Cruise-Australia have given Seabourn a rare – 6.5
STAR Rating!
Index
Page One … Introduction to the Yachts of
Seabourn “The most Celebrated Cruise Line in the World.”
Page
Two … MV Seabourn Odyssey, Sojourn & Quest –
Enter their Deck
Plans.
Page Three … MV Seabourn Pride, Spirit & Legend – Enter their Deck Plans.
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