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SeaDream Yacht Club
My husband and I enjoyed a Caribbean cruise on SeaDream II last month (7
nights round-trip from St. Thomas). We've been on dozens of cruises, but SeaDream is truly a unique experience. Anyone looking for the very BEST in service and food should consider a SeaDream sailing. With only 71 guests on our cruise, we were outnumbered by crew/staff. The captain made a point of emphasizing that his staff knows every passenger's name by the morning after boarding, even when the ship carries a full complement of 110 passengers (double occupancy) or more. They did! Not only that, but I asked a single bartender to add a bit more cranberry juice to my Cosmopolitan the first day on board and never had to mention it again... EVERY bartender knew my preference! Amazing communication!!! One photo my husband took shows passengers lined up to reboard two mega-ships in Antigua (the line was actually longer than his lens could capture) versus no one lined up to reboard SeaDream. We never had to wait for anything. And the shore tender... well, when was the last time you saw a shore tender with teak trim and cushioned seats?!? An extremely impressive detail was that we were asked to hold out our hands whenever we reboarded the vessel to get a dollop of anti-bacterial waterless hand cleaner as a noro-virus preventative. Our review is at http://cruisediva.com/seadreamII_diary.htm Fares are high, but everything is included except shore excursions. Hope you enjoy the review! Best, Linda |
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Subject: SeaDream Yacht Club
Hi Linda! So nice.. Mel.. finally got to go along.. LOL. Okay.. which do you think was better Silverseas.. or SeaDream???? Babette |
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LOL! We were on SeaDream II during the week of Jan. 18-25. Did we just miss
you?!? Linda "CupCaked" wrote in message... Linds, don't tell me Mel and you were on the Sea Dream II that we followed to several ports last week! Hans and I would have waved :-) |
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Better of the two? Well, they are both wonderful in their own way.
I have to give the edge to Silversea for accommodations, but SeaDream has service and food that is out of this world. Very few ships can compete with them along those lines, but very few ships are 4260 GRT and carry only 110 passengers. NO other ship has a head waiter that looks like Pierce Brosnin (Bond, James Bond)... I still swoon just thinking of him. LOL! Linda "OcnGypZ" wrote in message... Subject: SeaDream Yacht Club Hi Linda! So nice.. Mel.. finally got to go along.. LOL. Okay.. which do you think was better Silverseas.. or SeaDream???? Babette |
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Linda,
I've sailed the SeaDream ships under the Seabourn banner when they were the Sea Goddess twins. While I agree with you assessment, please remember that most of the readers here would not enjoy the SeaDream experience for the following reasons: 1. No tanzanite 2. No watch sales 3. No art auctions 4. No lines 5. No crowds 6. No bad service 7. No keno 8. No horse racing 9. No pool games etc. etc. The people here believe that cruising means getting on overcrowded and understaffed ships with poor service and visiting overcrowded ports that are tourist traps. Although they were told that cruising is an "almost all-inclusive" vacation, they expect to stand in long lines and pay extra for virtually everything (even decent food) is important. No, I don't see these people on SeaDream. Hell, there's not even a disco to get drunk in! Paul "Linda Coffman" wrote in message ... My husband and I enjoyed a Caribbean cruise on SeaDream II last month (7 nights round-trip from St. Thomas). We've been on dozens of cruises, but SeaDream is truly a unique experience. Anyone looking for the very BEST in service and food should consider a SeaDream sailing. With only 71 guests on our cruise, we were outnumbered by crew/staff. The captain made a point of emphasizing that his staff knows every passenger's name by the morning after boarding, even when the ship carries a full complement of 110 passengers (double occupancy) or more. They did! Not only that, but I asked a single bartender to add a bit more cranberry juice to my Cosmopolitan the first day on board and never had to mention it again... EVERY bartender knew my preference! Amazing communication!!! One photo my husband took shows passengers lined up to reboard two mega-ships in Antigua (the line was actually longer than his lens could capture) versus no one lined up to reboard SeaDream. We never had to wait for anything. And the shore tender... well, when was the last time you saw a shore tender with teak trim and cushioned seats?!? An extremely impressive detail was that we were asked to hold out our hands whenever we reboarded the vessel to get a dollop of anti-bacterial waterless hand cleaner as a noro-virus preventative. Our review is at http://cruisediva.com/seadreamII_diary.htm Fares are high, but everything is included except shore excursions. Hope you enjoy the review! Best, Linda |
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Sounds wonderful - I just wish they had verandas - I've gotta have
one. How did their rates compare w/ SS? |
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"brenda" wrote in message...
Sounds wonderful - I just wish they had verandas - I've gotta have one. How did their rates compare w/ SS? It's really hard to compare the rates... the itineraries are so different and Silversea tends to offer longer sailings. Silversea has some 30-50% Caribbean cruises on Silver Wind that have attractively priced verandah suites with daily per diems less than our SeaDream cruise. On such a small ship, we didn't miss having a verandah on SD II. While both are luxury cruise lines, it's hard to draw a comparison because the on board experiences are so different. SS is more formal with traditional shipboard activities. SD stresses a 'yacht' ambiance--more like an all-inclusive, more elegant Windstar without sails. Very relaxed atmosphere. Linda |
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