Jan 23, 2014, 10:36 pm
Last edit by: mahasamatman
Please feel free to delete cruises that have departed, and add your upcoming ones from the thread. This wiki is current through post #621. Keeping this list in chronological order will make it easier for people to meet up.
2026
13 Jul: AmaVerde - 14 nights - Grand Danube (Giurgiu to Vilshofen) - mahasamatman
26 Sep: NCL Escape - 16 nights - Transatlantic (NY to Barcelona) - ysolde
07 Oct: Seabourn Ovation - 12 nights - Atlantic Canada and New England (Montral to New York) - mahasamatman
10 Oct: Sky Princess - 14 nights - Search for the Northern Lights (Southampton round-trip) - BamaVol
19 Oct: Seabourn Ovation - 12 nights - Atlantic Canada and New England (New York to Montral) - mahasamatman
03 Nov: Seabourn Encore - 12 nights - Japan/Korea - 747FC
19 Dec: Ponant Le Solal - 9 nights - Coral and Tasman Seas (Cairns to Dunedin) - mahasamatman
28 Dec: Ponant Le Solal - 14 nights - New Zealands Subantarctic Islands (Dunedin round-trip) - mahasamatman
2027
24 Jan: Regent Seven Seas Grandeur - 16 nights - Ultimate Panama Canal Transit (Los Angeles to Miami) - ysolde
19 Mar: Silver Spirit - 12 nights - Caribbean (Miami to Bridgetown) - mahasamatman
31 Mar: Silver Spirit - 13 nights - Transatlantic (Bridgetown to Lisbon) - mahasamatman
01 Jun: Explora III - 9 nights - Alaska (Vancouver round-trip) - mahasamatman
02 Aug: Crystal Serenity - 7 nights - Pacific Coast North America (Vancouver to San Diego) - mahasamatman
09 Aug: Crystal Serenity - 11 nights - Pacific Coast Central America (San Diego to Fuerte Amador) - mahasamatman
20 Aug: Crystal Serenity - 14 nights - Panama Canal, Caribbean, and Atlantic Coast (Fuerte Amador to New York) - mahasamatman
10 Nov: Regent Seven Seas Mariner - 27 nights - Minarets and Mandalas (Doha to Benoa) - mahasamatman
2028
15 Feb: Silver Shadow - 12 nights - South America (Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro) - mahasamatman
27 Feb: Silver Shadow - 19 nights - Transatlantic (Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town) - mahasamatman
2026
13 Jul: AmaVerde - 14 nights - Grand Danube (Giurgiu to Vilshofen) - mahasamatman
26 Sep: NCL Escape - 16 nights - Transatlantic (NY to Barcelona) - ysolde
07 Oct: Seabourn Ovation - 12 nights - Atlantic Canada and New England (Montral to New York) - mahasamatman
10 Oct: Sky Princess - 14 nights - Search for the Northern Lights (Southampton round-trip) - BamaVol
19 Oct: Seabourn Ovation - 12 nights - Atlantic Canada and New England (New York to Montral) - mahasamatman
03 Nov: Seabourn Encore - 12 nights - Japan/Korea - 747FC
19 Dec: Ponant Le Solal - 9 nights - Coral and Tasman Seas (Cairns to Dunedin) - mahasamatman
28 Dec: Ponant Le Solal - 14 nights - New Zealands Subantarctic Islands (Dunedin round-trip) - mahasamatman
2027
24 Jan: Regent Seven Seas Grandeur - 16 nights - Ultimate Panama Canal Transit (Los Angeles to Miami) - ysolde
19 Mar: Silver Spirit - 12 nights - Caribbean (Miami to Bridgetown) - mahasamatman
31 Mar: Silver Spirit - 13 nights - Transatlantic (Bridgetown to Lisbon) - mahasamatman
01 Jun: Explora III - 9 nights - Alaska (Vancouver round-trip) - mahasamatman
02 Aug: Crystal Serenity - 7 nights - Pacific Coast North America (Vancouver to San Diego) - mahasamatman
09 Aug: Crystal Serenity - 11 nights - Pacific Coast Central America (San Diego to Fuerte Amador) - mahasamatman
20 Aug: Crystal Serenity - 14 nights - Panama Canal, Caribbean, and Atlantic Coast (Fuerte Amador to New York) - mahasamatman
10 Nov: Regent Seven Seas Mariner - 27 nights - Minarets and Mandalas (Doha to Benoa) - mahasamatman
2028
15 Feb: Silver Shadow - 12 nights - South America (Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro) - mahasamatman
27 Feb: Silver Shadow - 19 nights - Transatlantic (Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town) - mahasamatman
Cruise Meet-up Thread
Jun 13, 2024 | 11:56 am
#586
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 2,961
Nice to try it but despite the top-flight ingredients used, and a pretty much non-changing menu in the 4/5 restaurants, food was disappointingly poorly prepared in too many cases. Can order the same exact dish in the same restaurant at the same time on pretty much consecutive days and it comes out different each time.
Seabourn, on the other hand, will customize our meals for us with 24-hour notice. They will also procure special vegan products for us at no charge with advanced notice; I typically give them my list a couple of months prior to sailing.
Jun 13, 2024 | 12:40 pm
#587
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 1999
Programs: FB PLT again afater a decade as plebian
Posts: 22,946
My friends sailed with them a couple of times and while they praised the high quality ingredients and menus, they also complained about the lack of variety, even on 7-day sailings. They also said Explora does not deviate from their menu items or entertain special requests, which is a deal breaker for us, because we are vegan.
Jun 13, 2024 | 1:56 pm
#588
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 2,961
That sounds arrogant and un-customer focused and ultimately not a good way to run a business. I guess it's a private company? Who is the ownership anyway?
Jun 13, 2024 | 6:40 pm
#589
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: GVA (Greater Vancouver Area)
Programs: D.R.E.A.D. Gold card holder
Posts: 53,210
Jun 13, 2024 | 6:52 pm
#590
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 1999
Programs: FB PLT again afater a decade as plebian
Posts: 22,946
They're pouring ~USD 3.6 billion into the Explora line (to buy 6 ships, 4 ship initial order adding another 2 later). CarnivalCorp and RCCI could only dream of pouring in that much money w/o shareholder scrutiny.
Jul 26, 2024 | 5:12 am
#591
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Programs: AAdvantage Executive Platinum, Delta Silver Medallion, Marriott Gold, United Silver, IHG Platinum
Posts: 16,476
Just booked our first Panama Canal crossing (Pacific to Atlantic) on Regent Seven Seas Grandeur for January 2027.
Aug 10, 2024 | 7:54 am
#592
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: About 45 miles NW of MCO
Programs: Acapulco - Gold, Panama - Red, Timothy Leary 8 Mile High Club
Posts: 31,358
Booked Grand Princess West Coast voyage 4-8-25 through 4-15-25. Boarding Long Beach and disembarking in Vancouver with port stops in Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Astoria and Victoria.
Aug 11, 2024 | 9:53 pm
#593
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As you can see in the Wiki, we're on that cruise as well. Just make sure you go to San Pedro and not Long Beach for boarding, or else you'll miss the ship...
Oct 4, 2024 | 12:02 am
#594
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Hawai'i Nei
Programs: Au: HA, UA, Marriott, Hilton; GE
Posts: 7,813
Decided on cancelling this trip. We were on a Seabourn cruise last month and found a very good deal on the same --but longer-- Antarctica / South Georgia Island itinerary on the Seabourn Pursuit leaving about the same time. We are saving about 50% off the Viking price for the same type of cabin, so it was too good to pass up.
Oct 4, 2024 | 12:28 am
#595
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 2,961
Decided on cancelling this trip. We were on a Seabourn cruise last month and found a very good deal on the same --but longer-- Antarctica / South Georgia Island itinerary on the Seabourn Pursuit leaving about the same time. We are saving about 50% off the Viking price for the same type of cabin, so it was too good to pass up.
Oct 4, 2024 | 2:07 pm
#598
Join Date: Mar 2017
Programs: American Airlines, Marriott, Hertz, Avis
Posts: 164
To the two of you on the 21 day Seabourn Antarctica over the holidays, I am very jealous - I did it last year and it is the best trip I have ever been on - posted about it here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/antarctica/2148194-back-antartica-seabourn-venture.html You are going to have a blast.
We have done some future bookings recently, got hit by the 'how can we not have anything booked' bug:
- Seabourn Encore 6/15/25 Istanbul to Athens
- SeaDream II 2/14/27 (!!) St Martin to St Thomas
Prices are getting very pricey for some of these, hence the booking out to 2027 for a decent deal.
We have done some future bookings recently, got hit by the 'how can we not have anything booked' bug:
- Seabourn Encore 6/15/25 Istanbul to Athens
- SeaDream II 2/14/27 (!!) St Martin to St Thomas
Prices are getting very pricey for some of these, hence the booking out to 2027 for a decent deal.
Oct 4, 2024 | 2:42 pm
#599
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Hawai'i Nei
Programs: Au: HA, UA, Marriott, Hilton; GE
Posts: 7,813
Oct 4, 2024 | 2:59 pm
#600
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Hawai'i Nei
Programs: Au: HA, UA, Marriott, Hilton; GE
Posts: 7,813
To the two of you on the 21 day Seabourn Antarctica over the holidays, I am very jealous - I did it last year and it is the best trip I have ever been on - posted about it here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/antarctica/2148194-back-antartica-seabourn-venture.html You are going to have a blast.
We have done some future bookings recently, got hit by the 'how can we not have anything booked' bug:
- Seabourn Encore 6/15/25 Istanbul to Athens
- SeaDream II 2/14/27 (!!) St Martin to St Thomas
Prices are getting very pricey for some of these, hence the booking out to 2027 for a decent deal.
We have done some future bookings recently, got hit by the 'how can we not have anything booked' bug:
- Seabourn Encore 6/15/25 Istanbul to Athens
- SeaDream II 2/14/27 (!!) St Martin to St Thomas
Prices are getting very pricey for some of these, hence the booking out to 2027 for a decent deal.