Below are a few great and recent industry articles mentioning Seabourn. Thanks for all the mentions!

Cruising in ’09, So Long Fuel Charges, Hello Zip Lining

Bargains Pop Up in the Luxury Suite

Planning a Family Cruise

New Cruise Ships Offer Big Savings

With the advent of Seabourn Odyssey and her two sisters, the range of destinations Seabourn guests are exploring expands as well. And since the delivery of the destinations is such an important part of Seabourn yachting life, Helen Panagos, Seabourn’s VP of Shoreside Operations, came up with a plan to totally revamp the company’s destination services resources. (more…)

Blog correspondent Chief Engineer Neil Carney sent some more photos taken during Odyssey’s time in the drydock. As he told us, at that time most of Seabourn Odyssey’s below-the-waterline equipment was installed while she was “high and dry.”  In the first photo below, you see a view of Seabourn Odyssey that you’re unlikely to ever see again, showing the beautiful new five-blade propellers, the rudders and the all-important propeller shafts. (more…)

We have said before that Seabourn enjoys a very high rate of repeat guest bookings. People tell us that one of the reasons they return again and again is the personalized style of service they receive. That is sort of hard to describe in general terms, so we thought it might be easier for those who haven’t been on board a Seabourn yacht to post some great stories. (more…)

More fantastic and exciting updates from Neil Carney, Chief Engineer…

“On a lovely, sunny weekend in Genoa we watched the construction block of the Atrium “Dome” being lifted on board. Fabrication of the dome was completed only the day before in one of the vast construction halls here at Mariotti shipyards (see picture below). The Atrium is just forward of the funnels and will provide an impressive focal point as you enter the Spa area from the open deck area (of deck 9) above the pool. It is 8 mtrs (25 feet) in diameter, stands approx 9 mtrs (28 feet) high at the rear and 4 mtrs (13 feet) at the front.” (more…)

Our shipyard correspondent Chief Engineer Neil Carney has filed an update on the engines pictured in an earlier report. Those, as you may recall, were destined for the second Seabourn sister: Seabourn Sojourn.

“I write this as an update to both my blog of 3rd Nov’08 – Seabourn Sojourn’s (MAR063) Wartsila Engine FAT’s and what’s just happening in Port Nogaro with those engines. I also hope it answers the interest raised in the comment written by Wayne E Porter to that blog report.” (more…)

We often see online articles where our fellow cruise community members are kind enough to mention Seabourn. The articles are always fun and interesting, so we thought it would be fun to feature them on the Odyssey Blog and call them Recent Raves. For instance, have you ever visited bestblogsatsea.com? Written by John Heald, Senior Cruise Director of Carnival Cruise Lines, it recently named the Odyssey Blog as one of the “Top 10 Best Cruise Blogs” online. We posted John’s introduction to Best Blogs At Sea below… (more…)

Matthew Upchurch

Most Seabourn  guests book through travel agents, and a number of those agents are members of a network of travel advisors  called Virtuoso. We asked Matthew Upchurch, CEO of Virtuoso, to tell us how Seabourn matches up with the Virtuoso philosophy and also what he is looking forward to with the launch of Seabourn Odyssey. Here is his answer: (more…)