Comments on: Why is Odyssey Bigger than Other Seabourn Yachts? The Answer Might Surprise You.

By: Victoria Cruises

Victoria Cruises — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:49:39 +0000

the Odyssey cruise ship looks awesome, having a private verandas is really a good idea. It is mentioned the suites are bigger, are they family friendly? Say if i have 2 adults and 2 children traveling, will we find the suite big enough?

By: Ginny Gordon

Ginny Gordon — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:22:50 +0000

Our past guests are enthusiastic about Odyssey’s arrival – simply because they have come to expect verandahs. 450 passengers are still going to be thrilled by the attention to details. As for our Regent, SeaDream and Silversea guests – we’re excited to introduce them to the Odyssey.

By: coleryder

coleryder — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:25:57 +0000

We’re so excited to be sailing on one of your world cruises next winter on the Seabourn Odyssey. We sailed twice on the Seabourn Legend in 2008, and will probably never sail on a competitor cruise line. Looking forward to the Odyssey and happy it’s a bit larger. I don’t think a world cruise on the Legend would have been realistic.

We love Seabourn!

By: Kathryn Askham

Kathryn Askham — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:29:46 +0000

Thanks for the response Bruce, my only experience is that we have sailed the small (nearly 300 guests) and large (450 guests) Silverseas ships and there was a distinct difference between the 2. As we have done 3 Silversea and way over 30 (sorry lost count!) Seabourn cruises you know where our loyalties lie. We are just concerned that the differences found on silversea will be similar on Odyssey and the 3 beautifully sized ships Seabourn already have. But as you say we will all know in a few weeks time. I only questioned it as this article came over as the increase in size was what the current seabourn passengers were wishing for and none of the ones we have spoken to are happy at the increase in capacity, as in all things people resist change so good luck but please keep the sisters for a few more years yet!!

By: bgood

bgood — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:59:42 +0000

A fair question. Yes, they could have built a yacht for 200 guests. But there’s nothing magic about that number, really. The world’s leading experts on the Seabourn experience ( the people who invented it and have maintained it ever since) think that Odyssey is going to be a fabulous experience for guests. It has more and more variety of public areas, it has more hotel crew per guest than the existing sisters and way more space. They thought a lot about how many guests there should be, and the number they came up with was 450. In a few days we’ll know if they are right–but I have to tell you they have a really good record!

By: Kathryn Askham

Kathryn Askham — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:12:13 +0000

But that still does not explain why you have more than doubled the number of passengers, couldn’t you have done all of the above and kept to 200 or so passengers?