Seabourn Ovation Cruise Reviews

Many aspects of our cruise were indeed very good and in all honesty nothing was poor * (see footnote). However, for an all inclusive ultra luxury experience many things missed the mark. Activities: Given the many sea days this needed to be well planned. On the whole there were plenty of the usual trivia, talks, bridge lessons etc., what was absent particularly in the first week were ...

Having recently sailed on extended itineraries on Seabourn, Viking and Oceania, I thought it would be helpful to compare our experience on our recent 21 day Seabourn itinerary on Ovation, from Rome to Barcelona, to our most recent experience on Viking and Oceania. In our opinion, extended itineraries give you a better feel for the cruise line overall. Our experience on Seabourn was far, far ...

This was our 5th Seabourn , but first on Ovation. Like several of the recent reviews here, we noticed the decline in quality. Little things, but disappointing when paying for a luxury brand & experience. The food, as most say, was mixed. As vegetarians we appreciate that we are a small minority, but there was an over- reliance on pasta/ rice. Even for our one Solis meal, we felt the options ...

We chose a small ship experience, after a number of excellent sailings on Celebrity suite class in the retreat. As Seabourn advertises itself as 6 star ultra luxury we thought it would be a step up for us. We took into account included fine wines, drinks, dining and gratuities We were also attracted by the smaller ports we were due to visit. The embarkation in Monte Carlo was a bit of a ...

The best part of this trip were the rooms. All very large with walk in closets . Bathrooms had 2 sinks and bath tub and separate stall showers. Nice small ship makes everything easy. Food is very good but uneven. Some meals great others not so good. Solis restaurant where we ate twice was outstanding. Service in main dining room was poor. Eat anywhere any time did not work well as staff were ...

Seabourn promote themselves as ‘ultra-luxury cruising’ but that couldn’t be further from the truth. We hadn’t sailed with them before but chose them for a ‘big’ birthday treat on the basis of that and were genuinely astonished at how poor just about everything was. The tone was set as soon as we landed in Barcelona and were in a taxi on the way to the ship when it was told to turn round and ...

Our first sailing with Seabourn unfortunately got off to a bad start. This was the worst embarkation of any line we have sailed on with no welcome drink, and disinterested staff. Our cabin was fine, except for the pair of gent's underwear we discovered under our dining table, does nobody check the cabins? We had a cost-cutting vibe during our time aboard, the basic wine selection was poor, and the ...

My husband and I are in our mid sixties and have cruised over 200 days on either Seabourn , silver Seas and Regent . Our perspective is all high end cruising . We just finished 30 days on the Ovation .service , crew , entire staff beyond fabulous ! The main dining room was a huge disappointment, as was the Colonade breakfast … they used to have large bowls of berries , individual yogarts etc ...

This time last year we spent a spectacular week on Seabourn Encore - so good we booked Ovation this summer and were really excited as it's an identical ship and a year younger. Unfortunately, Seabourn Ovation was a real disappointment compared to last year on Seabourn Encore. The Restaurant was a big disappointment. Service and food quality was really lacking. Last year on Encore, we ...

This was my second cruise on Seabourn. We cruised for 10 days from July 12-24, 2024. I'm inspired to write this review because I am honestly surprised that any one could criticize the service, food or ambiance of the ship. In addition, I thought about what would I like to know if I was considering booking this cruise. MEALS: Of course everyone has a different palate, but there were so ...