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One year after the delivery of Seabourn Venture, her sister ship, Seabourn Pursuit was delivered on July 31, 2023 and is the newest addition to the ultra-luxurious Seabourn fleet. Purpose built for exploring the remote destinations and extraordinary wonders larger cruise ships cannot reach while providing world-class luxury and service.
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Seabourn Pursuit is designed and built for diverse environments to PC6 Polar Class standards and includes modern hardware and technology that will extend the ships’ global deployment and capabilities. It carries two custom-built submarines, 24 Zodiacs, kayaks, and a 24-person expert expedition team enabling guests to engage in up-close wildlife encounters, off-the-beaten path excursions, and enriching cultural experiences. A fully-inclusive "yacht" like experience, Seabourn Pursuit blends state-of-the art capability with world-class service and luxury. Seabourn Pursuit proudly entered service in August 2023.
We loved our 18 day cruise from Santiago Chile, the Chilean Fjords and Antartica. The boat was perfection. The views were stunning. The historical and scientific information was insightful. The food was consistently delicious. The staff and the service were intuitive perfection. Of course it helps that Chili and Antartica are just gorgeous. To be more specific. My husband likes spices food and it could have been a bit more spicy for him. I found the bed to be a bit soft. I also found the pillow to be too soft and at my request they provided me with a firmer pillow. One day I called room service to ask if I could get popcorn anywhere on the ship. They answered, “You have called the right place. We will make some and deliver it shortly.” Even though it was not in the menu. My husband and I enjoy wine and we were fairly pleased with the wine pairings. We were offered the option of tasting the wine and they always offered an alternative if we didn’t care for it. My husband requested his favorite gin prior to embarking and it was waiting for him when we arrived. We also loved the spiked hot chocolate in the expedition lounge. I appreciated the helpfulness on my first time kayaking. We felt the staff motto was “don’t say no” but try to accomodate any guest request. We travel extensively and this was our “trip of a lifetime “.
I was on the 35-day itinerary sailing from Honiara to Papeete. The ship averaged under 180 passengers for the 2 cruise segments which made up the itinerary, and there were no lines for virtually anythng on the ship. The Pursuit is a beautiful ship with an ample selection of lounges and bars. While there are only 2 main restaurants on the ship, the menu choices were large, and I never had difficulty finding a good and varied selection of items to order. Additionally, the overall food preperation was excellent which resulted in many memorable meals. Overall service on the Pursuit also was excellent, and the expedition team was outstanding! During sea days, expedition team members were in both the Bow Lounge and Seabourn Square during morning and afternoon hours to answer questions and converse with passengers. Additionally, during sea days the world-class expediton team presented numerous and varied lectures. The expediton team took great care to assist passengers who used canes and walkers so that they also could participate in the Zodiac shore landings. These Zodiac landings were handled wth great expertise and the expedition team members always were around to answer questions and provide guidance when wanted -- truly, a very impressively organized and run operation (Seabourn really lived up to its advertising during this cruise.)! Other than for a small shower (disappointing on an luxury ship), my V2 suite was excellent. Also, it's one of the only ships I've been on where the regrigerator in the cabin atually keeps drinks cold. The Cruise Director, Lupi, was terrific and has a beautiful voice. The resident keyboard player and singing duo were excellent. Additionally, guest entertainers were brought onboard at several ports and they were outstanding talents. One tip: While Seabourn failed to mention this in its pre-cruise guidance, be sure to bring water shoes on itineraries like this where there are wet landings.
We stayed in one of the Panorama Suites which we absolutely loved. It is compact, but the panorama window opens up the sight lines and made our cabin experience quite lovely. This is the first ship we have been on where we could actually accurately set the thermostat which was very much appreciated. This is really a re-positioning cruise, marketed as an excursion to isolated areas. We found, to our dismay, that we were unable to actually land on Ducie, Henderson, or Pitcairn. Ducie had wonderful snorkeling which made it worthwhile. Henderson is eminently worth missing. Not landing at Pitcairn was a huge disappointment given that the weather/tides/swell, per the island's inhabitants who came onboard, was actually ok. The captain disagreed. We heard three different versions of 'why' including 1.) policy is to only land where all passengers regardless of fitness can land, frustrating the heck out of more fit passengers 2.) the ships design has some issues with respect to the disembarkation platform making it unsafe to use from time to time, 3.) this is an expedition ship...this stuff happens all the time. The Juan Fernandez islands are beautiful and well worth seeing. We were lucky to enjoy an enchanting submersible ride complete with sunken German WW1 ship (the Dresden). Others were not as happy with their submersible rides but we really loved ours. We understand that the experience can be quite varied and that visibility in the Antarctic is actually not that great but it was an absolute highlight for us. Easter Island...wow. Simply wow. We were cautioned that we 'might not be able to land' which would have resulted in a bloodbath since that was one of the main reasons...that and Pitcairn...that folks booked the cruise. We did land and it was AMAZING. French Polynesia was wonderful...warm and friendly people...lovely snorkeling...great all around. The staff were outstanding. We dined several times with Expedition staff and also hotel staff and honestly, it was another highlight. Delightful people, terrific service, informative and interesting lectures well delivered...honestly the best service and staff experience we have ever experienced on our many cruises. One of the Exploration staff took an hour out of his day to provide touring advice for treks into his home country. This was just one example of many where the staff went out of their way to make our experience exceptional. We greatly enjoyed the other passengers. It was a good group and we felt very comfortable. The only conflict at all came on the last few days when EVERYBODY tried to get their laundry done in the very much appreciated free laundry facility. The food was fine. Not outstanding, but fine. The friendly barista who brewed my morning cafe americano anticipated everybody's order by the second or third day. We are creatures of habit, but more importantly it was indicative of the service staffs desire to please the guests. The Easter bunny display was outstanding and I still have a bit of uneaten chocolate rabbit on my counter to this day....there was a lot of chocolate. The daily activities and entertainment were fine. Again, not outstanding but fine. The enrichment lectures were, as previously noted, outstanding. A 20 day cruise with only 6 days on land is a lot of time to spend on a ship. I'm not sure we would have booked it had we known that ratio of sea days/zodiac only days to land days, but we still enjoyed the trip.
Every day on board offers delicious dining options, world-class entertainment and enriching activities.
Every day on board offers delicious dining options, world-class entertainment and enriching activities.
Every day on board offers delicious dining options, world-class entertainment and enriching activities.
Every day on board offers delicious dining options, world-class entertainment and enriching activities.
Please note: There are no dedicated children's facilities onboard
