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Seabourn Encore Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 36

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Seabourn Encore

14 Night Adriatic & Eastern Mediterranean (Venice To Haifa)

Sail date: August 27, 2023

Ship: Seabourn Encore

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 634

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Our mistake was not taking a cruise with at least 1-2 cruising days. We never got to explore or use many of the ship's facilities due to daily port calls. But Seabourn is a very good line to cruise with and we intend to continue with them so long as the itinerary works.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Despite the fact that we were bused to a remote location for boarding, the process was easy.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food has definitely improved on Seabourn. Good selections in the main dining room; and the speciality restaurant (Keller) was exceptional. Standard wines could use improvement.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Used the fitness room only once along with sauna. Small but very good.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Really impressed with the shows / performers. Musical numbers were high-class.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Room stewards were fabulous. Waiters were very nice but did not seem to know well the menu in the main dining room. Really knew nothing about the wines (ouch).

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Beautiful ship, well laid out and easy to get around.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Seabourn has such spacious cabins. This is a big sell for us compared to Oceania, Celebrity and others we have taken.

Ship tip

Enjoy the cabins

Ports of call

Venice, Italy

4 out of 5

VODICE (SIBENIK), CROATIA

1 out of 5
Due to weather, we could not tender to the port and therefore all excursions were cancelled.

Kotor, Montenegro

4 out of 5
Beautiful location and we had a very good excursion with Distinctive Voyages.

Corfu, Greece

5 out of 5
Definitely the highlight. 3 couples went with a full day SUV with guide. Great guide and wonderful location.

Pylos, Greece

1 out of 5
We only got off to explore the port which offered very little to see.

Nafplion (Nauplion), Greece

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Easy process.
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4 Comments

karlgrgurich    1 year ago

Yes, port intensive cruise are fun, but tiring especially when you try to add in ship activities and attractions!

cruising2004    1 year ago

Nice itinerary. Glad you enjoyed your cruise. Thank you for sharing your experience.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for taking

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your experience