Seabourn versus Regent

Which cruise line is the better one?

I know, Regent offers included excursions and flights are also included in the price. More or less price policy is the same, but what is different or you like more?

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Cruise Critic has a feature article about just this topic: https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=2397

I think Regent is more child friendly then Seabourn on some sailings and from previous postings I remember this is important to you as your child is about 6yo?.

Thanks a lot, as we thought,

We booked 3 Cruises with Regent, one in the meditaranian Ocean during Summer holiday, one for Christmas to South Africa and the other one for Next Cristmas to Tahiti with Regent.

We are just thinking for a Cruise around the Greece Islands, and the Cruise with Seabourn is much more interesting for us.

We did once a Cruise with Seabourn but without children.

Due to many ports in the mediteranian Ocean it should not be a problem to travel with a wellbehaved child.

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Which cruise line is the better one?

I know, Regent offers included excursions and flights are also included in the price. More or less price policy is the same, but what is different or you like more?

 

 

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The answer is only you can decide which is best for you.

That is definitly correct!

But Regent did a great renovation process , Seabourn didn‘t?

We never travelled with Regent before, therefore my hesitation booking Odyssee?

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There is no dress code on Regent and that is a major plus for me. Yes I wear smart casual but jackets, ties and suits are best left at home for the moths to eat. I also like the included excursions. However, no Regent ship comes close to the perfection of the Seabourn Quest.

I guess,

each travel might be so wonderfull in your memories as we travelled years ago with Seabourn Legend

maybe 10 years ago...

we liked it sooo much

We like memories as you so much

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As wripro points out each of us has a favourite for our own reasons. There are many reviews (in fact I have done one myself) comparing Silverseas, Seabourn and Regent. I have cruised enough now that itinerary is the most important reason for my choice of cruise line and I would happily take either of these cruise lines. I would not hesitate to board Seabourn after my last Regent cruise but I would also happily take Regent again. In fact I have a Regent and a Silverseas cruise booked. You will find like most of us that you prefer one element on one cruise line they do better than another. I don't think you will go wrong booking a Seabourn cruise.

That is definitly correct!

 

But Regent did a great renovation process , Seabourn didn‘t?

 

We never travelled with Regent before, therefore my hesitation booking Odyssee?

 

 

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Not sure what you mean by a great renovation process which Regent did and Seabourn did not. In any case, in my experience when one goes looking for issues one usually finds them. Perhaps you'd be happier sticking with Regent.

We never travelled with Regent before, therefore my hesitation booking Odyssee?

Perhaps we missed something somewhere, but what does never having sailed Regent have to do with hesitation in booking Seabourn (Odyssey)?

We tried Regent once and didn't like it. Food was not as good as Seabourn and the service was significantly poorer. To add insult to injury, they allowed cigar smoking at the only outside bar (on Regent Voyager) as well as in the casino and another bar.

While the suites were a bit nicer and the walking track on the top deck was a very nice feature, the cruise director's main contribution was her daily video and the officers were largely absent. We were supposed to stop in Cartagena but that ended up being a 'technical stop' although we seemed to be there long enough that tours could have gone ahead. We felt that Regent lied to us on that one.

We haven't been on Regent since and are unlikely to go on them in the future.

Regent is ok but as we are not planned excursion people I wouldn't want to pay for something im never going to take advantage of, plus the food for us wasn't as good as SB.

While I can always find positive things to say about cruise lines other than Seabourn, I had such an awful experience on Regent that you couldn't pay me to give them a second chance. Seabourn remains at the top of my list.

On Regent we met people who are now dear friends and we quite enjoyed the features of their product except that we are not prepared to pay mega-dollars for included tours of poor standard. Our future cruising will be on Seabourn and Silversea.

Only one experience on Regent in Alaska, several on Seabourn. Found Regent tours of reasonable standard, entertainment better than Seabourn. Food and service better on Seabourn. Tours expensive on Seabourn so we mainly do our own thing in Europe.

Anytime you have one of these lawsuit threads as I call them (one cruise line vs. another) you will always get posts favoring both sides of the aisle. Which is why they are pretty much useless.

If it matters to you, you cannot get a suite with a butler on seabourn. No butlers on seabourn.

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We just got off Regent Explorer after ten days in the Caribbean, and are waiting to fly home to the UK from Miami. Our other cruises have been with Seabourn, but not since 2016.

There were quite a few things we liked about the Explorer when compared to Seabourn - suites, bathrooms, showers and balconies are all bigger; we had some excellent food, especially in their French restaurant, Chartreuse. Three speciality restaurants, each better than the dreaded Thomas Keller. We had wonderful Dover sole, scallops and foie gras. The food on Regent is not so tasty - they actually had cut chillis available (Seabourn is a bit bland and poor on spicy food). Yes, the walking/jogging track was nice, the art is nice, but.....

Breakfast was not as good as Seabourn. Tea time was an absolute disaster (you are passed a tea bag and given a pot of hot water) - and don’t get me started on the ‘sandwiches’... Nutella on French bread...?!. Staff are poorly trained and quite often misunderstood or got it wrong. No-one called us by name.

We enjoyed our four tours, but didn’t think the premium we paid was justified. In Europe, where we do-it-ourselves, it wouldn’t make sense.

We could not agree to Explorer being the most luxurious ship in the world. There are acres of plastic, some of it masquerading as wood; cracks are (literally) starting to show. Everything is dull, smoking club colours, no lightness of touch. Some of the lighting is badly sited and the overall decor struck us as tacky. To paraphrase how Jane Austen might have summed up Seabourn v Regent - ‘she has less of style and more of real elegance about her’. We’ll stick with Seabourn in future....

If it matters to you, you cannot get a suite with a butler on seabourn. No butlers on seabourn.

 

 

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I go on Seabourn to get away from the butler.

I go on Seabourn to get away from the butler.

+1 - I like that

Our butler on Regent doubled as a jail guard with the duty of keeping my husband quarantined in our cabin after being served a meal that nearly killed him.

Our butler on Regent doubled as a jail guard with the duty of keeping my husband quarantined in our cabin after being served a meal that nearly killed him.

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Which cruise line is the better one?

I know, Regent offers included excursions and flights are also included in the price. More or less price policy is the same, but what is different or you like more?

 

 

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Some say Regent.

Some say Seabourn.

Some say both equal.

Same is which is better?

Ritz Carlton or Four Seasons.

Or how about which is better?

Mercedes

Lexus

BMW

There is only one opinion that matters. Yes, your own.

My view is if the opportunity is there try another line because you will never know unless you sail it.

What others think are nice but really it comes down to you.

Thankfully we all have different opinions. Otherwise this would be a boring world.

Keith

Keith,

Your remarks are pertinent. I am in the process of trying out other cruise lines to compare with the experience on Crystal. Please give my regards to Anne-Marie. Till we meet again.

Sheila