***Live from the Legend Athens-Mumbai***

[TheSeaAroundUs]

ST, thank you for all that you have posted.

 

I'm a Regent person so far, but have relatives on Seabourn's World Cruise, and, as nobody is posting live from there, your "blog" has informed my estimation of their travel. Again, thanks!

[Seabourntraveller]

Day 45: Arrival into Singapore;

 

Goodd Morning from the sleppy Legend. We took on our pilot approx. 30 minutes ago and are within Singaporian waters now making our way very slowly into Singapore. These shipping lanes have a lot of sea traffic this morning. I went up to the Early Morning Risers Coffee for the last time this morning at 6:15am...not a soul there but me! It was so sad to be enjoying my last coffee on the Legend after 45 days. Wow what can I say, 45 days later, 115 000 hits on this blog, mayhem, pot smoking heatens, rolex wearing Dutch heatens, rug rats abound, drunken seniors, half naked grandpas...all in one trip!

 

The Veranda Cafe and the Restaurant are both open this morning for breakfast from 7:00am until 9:00am. We must vacate our Suites by 8:00am in 1.5 hours time and last call to disembark should be around 9:30am. We will try and stay onboard until the very last minute since we have flights at 15:55pm this afternoon.

 

I would like to thank eaach and every crew member that we came accross in these past 45 days and would like to specifically mention those people below that always kept us laughing and continously pampered us for the past 45 days. The Legend will always remain in our hearts as a special ship whereby the crew was almost like Family.

 

Special Thanks to:

 

Guillaume Colas Hotman

Chef Martin- For making me even more fat duting the past 45 days!;)

Michael Simon Maitre'd...thank you for all the great recipes!

Chantel and Karis Reception (you were both fabulous with putting up with my TV channel calls of only FOx News!)

Charlane Future Cruise Specialist...you crack me up!

Carine- Our EXCELLENT Cabin Stewardess from South Africa...we will miss you dearly.

 

Dinning Room Staff:

 

Joel- Mr. Fantastic...safe travels home today and thank you

Justin- Thank you for getting my Long BLacks in the morning

Jose and Amanda-Good luck and safe travels to you both today and thank you.

Darren Asst' Maitre'd- Go Home and Recover and come back ...get better and thank you again for everything!

Ben Asst' Maitre 'd - thank you for the Perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Bromley-your morning humour will be missed!

Elis and Claudia- we will miss you both and thank you.

Carlos and Byron in Room Service-Thank you for being there when we needed you which was always...Fantastic Job!

Niko, Enda and Norbie-thank you, thank you and thank you!

 

Bar Staff:

 

Andrea- never would ahve guessed Hungarian! Than you again for everything.

Sarah-Thank you for always getting my Chablis no matter where it was on the ship for us.

Ben-keep practicing your Spanish and thank you for everything

 

Well go up for breakfast in 20 minutes time and then after will post again if time permits.

More to come as the Legend makes our way now ever closer to Sentosa Island and the Singapore Cruise Terminal.

[Prunella1]

Bon Voyage and thank you from me also, what will I do tomorrow morning with no report from the Legend. Never mind there's always next time.

[fairbourne]

Stayed up specially late tonight to say to you "Au revoir mon petit choux!";)

 

Have a safe trip home and please let us all know that you got home safely - we'll all miss you - until April! ;):D

 

P.S. When do I expect those Nigerian Shrimp ????? LOL!

[johnnycruise]

Special Thanks to:

 

Guillaume Colas Hotman

Chef Martin- For making me even more fat duting the past 45 days!;)

Michael Simon Maitre'd...thank you for all the great recipes!

Chantel and Karis Reception (you were both fabulous with putting up with my TV channel calls of only FOx News!)

Charlane Future Cruise Specialist...you crack me up!

Carine- Our EXCELLENT Cabin Stewardess from South Africa...we will miss you dearly.

 

Dinning Room Staff:

 

Joel- Mr. Fantastic...safe travels home today and thank you

Justin- Thank you for getting my Long BLacks in the morning

Jose and Amanda-Good luck and safe travels to you both today and thank you.

Darren Asst' Maitre'd- Go Home and Recover and come back ...get better and thank you again for everything!

Ben Asst' Maitre 'd - thank you for the Perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Bromley-your morning humour will be missed!

Elis and Claudia- we will miss you both and thank you.

Carlos and Byron in Room Service-Thank you for being there when we needed you which was always...Fantastic Job!

Niko, Enda and Norbie-thank you, thank you and thank you!

 

Bar Staff:

 

Andrea- never would ahve guessed Hungarian! Than you again for everything.

Sarah-Thank you for always getting my Chablis no matter where it was on the ship for us.

Ben-keep practicing your Spanish and thank you for everything

 

Well go up for breakfast in 20 minutes time and then after will post again if time permits.

More to come as the Legend makes our way now ever closer to Sentosa Island and the Singapore Cruise Terminal.

 

ST - So very nice of you to recognize many excellent Seabourn men and women. I am familiar with several of them ... they are what sets Seabourn apart from the competition.

 

I've enjoyed your daily postings. Safe travels home.

 

johnny

[Seabourntraveller]

Day 45: Singapore Changi Airport

 

Well we got off the Legend shortly after 9:00am this morning and took a taxi cab to the airport and it took no less than 25 minutes to Singapore's Changi International Terminal 1 awaiting our Thai Airways flight here in the Royal Orchid Lounge for another 4 hours...Mama Mia it's going to be a long day.

 

We had such a great time onboard for these past 45 days that we dropped by the Hotel Manager's Office to say thank you and wish him well and to continue taking his vitamins and that hopefully as more time goes by he may have some easier cruises ahead of himself. Michael Simon the Maitre'd was there as well and we thanked him for all the great attention and service we received from his Staff onboard the Legend.

 

The Legend may not be the fanciest ship or biggest but what it may lack in terms of bells and whistles it certainly makes up with it's entire crew in providing EXCELLENT customer service. I will no doubt return at some point to the Legend.

 

Gosh...almost 117K hits...can't believe the interest in this thread!;):D;)

[Seabourntraveller]

Stayed up specially late tonight to say to you "Au revoir mon petit choux!";)

 

Have a safe trip home and please let us all know that you got home safely - we'll all miss you - until April! ;):D

 

P.S. When do I expect those Nigerian Shrimp ????? LOL!

 

I will miss you all as well...until Apr 2nd on the Quest...as I would "stay tuned".

[redheadednancy]

It has been one of the most entertaining threads I have ever read. The reporting on India was fascinating alone,...and then the drama on ship was unheard of at least to me! Maybe it has gone on on other cruises but no one reported it in the continuing manner that you did that made it so interesting for all of us to see how it ultimately ended! I do think the good guys won out! Do have a safe trip home, and we are envious that you are so soon back on the Quest. We so enjoyed the TA in November, great ship and personnel!

[Seabourntraveller]

It has been one of the most entertaining threads I have ever read. The reporting on India was fascinating alone,...and then the drama on ship was unheard of at least to me! Maybe it has gone on on other cruises but no one reported it in the continuing manner that you did that made it so interesting for all of us to see how it ultimately ended! I do think the good guys won out! Do have a safe trip home, and we are envious that you are so soon back on the Quest. We so enjoyed the TA in November, great ship and personnel!

 

RHN:

 

Thanks for the kind words. Take good care of the Odyssey, as she will be our home away from home later this Nov for 55 days from Dubai to Auckland. I am counting on you to report daily on your thread and will be following you. Hope you enjoyed the GrandMa Cake on the Odyssey as much as my waisteline did on the Legend!;)

[Kiltboys]

We are currently sitting in our Singapore hotel room and are just about to leave to embark on our very first Seabourn cruise on the Legend. We have certainly found this blog to be very entertaining, and reading it has really got us off to a grand start! Thanks for posting all of your trials and tribulations.

 

Now...we are off to the Legend!

[Seabourntraveller]

We are currently sitting in our Singapore hotel room and are just about to leave to embark on our very first Seabourn cruise on the Legend. We have certainly found this blog to be very entertaining, and reading it has really got us off to a grand start! Thanks for posting all of your trials and tribulations.

 

Now...we are off to the Legend!

 

Please enjoy and hopefully you will have a peacefull and "quiet" cruise....do report ANY and ALL SCANDALOUS/OUTRAGEOUS activity onboard the Legend as I pass the torch over to you.

Happy Cruising!

[Seabourntraveller]

Yes Cands' blog was excellent. And so was Granny Lorr's. Both Aussies!

 

Turtlemichael...A.K.A. Mr. Pitt and Cruise...Joel was disembarking today and heading home after finishing his contract. He had me in stitches for 45 days non-stop.:D

[julia]

Thanks so much SeabournTrav...... (you win the poker round "hands down!") ;) Safe travels to your final destination.

 

May we all keep those involved with the Costa Condordia in our thoughts and prayers......

[turtlemichael]

Turtlemichael...A.K.A. Mr. Pitt and Cruise...Joel was disembarking today and heading home after finishing his contract. He had me in stitches for 45 days non-stop.:D

 

He is definitely an acquired taste but a tremendous asset to Seabourn. And he is French with a sense of humor!

[jagi]

Seabourn Traveller. That you for entertaining me these 45 days. I know look forward to Kiltie posting until I board the end of February. Then I will try to keep you entertained, but I know I can't compete with you or Granny Lorr. I followed along every day, several times a day, laughing most of the way ; ignoring the housekeeping and other duties that are now upon me. Wishing you a good trip home and safe journeys.

[Seabourntraveller]

Seabourn Traveller. That you for entertaining me these 45 days. I know look forward to Kiltie posting until I board the end of February. Then I will try to keep you entertained, but I know I can't compete with you or Granny Lorr. I followed along every day, several times a day, laughing most of the way ; ignoring the housekeeping and other duties that are now upon me. Wishing you a good trip home and safe journeys.

 

jagi, glad you enjoyed now get back to business and be a little "dirt devil' and whip that house back into shape!;)

We are now on the ground in Bangkok waiting for our connection to Delhi...good gosh I had totally forgot that on the way back we had to go thru India again to get home!...YIKES:eek:

have to say when we got here on the ground in Bangkok, there was a little Thai Airways person with an electrical golf cart waiting for us and drove us to the Royal Orchid First Class Lounge. (maybe they thought we were 90 years old and on our last breaths ...who knows?) We now are on the ground for 3 hours and will get a massage here in the lounge and eat some authentic Thai Cuisine...a little chef comes to your table and cooks everything for you "a la minute"...like Seabourn in the skies!

 

Stay tuned more to come later!

[ajpeter]

Dear Seabourntraveller,

 

I found your blog just days ago. It was such a pleasure and so much fun to be part of your experiences. We are off to the Seabourn Spirit in a few days. Reading your stories I cannot wait to board wonderfull Seabourn for the second time.

Thank you so very much,

 

Peter

[Roxburgh]

Please let me add my words of appreciation for a most interesting, enjoyable and entertaining blog. Hope you have a great trip home.

[Seabourntraveller]

Further Update In Transit in Delhi Indira International Airport:rolleyes:

 

Well after 4.5 hours of bliss in the air with Thai Airways we are now on the ground in Delhi for 2 hours ...(ohhh memories of Kingfisher Airlines to the Taj Mahal) and the people and chaos once again in this airport at 11:45pm at night is unbelievable...searches, pat downs, more pat downs and more searches, CIFS Agents stampng boarding cards and re-stamping boarding cards...could you say "Make Work Projects" or what? Our flight with Swiss is showing on-time leaving in less than 2 hours time. Surprisingly, I still feel fresh as a "Winter Strawberry"..LOL

We'll now going to check the food here in the "Premium Plaza Lounge"...trust me there's nothing "Premium" about it...put it to you all into perspective...those stale nibbles and sandwiches that they serve on embarkation day look like a gourmet meal!

 

More to come on our adventure getting back to North America...stay tuned!

[Martita B.]

Seabourntraveler

Sorry about your "nibbles..." had time permitted I would have FedExed you what I had for lunch: a beef rib-eye Texas steak, twice baked potato,an avacado/hearts of palm salad and a Fried Apple pie! Of course, the bad news.....I had to prepare my luncheon, myself ! Plus, not a waiter in sight ~:cool:

Safe flight home!

Martita B

[Seabourntraveller]

Seabourntraveler

Sorry about your "nibbles..." had time permitted I would have FedExed you what I had for lunch: a beef rib-eye Texas steak, twice baked potato,an avacado/hearts of palm salad and a Fried Apple pie! Of course, the bad news.....I had to prepare my luncheon, myself ! Plus, not a waiter in sight ~:cool:

 

Safe flight home!

Martita B

 

Further Update Arrival in Zurich Airport:

Good morning from Zurich Airport....almost hom but not quite...we arrived here this morning ontime and now have a 6 hour wait in the Swiss First Class Lounge where I am going to be taking a shower first thing above all and then after have some breakfast here. Its -5 C here ....can you say bbbbrrrrrrrr. We finlly arrive later this afternoon after this 26 hours + of flying to get home.

Thank you back to all that posted how much they enjoyed this blog.

More to follow later today...or as I would say ...stay tuned.

[fairbourne]

Further Update Arrival in Zurich Airport:

Good morning from Zurich Airport....almost hom but not quite...we arrived here this morning ontime and now have a 6 hour wait in the Swiss First Class Lounge where I am going to be taking a shower first thing above all and then after have some breakfast here. Its -5 C here ....can you say bbbbrrrrrrrr. We finlly arrive later this afternoon after this 26 hours + of flying to get home.

Thank you back to all that posted how much they enjoyed this blog.

More to follow later today...or as I would say ...stay tuned.

 

Morning ST! Thanks for the updates - gosh thought I'd heard the last of you! LOL!

 

Anyway why all the stopovers? You are a glutton for punishment! LOL! Mind you Thai and Swiss first class very nice dahling! Hope the rest of your journey uneventful and east, west, home is best! -7C here today you can bet your last penny it's brrrrrrr .....

 

Hear from you soon! We'll have to talk to set up the ST Fan Club! ;):D

[Seabourntraveller]

Morning ST! Thanks for the updates - gosh thought I'd heard the last of you! LOL!

 

Anyway why all the stopovers? You are a glutton for punishment! LOL! Mind you Thai and Swiss first class very nice dahling! Hope the rest of your journey uneventful and east, west, home is best! -7C here today you can bet your last penny it's brrrrrrr .....

 

Hear from you soon! We'll have to talk to set up the ST Fan Club! ;):D

 

Hello fairbourne...thats what happens when you book tickets on Frequent Flyer miles...believe it or not it wasnt easy findng two seats in First Class for our travel dates and destinations...already booked seats for the Odyssey in November the day they became available. LOL

Just about to leave the lounge soon to catch our last flight home.

 

Just a suggestion...for the ST Fan Club could we make a pay per view site that way it would fund more cruising on Seabourn for us.:D

[fairbourne]

Hello fairbourne...thats what happens when you book tickets on Frequent Flyer miles...believe it or not it wasnt easy findng two seats in First Class for our travel dates and destinations...already booked seats for the Odyssey in November the day they became available. LOL

Just about to leave the lounge soon to catch our last flight home.

 

That explains it! First, Club is really hard to get on popular routes especially BA, but we (that's the royal me as in me!) were lucky and I managed to get our First Class round trip to Australia later this year with BA miles! The DH owes me big time LOL!

Just a suggestion...for the ST Fan Club could we make a pay per view site that way it would fund more cruising on Seabourn for us.:D

 

LOL! Great idea! :D:D

 

Safe flight friend:)

[lincslady]

Fivestar - a very well expressed comment. Thanks.