By Eric Goldring
We arrived in Athens to pouring rain. Flooded streets and a traffic nightmare. Sounds terrible, right? Well, it wasn’t. Everyone arrived at the St. George Lycabettus Hotel and soaked in the fantastic views of the Acropolis from our rooms. We even had all of our luggage! After a bit of
We are about to start out on our 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise aboard the Seabourn Odyssey. We will be visiting a wide area of the Mediterranean during the “off season”, so hopefully we will get a taste of what a number of ports are like without tourists…other
Tonight I stumbled across a 1996 news release about Seabourn’s acquisition of the Seabourn Legend from the then failing (now long gone) Royal Cruise Line. It seems Seabourn has two ships named Odyssey: SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 18, 1996–Seabourn Cruise Line announced today that an agreement has been concluded for its acquisition
Seabourn has, without much grace or coordination (so you think I am not impartial?!), begun tweaking the use of the The Restaurant (main dining room) and its larger ships. It has also begun making some other small changes. I will detail these in a moment. But before I do I
Up until now I have not been able to tell anyone of any changes being made the Seabourn Sojourn from the Seabourn Odyssey. Now, as it has been reported by Seatrade, I can let you in on two of the subtle changes: The ship will have two new features: a Kneipp
I have spent much of my time over the past weeks discussing cuisine and what it means and can add or subtract from your cruise experience. Today I was advised of a San Diego food critic’s blog “Matters of Taste” wherein she noted her first cruise ever was this past
I am conflicted. I want Seabourn to have stiff competition, not just for marketshare, but for what a luxury product is supposed to be. “Increases the Stakes”, “Keeping Them Honest”, “Refining the Luxury Cruise Experience” or whatever you want to call it. However, calling it as I see it, Silversea
After writing this post I feel it needs a preface. There is so much misinformation being provided by supposed “experts” that people that just want honest and valid information scour the internet…and then are horribly misled. It is an illness in the travel industry that cannot be healed without some serious surgery. The
On January 4, 2010 the Full World Cruise guests began arriving at the Ritz Carlton – Ft. Lauderale (Florida) for the Pre-Cruise Gala Celebration. In true Seabourn Style they were met by a Concierge Desk, greeted by name, were privately escorted to their room and were met with some nice
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