Seabourn has changed. Historically a refined and relaxed atmosphere but no more.

On this cruise Seabourn management saw fit to sell almost half the cabins to a corporate incentive group from Australia. They literally took over the ship and their conduct was so bad the Captain made a ship wide announcement advising all passengers that use of foul language, public drunkenness and screaming and yelling throughout the ship was not appropriate. The behaviour by this group was not an isolated incident it was pervasive and persistent.

I t was such a large group and they largely stayed together so that even when they were not misbehaving they took over venues on the ship making them inaccessible to other passengers. An example was a warning from crew members to avoid the dining room as the entire group was arriving at the same time and chaos was anticipated. Read more