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SeaDream I
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SeaDream I Ratings

Overall Rating 5+ out of 5+
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Dining 5.5
Public Rooms 5.5
Cabins 5.0
Entertainment 4.0
Spa & Fitness 4.0
Family & Children 2.0
Shore Excursions 3.0
Enrichment 1.0
Service 5.5
Value-for-Money 5.5
Rates 5.0
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Fantastic, Fabulous, Soon to Be Famous rannynm
The motto: It's not cruising, it's yachting couldn't be more true. The attention to detail, from service to cuisine is constant. ...

spoiled and pampered alamocitygal
spoiled and pampered ...

SeaDream I mariners
On arrival in Tenerife, we took a taxi to the Sheraton Mencey Hotel in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. We had booked a suite, but wer ...

SeaDream I - Eastern Caribbean cruisewoman79
April 16-23, 2006 -- Overall this cruise and cruise line far exceeded my expectations, and my expectations were set high! < ...

SeaDream I Review

SeaDream Yacht Club's SeaDream I (and sister SeaDream II) may be relatively new players on the luxury cruise scene, but the two-ship line has already managed to carve out a unique niche for itself. SeaDream, created in 2001 when a former Seabourn honcho acquired Cunard's pair of Sea Goddesses, is the most genuine small-ship ultimate-flexibility cruise experience in the industry. A lot of cruise lines, particularly luxury ones, market themselves as offering land resort-like flexibility, but SeaDream really delivers on that promise.

What was most distinctive about our voyage on the 4,260-ton, 110-passenger SeaDream I, a Caribbean cruise, wasn't only that we were sailing on a smaller, more intimate ship with consistently top-notch cuisine and service, but also the ambience. Playing with its "yacht club" theme, dress was always informal (and stylish) and the onboard atmosphere was casual -- there were no force-festive "group" activities.

SeaDream I itself is a lovely ship; it's undergone a vast refurbishment since its moldering days as a Sea Goddess ship. Two major distinctions -- and two reasons (as if we needed them) why we're ready to sail again -- are its sports platform that opens off the back, with plenty of sports toys (from kayaks and a Sunfish sail boat to water skis and even a Jet ski!), and its Balinese beds. Clustered around the smokestack on the ship's top deck, these double-sized uber-comfortable loungers are set on a platform above the railing and are great spots for everything from sunbathing to sunset-watching.

Another major plus? The ship truly adheres to one of the industry's most all-inclusive philosophies. Everything from cocktails to caviar and from the golf simulator to bikes for use in port is tabbed in the fare, as are gratuities.

We'll offer one potential downside to the ultra-small-ship SeaDream experience -- and this is meant more as a heads-up than a warning. Because of both ships' small size, they've become quite ideal to folks, from companies to incentive groups to (really) large gaggles of family and friends, and as such are chartered more frequently than other ships. And there is a potential that individual travelers could get bumped, even from confirmed voyages. The good news? The company never charters both ships at the same time, so travelers can usually transfer bookings.

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