The sister of Seabourn Encore is due to enter service in spring 2018. After a summer program spanning the Mediterranean and northern Europe, Seabourn Ovation will depart Piraeus on a 20-day Holy Land and Arabia voyage to Dubai.
An additional 18-day cruise visiting Arabia, India and Sri Lanka will position the ship in Singapore to begin its inaugural Asia season of five 14-day voyages between Singapore and Hong Kong. These itineraries will feature the line's popular 'Caviar in the Surf' beach parties at Ko Kood in Thailand, an overnight stay at Ho Chi Minh City and an extended day at Halong Bay in Vietnam, allowing for optional excursions to Hanoi.
The season will also include a 14-day voyage from Hong Kong to Singapore visiting China, the Philippines, and Kota Kinabalu (Borneo) in Malaysia, providing options for 28-day combination cruises with the Vietnam/Thailand voyages. The ship will then depart Singapore on a 22-day voyage to Dubai via Myanmar, India and Oman, followed by a 20-day sailing to Arabia and the Holy Land, arriving in Piraeus to begin the 2019 Europe season.
Seabourn Ovation's new itineraries were announced as part of Seabourn's fall 2018 and winter 2019 lineup.
The program has Seabourn Encore sailing in Australia and New Zealand, with four 16-day voyages between Sydney and Auckland, interspersed with two 16-day South Pacific Islands voyages round-trip from Auckland, visiting New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji. A sailing featuring the Queensland Coast and Great Barrier Reef, plus Indonesian islands to Bali, followed by a Java Sea cruise, positions the ship in Singapore where Seabourn Encore begins its return to Europe.
During fall 2018, Seabourn Quest will sail on four 10-day 'Canadian Maritimes & New England' voyages between Montréal and Boston, as well as a 12-day cruise round-trip from Montréal. A 14-day positioning cruise ends in Miami. From there, Seabourn Quest will sail 25 days southward to visit Key West, pass through the Panama Canal and explore the Inca coast of Peru.
The ship will then sail five voyages in Antarctica and Patagonia, including a 24-day holiday voyage from Buenos Aires to Valparaíso that features South Georgia and Ventures by Seabourn optional kayaking excursions. After a Brazil voyage to the Amazon, Seabourn Quest will depart from Manaus along the Amazon and across the Atlantic to Lisbon.
Seabourn Odyssey's fall 2018 season begins with 18 seven-day Caribbean cruises between Bridgetown, Barbados, and Philipsburg, St. Maarten. Each will offer both a Caviar in the Surf beach barbecue at Carambola Beach, St. Kitts, or Mayreau in the Grenadines, as well as a Marina Day at Jost Van Dyke or Iles des Saintes. In early spring 2019, Seabourn Odyssey will cross the Atlantic to Lisbon and then sail through the Canary Islands, Morocco and Spain to Barcelona to be poised for another European season.
Itineraries for Seabourn Sojourn are being finalized and will be announced soon. Seabourn said the ship will feature a number of 'Extended Explorations.'
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