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Discover the 7 essential things you need to know about Seabourn Cruises Encore cruise ship. Things you really need to know if you are interested in cruising on this luxury cruise ship. I tour all aspects of the ship, and share my views on what is good and works less well. I explore many aspects of the ship including dining options, bars and lounges, fitness, entertainment, facilities and experience. Seabourn Cruises is one of the ultra-luxury cruise lines and Seabourn Encore was the first of a new class of ships for the cruise line. The sister ship is called Seabourn Ovation, and os basically the same ship.
Note: I travelled as a guest of the Seabourn Cruises before making this video. They had no input on the opinions or content of this video.
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you're about to discover the seven
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things you absolutely need to know about
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Seaborn uncle
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I'm Gary beverage this is another of my
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tips for travelers I'm currently on
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board
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Seabourn encore and I thought it would
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be a great opportunity to tell you seven
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things that I think you need to know
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about the ships
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Seabourn encore is the first of two
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ships that were a new class of ship for
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seabone they're the Odyssey class of
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which they had three ships and now they
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have the new encore class C well encore
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being the first one C born ovation being
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the second one these ships are quite a
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bit bigger than the Odyssey class the
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Odyssey class take just out of 458 these
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take 600 passengers so it's over 30%
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more passengers of course being a bigger
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ship the encore has more space it has
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more facilities and it has more choice
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so let's talk about that in a bit more
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detail there's a lot of dining options
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onboard Seabourn encore the restaurant
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is the main dining room and this is open
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always for dinner it's a waiter service
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and it has multi-course meals and of
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course vegetarian options as well it's
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also open sometimes for breakfast and
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lunch and differs a little bit based on
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that tonari one of the most popular
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venues is the colonnade the colonnade is
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the more informal dining venue breakfast
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and lunch are always a buffet with lots
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of stations really good food and in the
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evenings it's normally a sit-down served
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dinner and these are normally themed
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on different countries some evenings
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that does tend to be more buffet style
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so for example on the Indian evening
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that was a self-service the patio is
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also incredibly populous up by the pool
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so at lunchtime they will serve more
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informal stuff you know hot dogs and
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hamburgers and whatever in the evening
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it becomes a little bit more formal and
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it becomes a waiter service menu and it
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has a wide range of really good food one
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of my favorite places is sushi this is a
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relatively small space and certainly
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when I was on encore it was staffed
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entirely by Japanese incredible sushi
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sashimi as you would expect by the name
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you can go as often as you like it's
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open most days for lunch and for dinner
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it's included within the fare and if you
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ever on it on call I would strongly
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recommend you go quite early in the
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cruise because it is really good and
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you're probably want to go back the
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grill by Thomas Keller who is a
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celebrity chef in the United States is
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their big speciality restaurant it's
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really modeled on a 50s 60s steak house
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so you can expect things like Lobster
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Thermidor lots of steaks it's all served
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with a little bit of theater really
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great venue now for this venue you're
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allowed to go once per cruise and they
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recommend that you book it before you go
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on the cruise to make sure you get the
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day and time you want in terms of other
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dining options there's a complimentary
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room service which of course has
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breakfast there's lunch and in the
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evenings you can even order from the
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restaurant menu and have that served
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very beautifully in your cabin afternoon
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tea which is a great experience and that
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was served up in the observation bar
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with sandwiches cakes scones the next
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thing that I think you need to know
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about Seabourn encore is some of their
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big flagship facilities or things that
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they offer and they're probably two of
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these that are worth noting the first of
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which is called Seabourn square this is
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something that all Seaborn ships have
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and it's something that they're very
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proud of Seabourn square is a big space
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on encore and it's really the hub and
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the heart of the ship so in here you
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have guest services you have shore
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excursions you have future sales you
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have a coffee shop also in here you have
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there is small library with some guide
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books and also you have papers printed
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out from all around the world and also
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little electronic devices where you can
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read the papers it's a really popular
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venue it's a place that people sort of
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move to particularly during the day you
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can sit there there's an inside area
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there's an outside area it's a real nice
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space has a really good feel and it's
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really if you want to know what's going
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on and meets and greets and see how the
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passengers Seabourn square is definitely
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the place to be the other big thing that
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Seabourn are very proud of is the
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retreat the retreat you do have to pay
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for so retreat has 15 cabanas and you
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have a television you have a
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refrigerator stocked with beverages the
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retreat can hold up to 30
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guests and at the time of recording it
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was 149 dollars on a port day it was
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$249 on a sea day what's important about
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that price is the price per suite so two
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of you are included within that price
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the next thing I'd like to talk about a
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bars and lounges premium drinks soft
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drinks and alcoholic drinks and wines
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and champagnes are included within the
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Fen so the main places to go are the
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club which is as the name would suggest
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it's kind of an evening becomes a club
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and this is kind of the late-night place
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on board says often dancing before
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dinner after dinner and you'll often
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have live music played in here and this
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is also where the casino is so it's not
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a massive casino but you do have quite a
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few machines and a couple of tables
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probably the nicest bar in my view is
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the observation bar this is right up on
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the top of the ship it's on deck 11
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right in the front of the ship so you
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have great views as you're sailing along
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and it has a circular bar great seating
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and it's a really nice space this is
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where they have afternoon tea on the
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pool deck you also have a bar there on
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deck 9 there's also another bar a little
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bit up on deck 10 as well so a selection
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of bars and lounges spread across the
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ship the next thing I think you need to
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understand is all about wellness and
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spars and fitness so what facilities do
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they have onboard well you have a pool a
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pretty decent sized pool up on deck 9
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this is the main pool you also have
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another smaller pool on deck five this
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is a real fight it's just behind the
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club a lot of people forget it's there
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and it's really great particularly on
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sea days because you're at the back of
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the ship setting or it's a really nice
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little space I really like the pool on
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deck 5 do you have a spa it's pretty big
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spa you have a salon a barbershop you of
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course the treatment rooms and you have
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a fitness center there's a space outside
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where people often stretch off they've
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done their workout classes also held and
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classes are normally included within the
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fair in terms of activities and fitness
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there's also a marina on board the ships
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let's open really based on where you're
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selling in the world and if they're able
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to open it when you're in port so the
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marina where you can do various water
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activities off the back of the ship the
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next thing I'd like to talk about is
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what is there actually to do on board so
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what is there actually to do in terms of
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entertainment and activities well first
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of all the key venue is known as the
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grand salon this is where the shows are
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held every evening so every evening
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you'll have the Seabourn vocalist
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they'll perform a show or to have
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various guest artists on board every
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evening there will be some sort of
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entertainment in the grand salon also
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around the ship in the key venues so
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sometimes up in the observation bar
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certainly in the club
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you'll also have live musicians playing
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if you like to play cards as a very big
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card room it's actually a massive big
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space also like on many cruises you'll
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have all the sort of activities that the
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entertainment team run so that might be
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a little golf putting exercises quizzes
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competitions the usual kind of stuff
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that you would normally find on board a
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cruise also in terms of activities
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there's normally things going on so
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you'll normally find those things like
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the of course the captain's Welcome
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Party one of the days you'll have a
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caviar evening so for example on the
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cruise we were on he was called a caviar
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and champagne evening also you normally
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find onboard weather permitting there
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will be a party out on the deck so
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there's normally a series of parties and
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events also happening across the period
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of your cruise the next thing you need
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to know about are the cabins or selling
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a seaborne I'll call them the Suites
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because they do call all their ships all
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suite ships so on Seabourn encore 100%
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of the Suites have a balcony or veranda
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depending on which what you want to call
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it so the the Suites themselves are
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pretty big and certainly when I posted
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pictures when I was on board a lot of
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people commented about the size so I'm
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in a pretty mid-range cabin I mean NEVER
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and a cabin so you can obviously get
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really big palatial suites but I said it
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in a veranda cab and that's one I wanna
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talk about because that's what the bulk
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of the Suites all cabins are on board
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Suites themselves are pretty big they're
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very comfortable very plush Lee done and
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because it's a premium ship the the
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quality of things like the bedding is
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very high the bathroom is fantastic
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you've got twin basins you've got a bath
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and I had a separate shower
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and you have Molson brown toiletries you
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have a big television interactive
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television movies on demand and also you
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have a minibar which can be stopped
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pretty much with anything that you want
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because again drink is included within
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the fair on Seabourn encore one of the
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things that Seaborn uncle does have
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although it didn't actually have a twin
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it left the shipyard is a guest laundry
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so of course you can send your stuff
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away for the laundry but there is now a
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guest laundry it was actually put on not
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long after the ship set sail from its
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maiden voyage
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Seabourn encore is a beautiful ship it
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holds 600 passengers and so if you're
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looking for luxury with lots of choice
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take a look at Seabourn encore even its
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sister ship
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Seabourn ovation because you have still
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a relatively small ship but qualities I
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have many more videos about cruising
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about Seabourn so why don't you watch
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another one of those right now
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