Seabourn Odyssey Special Shoreside Experiences

July 23, 2008 on 8:51 am | In Africa, Asia, Australia, Beachbooker, Caribbean, China, Colombia, Cruise Boats, Dubai, Egypt, Middle East, New South Wales, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, South America, Sydney, Thailand |

The Yachts of Seabourn has announced a selection of special shoreside experiences during the Seabourn Odyssey’s inaugural world cruise.

Full World Odyssey guests are invited to stay overnight and attend a gala Bon Voyage Ball at the St. Regis hotel in Fort Lauderdale the night before departure. Five additional complimentary events are reserved solely for guests who book the full world cruise. Guests embarking in Los Angeles days will enjoy four of them.

An additional seven ports will feature complimentary Exclusively Seabourn shoreside experiences, to which all guests onboard will be invited, regardless of the length of their voyages.

The full world cruise events begin Jan. 18, 2010, with a catamaran cruise from Cabo San Lucas to seek some of the six species of whales that gather each year in the Sea of Cortez. On Feb. 6, full world cruise guests are invited to an evening of cocktails, Tahitian music and dance, and a special feast under the stars in Papeete, Tahiti.

In Sydney, Australia, on Feb. 24, guests are invited on a private sunset dinner cruise of Sydney Harbor and a performance at the Sydney Opera House. Hong Kong will be the site of the next world cruise event on March 15: a Chinese bazaar at the Aberdeen Marina Club. And on March 29, guests will participate in a Thai cultural celebration of food and entertainment in Phuket.

Get Your Steamer Trunks HereThe complimentary shoreside events are part of a menu of benefits included for full world cruise guests, along with a complimentary pre-cruise Bon Voyage event and luxury overnight before departing, door-to-door private car transfers, roundtrip first-class airfare or air credit, Personal Valet luggage shipping service and shipboard credits of $2,000 per suite. There will also be special gala celebrations and gifts for guests onboard during the voyage.

The Exclusively Seabourn experiences for all guests onboard will include an afternoon tour of Cultural Cartagena in Colombia’s Caribbean port city, A UNESCO World Heritage Site; a re-creation of “Aloha Boat Days” at Honolulu’s Royal Hawaiian Hotel; a Maori cultural discovery experience at Lyttelton (Christchurch), New Zealand; an introduction to the arts and cultures of Borneo’s 32 diverse ethnic groups at Kota Kinabalu; a visit to the Sanctuary of Truth at Pattaya, Thailand, from Bangkok; an evening at an oasis near Dubai; and a sortie from Sharm el Sheikh into a sheltered valley in the Sinai desert for tea, traditional folkloric music and dance at a Bedouin encampment.

For those not wishing to take the entire World Odyssey, segments from 16 to 69 days are available, several of which also offer value-added benefits.

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