Seabourn Cruise Line Sojourn

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Seabourn Square

Overview

This multi-purpose venue acted as the lobby, the library, the computer station and provided the guest services, shore excursions and future cruise desks. It was the nerve center of the ship, and we could get a good cup of coffee, too.

The selection of books in the library wasn’t expensive, but we were impressed with the relatively up-to-date collection of travel guides for the area we found ourselves cruising. There was also a collection of full newspapers (to supplement the daily news digest that arrived in our room each morning)—this included the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today, plus tantalizing exotic fare such as The Globe and Mail and the Australian. There was also a solid array of recent magazines to peruse, ranging from Vogue and Esquire to Time and The New Yorker.

Other Activities

There were eight Dell computers available for use, and WiFi was accessible throughout the ship. Internet rates were .40 cents a minute, which is the lowest we’ve seen on cruise ships in the last year. Packages brought the price down further—two hours for $19.95, etc. (i.e., less than .17 cents per minute). We also appreciated that the first minute was free, in the event of connectivity issues (also not typical of other cruise lines). There was also a seven-day unlimited-access package that provided access throughout the cruise and worked out to less than $35 a day. Documents could be printed from the computers in Seabourn Square for .50 cents per page.