It seems the Yachts of Seabourn needs a bit more time to get Seabourn Odyssey ready for her maiden voyage this Wednesday. Members of the media and travel agents were slated to depart on a two-night pre-inaugural sailing Monday. However, Seabourn has changed plans and guests will enjoy a short scenic cruise before returning to port so workmen have easy access to the ship.
The scenic cruise did not happen on Monday due to "technical challenges," but Sue Bryant of Cruise Critic is reporting that Odyssey is scheduled to set sail at 11:45 a.m. Venice time on Tuesday. Check back to see if the pre-inaugural media/travel agent visit is able to take this short cruise.
Attendees will still get to see a majority of the ship and her services, but crew will be busy making additional preparations for the maiden voyage, which leaves Venice on June 24.
Here are a few tweets from journalists Gene Sloan of USA Today and Anita Dunham-Potter of ExpertCruiser.com who are in Venice right now. (Seabourn president Pamela Conover is also tweeting.):
• @SeabournCruise On the sun terrace for this momentous occasion just setting sail with our first travel professional and press guests. Pamela Conover
• @CruiseLog Despite challenges, though, @SeabournCruise's restaurant staff pulled off an elegant, scrumptious dinner tonight. http://tinyurl.com/mz5ng6
• @ExpertCruiser Here are some great photos of Seabourn Odyssey in Venice http://bit.ly/F3npq
• @CruiseLog New details on the scramble to get @SeabournCruise's Odyssey ready for its maiden voyage just posted at http://tinyurl.com/mz5ng6 #cruise
• @ExpertCruiser With the exception of areas of the spa. Hotel director says they are 100 percent operational. They are confident everything will be a go Wed
• @CruiseLog Will @seabourncruise's Odyssey be ready for Wednesday's maiden voyage? 'Have faith,' says one staffer.
• @CruiseLog Hundreds of travel agents and media arriving today greeted by a note in room saying ship will not sail tomorrow due to work undone.
• @ExpertCruiser We are not going out to sea on our preview. As @CruiseLog stated some areas are not finished. There have been rumors of rudder problems
• @ExpertCruiser We are checking with Seabourn managers on this. Just asked the hotel manager and he said he was unaware of any rudder issues.
• @CruiseLog Internet not working, Villa suites in spa not ready, workers scrambling to unpack boxes of dining room supplies.
• @CruiseLog The big news is the Odyssey isn't quite ready for prime time. Workers still programming elevators, working on hydropool in spa.
• @CruiseLog I'm now aboard @seabourncruise's Odyssey, where a scramble is underway to get the ship ready for its maiden voyage Wednesday.
• @ExpertCruiser The Seabourn Odyssey is gorgeous! Having lunch The Colonnade-- amazing seafood buffet. Now off to visit my suite!
I'll add more information to this post as the day progresses. Check back often for updated details.
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