Borna

Rkacruiser.  You are correct.  Those with mobility issues will struggle with the many stairs to and from the emerald pool.  

Ok.  For my cruise, seabourn will anchor off the coasts of bvi and we can do watersports.   Seabourn is still hoping bvi might work starting mid august.  

Also, because there aren’t many onboard, we were able to eat a second consecutive night at the keller restaurant. 

When going on land for an excursion, there’s a very brief temperature check by the local island.  In Castries, you stand against a wall for a second and a machine reads your temperature.  In Dominica, a hand held device was pointed at your forehead to read your temperature. Lots of required hand sanitizing at the port terminals when exiting and returning.   Masks are supposed to be worn on excursions, but some passengers don’t.  

Pool deck 8 tonight and st martin herald

My pleasure.  I will ask about bvi for the upcoming trips.  We’ve been told that bvi days are now just sea days.  

I’m on deck 5 whirlpool area now.  Come join! 

I asked our two designated housekeepers who said no more hermes or l’occitane, only molton brown.   Here’s a pic of Dominica’s emerald pool today 

Welcome aboard 

We booked a private tour through seabourn to see what we wanted to see in st lucia as none of Seabourn’s tours interested us.  
 

and yes , you cannot explore on your own.  You must book a tour through seabourn to leave the ship.   
 

Seabourn no longer offers hermes or l’occitane soap as an option to molton brown, for those who care, lol

had a great steak at the thomas keller restaurant.  
 

everything going nicely on board

passengers were given a seabourn tote bag on their bed as a turn down gift the first night 

Arriving at Barbados airport was relatively smooth.  On a cruise so haven’t left yet. 

Yes robert is delightful.  We requested printed heralds too

Played team trivia today and won.  Seabourn coffee mug was the prize. 120 guests.  What’s C.D.?   I’m also a first timer. I might be able to give tips after a few more days on the ship.  Happy to answer any questions.  Took private tour today of st lucia 

No masks for guests on board, only crew wear masks.  Self service buffet at breakfast and lunch.   
 

i used scorpion executive services as my Barbados transport provider, self owned by paul and his wife.  Paul was very accommodating.  

Today’s herald

its true that seabourn staff know your name pretty quickly 

To whet your appetite 

Safely on board odyssey.  Took about an hour at the port terminal with showing the necessary paperwork (covid vaccination) the another rapid test, 15 minutes wait for results, etc before we could board   
 

Only 120 passengers on the cruise.   Seabourn said even less on next week’s cruise.  
 

seabourn said grenada canceled on last week’s cruise due to grenada requiring passengers’ medical info which seabourn refused to divulge.  Seabourn said it hopes to resolve the issue with grenada so we can see grenada on this cruise.  
 

Pics of the green ribbon placed on your wrist at Barbados airport to indicate waiting for results are attached 

The Barbados hotel also knew that it could allow us to leave to board the ship if we had not received the results in time to board the ship. 

Greetings from Barbados.  While waiting at the  airport, i was finally able to complete the online registration form for Barbados, which will save visitors time from doing it in arrival in Barbados 

We arrived Saturday at about 5 pm.  The process at Barbados airport was relatively smooth and fast.  About 45 minutes for the testing, immigration, and luggage retrieval.  I brought paper copies of everything, covid vaccination proof, negative test results within 72 hours, passport, which the airport authorities appreciated.  

A green ribbon bracelet is placed on your wrist indicating your status as awaiting results.   There is no tracking on the ribbon   I pre-arranged transport with an approved taxi to the hotel   We were dropped off at the hotel and the hotel told us to stay on the property until we receive negative test results, then tell the hotel when we receive the results, and it will take off the bracelet.  
 

I received my on arrival results within 12 hours. My traveling partner has not yet received her results 

 
So the arrival in Barbados was relatively easy. 
 

Now free to sightsee!   Before leaving the usa, i had emailed several approved transit providers to get quotes for about 4 hours of sightseeing.   Most quoted about $140-150 , which i find reasonable.    
 

More reports to follow and happy to answer any questions. 

Major trouble with the Barbados travel registration website, which would not work no matter the browser, and not even with the Barbados app.  No success.  I called the 24/7 hotline 1 833 448 0734, and was told that there can be problems with the websites and app and that we could fill out the form on arrival.  Hope things work easier for all of you and I appreciate your helpful posts.  Hope to make it to Barbados and the cruise, LOL.  

correct cruiseej:  Just uploading to St. Lucia in the slim chance we could explore on our own.  I'm also booking a private excursion with Seabourn for St. Lucia since we didn't care for their other excursions.  

Hlitner and cruiseej:  you are correct.  Either arrive 2 or more days early in Barbados or the day of (with its attendant risks).  Below is a copy of part of an email exchange with Barbados Travel Protocol:, my question, followed by Barbados's response that if I don't get the result, I could still leave my quarantine hotel and leave to board the ship. 

This scenario (which may likely happen to me as I am arriving just one day early) happened to a current passenger, who had to convince his quarantining hotel to let him go to board the ship - since he didn't have the results yet.  He reported his experience on Facebook Seabourn Friends and Family webpage.  

2.  Do we need a rapid COVID-19 test upon arrival?  A Rapid PCR test will be given at the airport before you transfer to your quarantine hotel. Your results should be returned before your departure for your cruise but if not received you will be permitted to leave to take your cruise.

Got my compliant COVID test this morning, waiting for result so I can upload to Barbados, Seabourn, Jet Blue, and St. Lucia websites before my departure late tomorrow (Friday).  

Stressing news from a current passenger, who arrived early for the first Barbados cruise and reports that he was held captive and had to raise hell before being allowed to leave the hotel to get to the port to board the cruise because the on arrival test result had not yet been given.  His post is on Facebook Seabourn friends and family.