Our First Look at Seabourn Quest

 We made our way to Billy Bishop Airport on Thursday morning through what turned out to be rather light traffic, possibly because we had our limo driver avoid the 404/Don Valley Parkway/401 exchange completely. so we were about 2 hours early for our 10:20 flight. Porter had cancelled the 11:20 flight and put us on this one instead.

Too bad that our plane was late coming in from Ottawa. By the time all the turnaround preparations were finished and we were all on board, we took off precisely at 11:30 anyway!

The flight was comfortable and uneventful, although our private limo pickup at the Montreal airport didn't show. After looking for him for 15 minutes, we paid for our own ride and were at the port within 20 minutes. Seabourn will refund us the cost of the no-show.

The ship (docked in Trois-Rivieres). Larry: How do you
make a small ship look big? Have it be the only one
in town!

We know that Quest is a small ship, only about half the size of Crystal Serenity, but the layout is completely different and it has taken us a little time to get used to it. It is a 'vertical' layout instead of 'horizontal' like most ships. All of the guest staterooms and suites are in the forward part of the ship, and the common areas are aft. We'll post photos around the ship as we wander around the various venues.

But we'll start with our suite. It is a somewhat odd layout in that, to get to the bathroom, which is a good size, from the bedroom, you have to go through the walk-in closet! There's a dining table and a couch area with a coffee table. And the verandah is big enough for a table and 2 chairs as well as a couple of lounge chairs with footstools. We'll have to see if it's nice enough to use them once post-tropical depression Fiona finishes with the areas we're supposed to be sailing in.

The sitting area and dining table 

Bedroom area

Bathroom - the toilet is through the door 
and is also accessible from the hall as
a 'powder room'.

The verandah

The storm, which hit Cape Breton and Ile de la Madeleine this morning (Saturday), has already caused an itinerary change for us. We're sitting in Trois-Rivieres at the moment for our second day. Tomorrow we will be in Quebec City for another two days, and after that, we'll see what happens. We may get to St. John's if the seas calm down, but some of the other ports may be a literal wash-out given the amount of rain they're supposed to be getting this weekend. We'll keep you up to date on our new itinerary.

We didn't do much more than get our bearings on Thursday afternoon. Our sailout to Trois-Rivieres wasn't until 11:00, and we missed it.