Venturing into Expedition Cruising on a cruise to Antarctica with Tony Pace – LGEC Episode 1 Luxury Travel Advisor Podcast

This is the first in a series of program featuring Luxury Global Expeditions Concierge services with Bruce Oliver. Luxury Global Expeditions Concierge Groups. View amazing video footage on one of my other channels or go to the previous link.
Bruce Oliver: Well, welcome everybody. Today we’re going to be talking to Tony pace. Tony is an entertainer that I’ve known for a number of years and he does an extraordinary job with everything from impressions to singing and just unbelievable shows. Everybody that’s seen him has said the same thing. Tony has been on expedition cruises all couple of years now and he’s on an expedition cruise right now on Seabourn Quest. Welcome to the show. Tony, how are you doing today
Tony Pace: Thank you Bruce. I appreciate that. I’m doing great. I’m on the, Seabourn Quest headed down to Antartica. we boarded on a in Buenos Aires, which is a great, incredible port to be from or to, to sail from. those of you who are looking for something to do in, in that region. When I say it is also a great destination point as well. but we joined, a few days ago on the Seabourn headed down to Antarctica as I said, and this is truly one of the great expedition, destinations that everyone in my, my humble opinion, everyone should do. At some point in their lives.
Bruce Oliver: Absolutely. And the, the ship, you’ve been on all kinds of ships, doing all types of entertainment over the last few years. How was this ship, the Quest different than the other ships that you’ve been on?
Tony Pace: Well, the Quest is a smaller, a smaller ship. Basically. It has a passenger capacity of a about 400 plus about 400 people. and plus the, the crew of course. So you have 400 passengers as opposed to some of the larger ships that have 2000, 3000 on up. it, it lends itself for a more intimate, intimate, the, you know, just experienced as far as that’s concerned. But they also bring on here, one of the most incredible expedition teams of, of about 12 people that are experts. They will forget more than I will ever remember each one of them. It’s just absolutely amazing. Some of them, were stationed in Antartica for one is specifically, Paul was there for 26 years. So their knowledge is just amazing. First off and the ship, adds a level of amazing luxury. so you’re doing an expedition, you’re doing an expedition cruise in luxury. and it’s, it’s amazing concept as far as that’s concerned. The, the suites are amazing. I mean all of it, the experience is top notch and, I recommend this, above all.
Bruce Oliver: Absolutely. And you know, the thing is expedition ships are different than the regular ships because on this, on these ships are that Seabourn and a lot of the other ships that are made explicit, especially for this type of travel, have things like powered submarines. And with Seabourn, these ships have sub, some Marines that are leather upholstery, air conditioned in the bad climate stereo system, champagne service, et cetera. It’s just unbelievable. I remember years ago,
Tony Pace: No, as a matter of fact, the, the Seabourn has, taken the expedition aspect to the next level. And they are, I believe if, if I’m correct, they’re building another two ships that are, I think they were smaller. and they, they are specifically for expedition, and they will have submarines that will be part of the expedition aspect. I think that’s the next up and coming thing.
Bruce Oliver: Absolutely. And the, the other thing is, is there a lot of these smaller expedition ships have, some of them have helicopters and heliports it’s just amazing where in Antartica you might be able to go inland or on the ice as well. It is land underneath the ice, closer to the South pole.