I hope to try the newer Seabourn ships soon. I've only been on the triplets and we will be on Spirit (a triplet) in October. Since we haven't been on Seabourn for a few years I'm anxious to see if it's changed any, at least not for the worst :)
Since we have a 2 year old now, my perspective may have changed in some way (this will be our first cruise sans child). And I hear a lot of the old staff are now on the larger ships :(
We have been taking our daughter on Cunard. We done two transatlantics (one in January!) and a med cruise with her. I actually enjoy the QM2 a lot. I understand Seabourn no longer has formal nights on 7 cruises and I love to see the hubbie in a tux! I'm sure the newer Seabourn ships have better public areas. The club on the triplets is fine, small dance floor, room for a trio but to me there is nothing like having a drink in the Chart room on the QM2, it's so beautiful and glamorous. I love the intimacy of smaller ships but there is, of course, a trade off. On transatlantics every other night is a formal night and we, strike that, I, like that too. The hubbie gets tired of dressing for dinner :)
And as I've said before, you can't beat the Children's program. Finding a good ship for a family reunion with children is tough.
I do consider ourselves incredibly lucky to be able to afford to cruise fairly frequently, to have jobs that allow us to take a decent amount of time off work and to have wonderful parents who will look after our daughter for a week while we have a vacation by ourselves. That license plate frame is so true "I'd rather be crusin." My second cruise was a three day cruise on Carnival out of LA. While the accomodations were 'petite' it was still vacation