Just returned from the Baltic on Regatta on the July 17 sailing. Generally it was a very good cruise, it being our 17th.

The good stuff. The ship is clean and well kept; lots of room to move around. Crew is helpful and pleasant. Food is excellent. Among the best we've had, including Silverseas. Oceania has done a good job here in all venues. Beds are as advertised. We slept well every night.

We've booked another Oceania cruise from Istanbul in 2006. If you use Oceania for your air, do yourself a favor and pay extra for direct routing. Otherwise, they'll send you the cheapest, most round about way that'll take you extra hours. We arrived home almost 6 hours later than someone who had direct and we both left Stockholm on the same flight and went the same distance, me to FL, them to Chicago. Read more