Ship: The Riviera is a lovely ship, with fabulous decor, artwork, lighting, and ornaments throughout the ship. There is marble everywhere and the public areas are spotless. The lights in the Grand Dining Room have to be seen to be believed. Wouldn't like to clean them tho.

Food: Having read lots about the quality and standard of food on Oceania I had high expectations. In general I was not disappointed, however many of the starters were 'plated' not prepared individually, a shame I think, to serve a freezing carpaccio starter on a freezing cold plate. There were many dishes of Foie Gras, Lobster and veal, none of which my husband is prepared to eat. There choices are not to everyone's taste and in my opinion does not signify quality or luxury. The food in the four speciality restaurants was excellent too, the best by far being Red Ginger, where we had a stunning meal. We reserved these restaurants on line before we left. 8pm seating each time with the whole meal taking around 1hr 45 mins.

Tours: We booked a number of Oceania tours, all were well organised, small groups and lots of fun. They were expensive compared with 'doing your own thing' but we saved a little by booking in advance. Read more