This was my 61st cruise, first with Oceania. Overall a very nice cruise, with a few glitches here and there that could be easily fixed with this line to make it nearly perfect.

We flew from Washington DC to Vancouver. Our air and transfers were done with the cruise line. I thought it was rather strange that I received confirmation from both my travel agent as well as Oceania about the air flight time and flight number BUT neither one included what airline was selected. I had to go on Kayak to determine our carrier both ways. I thought that was a rather important detail that was not provided.

Flights and transfers were fine, no line to check in, and we were on the ship by 2:30 pm for lunch. The Terrace Grill was open for a nice lunch. They served casual breakfast, lunch, and dinner in this area every day. The food in the area was excellent, with a nice variety of high quality items. The problem is that you do NOT serve yourself, and items are not clearly identified. This causes lots of confusion, and considerably slows the production process in this venue. The other problem in this area is that there are many employees in this area trying to help but it appears there is absolutely no cross training. One person to clear old silverware, one person to remove beverage containers, one person to remove soiled napkins, and the reverse to reset the table for the next party. Very slow at times. They do take your beverage order in this area, but most of the time it takes more than 10 minutes to get a diet coke, and forget about getting a refill. Most nights in the evening they have grilled lobster and shrimp at this location that were great. Also a nice variety of desserts and ice creams. I never tried the pizza but it did look inviting. Read more