Nautica Review

Oceania Nautica a Good Choice!

Review for the Baltic Sea Cruise on Nautica
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Bridgeclimber1
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Aug 2015
Cabin: Penthouse Suite

This was our first time on Oceania line (which does not appear to have a very high profile in Australia it seems - perhaps it will change once NCL open their own office here rather than an agency) and overall we were very happy with the quality of décor, food, etc.

The ratio of staff to guests was very high and overall the experience was excellent, with very good quality dining, either formal or casual.

Spending an evening during the "rogue" wave on entry to the North Sea, was not a night to live through again, with the constant sound of glass crashing and anything that could move, including the bed, moving!

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Penthouse Suite

Cabin PH2

We were very disappointed with the location of category PH2, cabin 8053. Several items as per the Oceania Australian website for PH2 did not appear, which we had to bring to the attention of the "butler" initially, who raised the issue with the Head Concierge; not much joy there! For the entire journey, outside #8053 was a major housekeeping station, with multiple trolleys etc. right next to the cabin, 4 hrs. average in the morning and similarly in the afternoon. A bit annoying after a while - would have been nice to share the location around so we were not the ones with this obstruction for the whole time.

We did not see the value in PH2, nor the "butler" - having more space seemed to be the only plus. Holland America Neptune Suite SA on Volendam for Alaska we thought was excellent. The afternoon canapes were not enticing and we asked for them to stop, but they continued - such a waste of good food. We are not seasoned cruisers but have sailed on Seabourn (great) and QM2 (Princess category) as comparisons, in addition to Nautica and Volendam.

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