A super cruise on the recently refurbished beautiful ship - Oriana. Although, Oriana has retained many of the original features throughout the ship all areas have been refurbished- carpets, curtains, cabins, bathrooms, theatre and Pacific lounge. In the Atrium a new living wall of plants has been installed. We received excellent service & selection of meals in the restaurants. Overall, great entertainment- with a good selection of groups, singers and comedians. On this cruise we had a speaker - Ken Joy who gave lectures/talks on the entertainment business which was very enjoyable. It was a it strange sailing on New Years Eve - so no deck party or fireworks! The cruise itinerary was good - Madeira, La Gomera, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Agadir - brilliant, Lisbon - good tour to Sintra and final port - La Coruna. We experienced calm seas for the time of year & we were lucky with the Bay of Biscay.
Good cabin at the Aft of the ship - very clean & good cabin steward
Super port - lots to see and do
An improvement in the port since our last visit
Docked on New Year's Day - nothing open & very cold