My first cruise with Oceania was in 2015 on the Riveria. Terrific itinerary from Athens to Barcelona. We enjoyed it immensely. Not so much years later. I felt stuck in a time warp with the EXACT SAME formulaic routine. Boring !
Oceania could be a fantastic option but has failed to keep up with the times and is stuck in an era that my mother barely remembers ! I love the idea of a quieter, ...
Just got home after cruising on Nautica from Barcelona to Istanbul. It was a great trip and most of our experiences with Nautica were positive. We had a great Oceania excursions (with one exception) but the staff in charge of disembarking at ports (especially when we tendered) were disorganized and sometimes seemed clueless regarding the process. Excursions: Menorca (Ciudadella City ...
Starting with the positives, the ship is very clean and refurbishment of rooms ,as expected. Specialty restaurants (howerver only 4 allowed for 10 day cruise) were excellent, as expected. Our Penthouse cabin was immaculate and well designed. Terrace restaurant buffet was best of all cruise ships traveled thus far. However, negatives far outweigh positives on this cruise, The tender service was ...
This was our second time on the Oceania Riviera. Last time, we splurged for a Penthouse Suite. This time, we downgraded to Concierge Balcony. While the cabin had less storage space, we still found the cabin to be a nice size. Our bathroom had one sink, instead of two. The shower was the same small size but still not a problem.
The reason we chose Oceania is that we really enjoyed our last ...
My wife and I just returned from an 8 day Ireland cruise on the Riviera. To provide some perspective, we are not avid cruisers...use the cruise to access a destination and don't particularly go for the cruise experience itself. We have cruised with Princess, Carnival, Celebrity and Viking prior to this cruise. We reserved an Oceania suite which was very comfortable, an excellent use of space with ...
We chose Oceania based on their culinary record, service and small size. We have previously cruised on Viking and love their modern ships. R class ships have been beautifully refurbished. We had sailed on Azamara Quest - a similar ship from Renaissance cruises. We joined the last segment of ATW cruise which began in San Francisco on January 2023! While a majority of the ship had been together ...
This was our first experience sailing with Oceania. Overall, it was very enjoyable with a few minor problems I’ll outline later.
Here are the positive points.
Check in was a breeze. We arrived about 2:30pm and were immediately accompanied to the empty immigration and security areas. A few minutes later we boarded and checked in the quiet Insignia Lounge (again zero people waiting) and were ...
Oceania Insignia Review
June, 2023
Cabin Class – B1 – Deck 6
We were on a 24-night cruise from Tokyo to San Francisco via the northern Japanese Islands, the Aleutian Islands, the Inside Passage and the Oregon and Washington coasts.
SHIP OVERALL
Overall, the ship is in very good condition. However, she was built in 1998 (as the “R One” for Renaissance Cruise Lines), as such it is ...
This cruise had been a long time coming. We had a HAL Alaska cruise cancelled on us at the beginning of the pandemic. That would have been a 70th birthday present to myself. And, last summer, we got Covid a couple of days before an Oceania cruise we’d booked as a present to ourselves for our golden wedding. Then more general health issues intervened, meaning we couldn’t get travel insurance – so ...
Although the ship was full, there were always lots of seats in the observation lounge and around the pool. The only time that you noticed a full ship was sometimes in the buffet restaurant at breakfast time.
We were looking forward to the food on this cruise. Other than fantastic meals in the two (free) specialty restaurants, we were extremely disappointed. The buffet food was often cold and ...