Prior Princess cruiser for 25 cruises. Last cruise the food was bad. My second on Oceania . The food was excellent overall, especially the beef. Had the lobster several times and it was bad and small, even the supposed whole Maine Lobster in The Polo Grill.sometimes mushy like frozen and poorly defrosted , sometimes just bad taste. Avoid it. I will in the future. Go with The Dover Sole.
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We wanted to experience a small ship cruise line and chose Oceania. We are an experienced Cruiser primarily on Celebrity. We wanted to see if the 25% differential between Celeb Acqua Class and Oceania was worth it. It's NOT. Average age on this cruise was Near Death. It should be sponsored by a Funeral Home or Long-Term Care provider. The food as advertised was very good. The Specialty ...
First off, this was mine and my husbands first Oceania Cruise! We have always stayed in suites on Royal Caribbean Oasis Class Ships and preferred the larger ships. Some friends of ours recommended Oceania for the food and luxury side of the cruise. My husband loves to cook and they told us about their Culinary Classes. They did tell us that we would be younger than most people on the ship. I’m 43 ...
Really poor cruise experience on Oceania Vista. This was our first cruise with this line. After reading all their hyped-up claims about best food on cruise line, best service and curated ports, this was all a huge disappointment. I found their food to be no better if not worse than any other cruise line. While they do offer what seems like more expensive selections, I thought the quality of ...
Note that we were on two B
This was our fourth Oceania cruise, all previous cruises were on the Riviera. The Vista is a beautiful ship, with many quality upgrades from the Riviera. Other reviews have listed details about the staterooms (concierge verandah), public spaces, and dining. We particularly like the new Aquamar Kitchen, and the new Barista Bakery.
Compared to Riviera, the crew ...
This was our first O cruise having only sailed Celeb Retreat previously. We were in a PH1. Checkin was fast and we had an 11am time. As the rooms aren’t ready that early I’d probably aim for noon next time. Our suite was ready at 12:15 and the official call for PH came at 1pm
We really missed having an app for checkin, dining reservations and seeing what’s going on around the ship. They ...
Ship - very glitzy - perhaps many’s preference.
Staff - mainly amazing, especially cabin and restaurant staff.
Cruise director - wonderful!
Negative comments - Specialty restaurants - save yourselves the bother and go to the Grand Dining Room where the food and service is (usually) top notch. We booked for the Specialty Restaurants on the first day they opened - online - and we managed ...
We chose the cruise as it was goiing to interesting different ports of call. The first one was Costa Maya, where we were unable to dock and understand that happens frequently. also heard that actually its very scruffy there. Other ports of call varied. We had an excellent excursion from Guatamala with brilliant guide and included high speed boat trip up the New River. The Tabyana beach day, ...
First time for us on Oceania. Very small ship. No crowds. They advertise "The best cuisine at sea, NOT! The buffet was awful. Main dining room, hit or miss. Specialty dining(included in price) Very Good. Room service was fast and efficient. Bread was always stale. Not much entertainment on board but enjoyable. Comedian was just plain terrible. Her second show drew less than 20 people. I was on ...
The ship itself is lovely. The Concierge stateroom was nice, more storage needed. The food was fabulous, the specialty restaurants were superb and the staff friendly and very accommodating. That having been said, first thing missing is a good interactive App. You couldn’t see a map of the ship unless you were at the elevators. You couldn’t plan your day unless you carried around the printout they ...