Buenos Aires to South America Oceania Marina Cruise Reviews

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My sister celebrated her 71st Birthday on the ship - the cabin team helped make her day extremely memorable! We were all "over the moon" surprised! Never been on a Cruise line that went to this extent before!!! Well done Oceania!
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Just one of the many fabulous food dishes  on the ship!
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Ceremony for "authorization to CROSS the EQUATOR" - the entertainment team were fantastic!
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Tea in the horizon Lounge!
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Fabulista
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

I had always wanted to go to Buenos Aires and Rio and thought a cruise between the 2 would be wonderful. The ship was beautifully appointed and loved the dining options. Unfortunately, the ports of call really were terrible. A great frustration was that we were going to stop in San Paolo but we stopped in Santos. The only transport they offered was to a shopping mall in Santos and no way to ...
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Sail Date: March 2024

Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom


Buenos Aires to Rio

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D-D
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We had not been to South America prior to this sailing. Cruise was lovely and relaxing. We went in three days earlier to visit Buenos Aires. Beautiful city and lots of cultural things to do. Some of the smaller ports were very interesting we liked Buzios. I would be nice if the simply more excursion money could be used for additional items like the beverage package. One of our tours was ...
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Sail Date: March 2024

Cabin Type: Concierge Level

Traveled with disabled person


Great Haku Tour of Lima

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martyb11
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

Would not do this cruise again. Many ports were small towns with not much to see. Several ports canceled. Weather was bad. Food was great and so was the service. Older ship to be refurbished. Our cabin was balcony and average to smaller that Celebrity. Dinning Room was great and so was the food. We only did private tours. Loved seeing Uruguay, but Skipped Falkland Islands because of ...
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Sail Date: February 2023

Cabin Type: Concierge Level


Worst Cruise experience

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airash
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

We chose this cruise for two reasons. First, to spend time with my parents who traveled with us, and to see the southern part of South America which we had not seen prior. From that standpoint we accomplished goal one, and partially goal two. I'm a cruise veteran, having been on seven different cruise lines, for a total of 18 cruises. This was by far the worst experience we've had ...
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Sail Date: February 2023

Cabin Type: Oceania Suite

Traveled with disabled person


Good Food, Poor Communication on Boarding & in Disembarking. Cabin showing its age

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bonamie
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

Wanted to do South America in comfort.. this was our 3rd cruise with Oceana Most of the staff were wonderful, some of the staff when just mechanical in responses some were totally arrogant, dismissive and could not care less - not just us but others also. Internet access and speed (lack of - worse than the old dial-up) - allowing just one log-in per cabin - when two people are in the cabin is ...
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Sail Date: February 2023

Cabin Type: Penthouse Suite


Communication not in their vocabulary. Suite was great. Food Average. Entertainment so so. Service spotty

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jjinlotusland
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We chose this cruise for the itinerary, food expectations, and service levels. Not sure they lived up to any of it. While they cannot do anything about the weather (cancelling the Falklands) and uprisings (cancelling Pisco), their complete inability to communicate was unacceptable. Pisco was cancelled before we even boarded, but they told no-one. We only learned about it by the itinerary ...
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Sail Date: February 2023

Cabin Type: Penthouse Suite


A big disappointment

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bulpittw
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We’ve had four successful cruises with Oceania, including the Amazon, so continuing around South America with them seemed obvious. A sad mistake. Our experience has been that it was very poorly planned by the itinerary team from the outset, we suffered three failed port visits for a mix of weather and ‘safety concerns’ (one, the Falklands, not unusual, but three!). The low point was a port ...
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Sail Date: February 2023

Cabin Type: Penthouse Suite


Oceania marketing strategy is a "Hostage to Fortune"

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EJO
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We were meant to go on this trip in 2022 but Covid got in the way. So we were really looking forward to this cruise. Given the brochures outlined that we were going to experience the finest cuisine on the seas we had very high expectations. Unfortunately we were extremely disappointed. We would advise anyone thinking of booking a cruise with Oceania don't do it on the basis of their promises ...
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Sail Date: January 2023

Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom


Staff is amazing. Food not so much and DO NOT pay for alcohol upgrade

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KATESTUDIO
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

Chose this cruise for the itinerary of Argentina, Antartica and Chile, but the pretour to iguazzu falls (amazing!!! this is a fantastic pretour. Belmont hotel and our Argentinean guide Sol were a huge surprise - fabulous!) turned out to be a highlight; so consider it! The ship is due for a retrofit and needs it. Our owners suite was huge and lovely; so no complaints there, but our friends’ ...
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Sail Date: January 2023

Cabin Type: Owner's Suite


Great cruise - even with the impact of the Coronavirus

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kjones121
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

The biggest take-away from this cruise is to say that if you do take medications, take an extra seven days worth with you. We were lucky and did, which we have done on previous cruises. You never know what may happen. After you read the rest of this you'll understand. We chose this cruise for the itinerary. This was a Buenos Aires to Lima cruise around Cape Horn. We were also looking forward to ...
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Sail Date: February 2020

Cabin Type: Penthouse Suite


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