Oceania Marina Cruise Reviews for Luxury to the South Pacific

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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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What a mistake!

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LWalber
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We wanted to try a new line (we've cruised more than 20 times on Celebrity/Azamara) and Oceania had a cruise from French Polynesia to Peru. The selling point was a stop at Easter Island and then a post-tour of Machu Picchu. The ship itself was good. Our suite was spacious. The food was excellent in the specialty restaurants, average in the main dining area. Entertainment was hit and miss. ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Penthouse Suite


Surprisingly poor.

Review for a World Cruise Cruise on Marina

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Dileas01
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Had been with Oceania in 2011 and thoroughly enjoyed it. That cruise was a comfortable, fairly sophisticated experience, and was always was keen to repeat the experience. The company brochure is now really misleading. It shows elegant well dressed people, where in actual fact on this trip the majority of people were dressed in baseball caps, T shirts and dad trainers. We are in out late 60's ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom


Gone downhill in service and quality

Review for a World Cruise Cruise on Marina

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chipper1234
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We chose the cruise for the itinerary and the fact that we had been on the Mariner before and had liked it. This time however we were sorely disappointed. The captain seemed to have difficulty communicating with the passengers and any major announcements were handled by the cruise director. There was no warning that we would be without internet or communication the last half of the cruise. The ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Concierge Level


Disappointed

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Marina

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drreena
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We are not new to cruising as this was our 15th cruise but the first with Oceania. We were attracted to Oceania because of the French Polynesia itinerary as well as its reputation for good service and food. We absolutely loved the itinerary as well as the very good service by our cabin staff and butler as well as the food in the specialty restaurants. However, we found that the added costs were ...
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Sail Date: February 2019

Cabin Type: Penthouse Suite


Ripped off

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Marina

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Ericmalinee
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

We travelled on 30 January for a 10 day Polynesian cruise on the ms marina and what should have been the trip I dreamed off turned completely bad due to incompetent staff. I like to warn future travelers to have a good medical insurance, lucky we had one. But honestly I felt shy to present these bills to the insurance. We were totally ripped off by the medical center. I understand that ...
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Sail Date: January 2019

Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom


Communication and handling of virus was a disaster.

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Marina

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janecambridge
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

I have to agree all that has been said regards the lack of communication on this ship during the gastric virus outbreak, Marina is a beautiful ship.The food very good and the staff we saw,work very hard and are a benefit to the company. But,we could not understand how the captain allowed some aspects of the ship open.Why could we not put dollars in the laundry machines,yet we could put ...
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Sail Date: January 2018

Cabin Type: Oceania Suite


Luxury cruise, not even close

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Marina

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sfbaker
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We have been cruising on Seabourn for years and love it. We decided to give Oceania a chance because we liked this itinerary. It was not a good experience. Starting with embarkation which was done at Callao Lima Peru. This port has absolutely no cruise terminal facilities at all. Passengers lined up on the dock without anyone from Oceania to greet us, direct us or answer questions. Some ...
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Sail Date: January 2018

Cabin Type: Penthouse Suite


First and Last

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Marina

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M D Davis
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

I have been very fortunate to have travelled extensively my whole life, and I have been on many cruises. I just finished the Oceania cruise - Eternal Enchantment (16 Jan - 3 Feb 2018) and the pre-cruise tour - Machu Picchu (13-16 Jan 2018). This was the most expensive cruise (about $28,000 CAD) we (myself and my spouse) have been on, and it was also the least enjoyable cruise we have been on. ...
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Sail Date: January 2018

Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom


Our experiences with Oceania Marina in 2018

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Marina

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Dr. Peter A.J. Holst
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

Cruise Lima to Papette with Marina First checkin procedure in Callao We were dropped off by taxi and there was already a row of a few hundred people. It certainly took almost 2 hours before we were at a bus. We had to put our suitcases ourselves in the storage space of the bus and board ourselves. No employee of Oceania is present. We had been standing in the hot sun for a long time and ...
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Sail Date: January 2018

Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom


This cruise went viral.

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Marina

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Canuck1867
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

This was our third cruise with Oceania (all on the Marina) and around 18th overall, and the first where I've felt the need to write a review on this site. Embarkation: Not a great start. In Lima we waited an hour in line in the afternoon sun and heat at the entrance to the port to get on a bus to the ship. The only Oceania presence was a small canopy with the logo on it where you finally ...
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Sail Date: January 2018


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