We embarked the Nautica in Venice on 7/28/06. We connected through Frankfurt on Lufthansa from the US. Our flight in Frankfurt left an hour late and two of our bags arrived in Venice before we did, but we didn't find that out until spending over 1/2 hour in the baggage claim office. However, all was found and we were jubilant.
Oceania was a little slow, we thought, transferring us to the cruise ship. We were concierge level and expected a little more in the way of service in being transferred and during embarkation, but nothing extra in the way of service was provided other than a separate desk when we walked into the Nautica Lounge on deck 5.
We were transferred in a bus and left sitting en route during a couple of stops with the A/C turned off. When we arrived to one check-in building, our bus driver just left the bus without instructing us to get off. Finally, we reacted on our own and departed the bus. We transferred through a building, scanned our hand baggage, walked out, and then boarded ANOTHER bus to be taken to the ship.