We were looking forward to our Christmas break aboard the Oceana ...we boarded on the 19th of December,and at first everything was fine!..Went to the Plaza for our first meal,although it was crowded,we expected this as everyone was rushing there for their lunch!
We were then allowed into our cabin..and that is were everything went downhill ... the balcony,which we had paid extra for was very small,and the floor was covered in white paint chippings,which had been left there,obviously after a rushed paint job..The handrail had been varnished and left tacky (although there was a note attached with some sellotape)
Bedding was very clean..(But we did have to ask for clean linen after a week)..Supposed to be changed every 3 days.The cabin steward later said the clean linen had not arrived!..that was rectified the same day,so must have arrived quickly after I asked for clean sheets!
The cabin was quite small. We had 3 cases between us and I had to store these, along with my travel guitar under the bed as there was nowhere else to put them. There is only one mains socket in the room; had I known, I would have taken a multi-way socket with me for charging phones, laptops etc. The balcony is tiny; There are no sunloungers, there isn't room, just two small chairs and a small table. it doesn't stand proud from the ship so doesn't see the sun, unless it is low in the sky. That was not a problem for us, we barely saw any sun except on the day we had the flood problem - then we couldn't take advantage of it anyway.