Oceana Review

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Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Oceana
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amoaraj
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jan 2014

Embarkation was efficient and quick both at registration and transportation to the cabin with use of ‘mobility support’. Good start we thought.

The Captain we had for the first part of the cruise made excessive use of the word ‘um’ punctuating each and every sentence with it. This was as well as its use in mid sentence when he lost ‘the plot’. This did not inspire. The worse count made in one short announcement to the passengers was 35 times. The second Captain was much more fluid and delivered announcements well.

The entertainment ranged from dire to outstanding. Headliners were poor with the girls having weaker voices than the boys with some frantic out of control dancing. One young lad was just trying ‘too hard’ and I think he really wanted to be one of the singers. A lot more practice, polish and professionalism is something that is desperately needed by the whole team. At the other end we had ‘The Octaves’ who were polished, professional, and skilled in their craft with a stage presence which held the audience. The on board resident groups/bands did ranged in quality. One couple said to us that the ‘Duo’ was really good musicians, I thought this strange when they sang to a backing track, with a supporting guitar occasionally strumming along with the use of i-Pad’s with the lyrics displayed, surely this is so close to Karaoke? The Orchestra who supported the acts in Starlights and Footlights were excellent and all were good musicians who could adapt to all styles. The Heritage Trio were also good musicians and would have been put to great use during the Ballroom/Latin sessions as they played excellent listening music which was in strict tempo and great to dance too. They were only used on the odd occasion in the Atrium otherwise it was the continual tinkling of the supper club piano players rambling on and on.

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