Riviera Review

Voyage of a Lifetime

Review for the Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Riviera
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kid717
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: May 2014
Traveled with children

We aren't exactly cruise veterans - just a couple of Disney cruises. But for our 25th wedding anniversary I wanted to go big. So we booked Istanbul-Kusadasi-Rhodes-Limassol-Haifa-Patmos-Piraeus on Oceania Riviera. We brought our 19 year old daughter along. Simply: the ship is beautiful, the food is awesome, the service is First Class.

We had a butler: get a stateroom with a butler! Restaurants: All the table-service restaurants were great, but we especially loved Red Ginger. And the La Reserve wine pairing dinner is incomparable. Bon Appetit Culinary Classes: Highly recommended; very professional and informative; more delicious food we made ourselves. Nearly first-run movies on TV for free: saw all the Oscar nominees.

Did all but one shore excursion on our own, but did do the ship's Culinary Excursion in Rhodes: great; more food.

Cabin Review

Cabin Owner's Suite

Wow. Butler. Dinner table and course-by-course in-room dining. Stocked bar. Separate room for daughter. Separate bathroom for daughter. 1400 square feet of living space and 600 feet of deck. Remote controlled window shades. Two hot tubs. Piano. Butler. Wow.

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