We sailed Oceania Marina for 10 days from Copenhagen to Stockholm, doing the Baltic. Our ports included Warnemunde, Klaipeda, Riga, Helsinki, 3 days in St. Petersburg, Tallinn and one sea day. We have sailed the smaller Oceania ships before, but this was the first time on Marina.

We booked a Concierge level balcony and a cruise-only package as we like to do our own excursion planning. Embarkation was extremely easy and we received a cordial welcome. We went up to the Concierge Lounge, but no one was there. We ate lunch in the Terrace Café and walked around exploring the ship until our cabin was ready.

Marina is a really beautiful ship, with great, comfortable public spaces, a wonderful library, large observation lounge, and never felt crowded, although the ship was full. The only design change we would add is an additional bank of elevators as the ship is long. When we got into our cabin about 1:30, we were pleased to see it was spacious, very clean, had a good sized bathroom with separate tub and shower and an adequate balcony. There was plenty of storage, the bed and pillows were good and our stewards did a great job keeping everything clean and replenished. We had a bottle of champagne waiting and were surprised but pleased to find that we had free internet throughout the cruise and three separate cards with shipboard credit. That amount easily covered all the alcoholic beverages we drank, with room to spare. The Concierge Lounge was just down the hallway. Although we would go to the Lounge for coffee just after waking, we did not find it worthwhile. The Concierge never looked up or offered to help when we entered, and never said hello. The snack offerings there were below what is found on other cruiselines. Read more