You only have to screw up one cruise experience to lose a devoted customer and despite 9 great experiences, the 10th one was bad enough for us to cancel a cruise scheduled for Jan '19 and put Oceania at the bottom of our cruise operator list.

We chose this cruise exclusively to see Easter Island, and took Marina because Oceania had always done a great job (9 previous cruises). Not this time! #10 was a disaster from end to end. The ship is grand, well-appointed and the Penthouse 3 suite we booked was spacious and well-appointed.

The start in Peru. The ship is joined in two stages: first a port shuttle and then on the dock itself. On the day, we lined up for the shuttle bus for well over an hour in the blazing sun - no shelter, not water - and those who were in the queue saw others pay an attendant and skip the line. No amount of protest was to any avail, and had it been a younger crowd, there could well have been violence. When we did get to the ship, it was to join another long line - still in the sun and without water or shelter. Little did we know that this attitude to passenger health and comfort was to persist throughout the voyage. There was no acknowledgement of the dibacle from the officers. Read more