Just back from our first experience with Oceania. It was better than expected. Cruise was round trip from Miami to 7 ports in the Southern Caribbean. Bottom line --- everything was exceptional.
Travel and embarkation. We used the cruise line's special "free air," which isn't really free after paying taxes, govt. fees, and transfers. However, still saved some money. Flight was nonstop to Miami and transfer to the ship was easy. We arrived at the terminal about 2 hours prior to the stated 3 p.m. boarding time, but were allowed to board immediately as long as we stayed on decks 9 and 10. Buffet lunch was waiting in the Terrace Cafe and we were able to mix and mingle with fellow passengers and make reservations in the specialty restaurants while waiting for cabins to be ready.
Rooms were announced ready for occupancy around 2:30 and we arrived at our Cat B (balcony) stateroom to find our suitcases waiting in the passageway. Rooms are small and my first impression was that we didn't have enough storage space to accommodate our overpacking. I was wrong, the rooms are very well organized and everything fit.