Oceana Review

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Mexico to Barbados via the Panama Canal

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Oceana

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Sail Date: Jan 2011

We boarded MV Oceana in Acapulco on 17 Jan 2011, the transfer from the airport to the vessel was quite seamless, and the transfer of luggage was very efficient. We arrived after a 15.5 hour flight from Manchester which was not a pleasant experience despite our being in Premier Class seating etc. The flight put down in Sanford, Florida for re-fuelling, but we were not allowed off the plane at all so had to spend over 1.5 hours either sat down or simply milling about in the forward cabin.

We went on the "Cliff Divers from the sea" trip organised by P & O at the extortionate price of £40.00 per person. The outing was pleasant, but spoiled to some extent by the pushing & shoving of various of our fellow cruisers who seem to let manners disappear once they are on board ship. That was our only P & O organised trip as we then decided to do our own thing as much as possible, at every other port of call.

The ship is smaller than we have previously experienced and we thought this would be an advantage, but it really was not. The food on board Oceana was adequate rather than exceptional, and all the praise heaped on (usually by the P&O staff making announcements) the so called Executive Chef is just not realistic as he obviously contributed nothing of value. Our previous cruise with P&O had been on Arcadia and the food was fabulous, being inventive, plentiful and exceptional in quality and choice. The serving staff in the main restaurant were attentive, and apparently quite caring, but given the products they were serving they were pushing peas uphill with their noses. The Plaza self-service restaurant was reminiscent of a motorway service station, but that was mainly down to our fellow cruisers who could be quite challenging when confronted by trays, cutlery, queues and trays of food.

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Cabin LD

Small, cramped, tiny shower etc, but scrupulously clean

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