It's been three years since we cruised since Covid shut down and Crystal bankruptcy (Our go to Cruise line in the past). In an effort to find a replacement we booked three segments starting April 9 and ending May 19 in Dover. The Seabourn Ovation is a beautiful newer ship with generous rooms sizes and furnishings. We had high expectations at the beginning of the cruise and learned quickly ...
NOTE: We were only on the first segment from Miami to San Francisco.
The following review is intended to provide helpful information to those considering cruising on the Oceania Insignia. Please remember that this is only one person’s opinion and may not reflect your view or the opinions of others. I will be providing a grade for each of the ship’s various services along with an explanation of ...
This was our fifth cruise with Oceania, second on Insignia.
We knew what to expect: good food and excellent service from friendly, enthusiastic and happy crew. We were again not impressed with the entertainment, Oceania's weakest point. The production cast, six young singers/dancers are high school level. There was only one guest entertainer who was really good, Jeri Sager, a broadway singer ...
Let me first begin by saying this was our 3 rd. Oceania cruise and the itinerary and staff was wonderful. We enjoyed all the ports we visited and the staff was warm, friendly and professional.
The food on the ship was very good, but being a small Oceania ship...there were only 2 speciality restaurants. As we got into cooler temperatures, the outdoor area of the buffet was closed, so it was very ...
Excellent time on board but 80% of ports screwed up: Azures missed due to bad weather; Brest docked but 1-3 hours to leave ship, same to get back on, with shuttles only running for 4 1/2 hours; Southampton people only started to be able to leave at 2:00 pm, many not until 5:00 pm or later; Zeebrugge missed due to engine problems; Rotterdam worked well.
Gave us $100 dollars compensation each ...
I wanted to cruise on the Getaway and the Transatlantic offered a lot for me, 10 sea days which I love and a sister ship to the Breakaway that I love too! I am familiar with the ship itself, the restaurants and all of the entertainment venues and was happy to commit to 16 days on this beauty.
The ship was so much like the Breakaway that I've been on 7 times, I was instantly at home. The ...
We took the Getaway on April 30th from Miami to Copenhagen and were very disappointed! The name of this ship should be Stayaway instead of Getaway. The design of the ship was not adequate for 4000 passengers. The lines for the main dining room, entrance into the getaway theater, getting off and on the ship at ports, and immigration inspection where ridiculously long!!! The stop at Brest France ...
We had a group of friends on this cruise (14) of us. Everyone thought that the food and entertainment was fantastic. Everyone thought that the staff did a very poor job when disembarking at Brest France.Some people who had tours missed the tour and others waited in excess of three hours just to get off the ship.
We all had balcony cabins with adequate space (exception being cabinet space for ...
Other disappointed & disgruntled passengers have left extensive reviews on this poorly executed NCL Getaway repositioning cruise. They are all worth reading. I would like to add that 3 of our party of 4 contracted a serious bronchial illness the last half of the cruise (as did Silas, the cruise director.) We finally recovered after 4 weeks and antibiotics obtained later at home. Ironically the ...
This was a most disappointing cruise. I have never been to any of the ports and feel I only saw one third of what I expected. I understand the reason for missing the Azores. That was a safety issue. Brest France should never have been a destination port. It is a modern city and the number of excursions outside of the city were very limited. Waiting for almost 3 hours to disembark the ship ...