My wife and I were on an Oceania Insignia Mediterranean cruise years ago. The food and overall experience was amazing!!! We have done Regent and RC cruises, but have been mainly using Holland America for cruises (love the Pinnacle class ships!)
We wanted to do another Oceania cruise... mainly for the food. We were on The Regatta for the September 27 through October 4 cruise "California ...
We wanted a close to home cruise line, meaning a short air flight, and a short cruise to test the quality of the food and service. I read many Oceania threads on Cruise Critic and appreciated being able to take our own wine on-board, good food, and what I interpreted to be a mature yet lively clientele. We wanted a nice cabin with a good bathroom. We loved our cabin.
We had a dedicated butler ...
Have only been on larger ships from Celebrity and Royal Caribbean. Wanted to try a smaller ship.
We were very happy with our 1st experience on Oceania/Regatta. Ground transportation from LAX to ship was effortless as was our return. The same for Embarkation/Disembarkation - very organized.
We are not “foodies” and enjoyed all the restaurants including the 2 specialty restaurants. We recvd ...
We are repeat customers of Oceania (fifth time for my wife, third for me) but first time on Regatta and first cruise post-pandemic. Compared to previous Oceania cruises, we found the food and service generally mediocre. Terrace Cafe items mostly bland (including two days of the most flavorless Mexican we've ever eaten) and at least once, the Grand Dining Room menu included many of the same items ...
We were curious about Oceania as we’d heard it was a cut above the regular cruise lines in terms of food and service but not crazy expensive. We have done many transatlantic cruises with another cruise line and were wondering if we oughtn’t to try a different line. This short cruise along the California coast would be a good test. We are neither cruise nor food snobs, we just like a quiet ...
My husband and I signed up for the Regatta cruise round trip out of Los Angeles. We’d sailed Celebrity in the Mediterranean and to Alaska twenty years ago and enjoyed those trips but weren’t yearning to cruise again. We’d heard from friends who sailed before the pandemic that Oceania had phenomenal food and wine service. Instead, we got great food at several meals, but mostly it was something I’d ...
Here is my review of our Regatta 12 day Alaska cruise embarking in Los Angeles on May 18th, 2023. Also some tips about the Ship that I have not read elsewhere on Cruisecritic.
We have sailed several times to Alaska but this was our first voyage with Oceania. Overall we were impressed with the quality of the food and service. Embarkation was a breeze. We arrived at 2PM to no lines whatsoever. ...
This was my 11th O cruise and over 70th overall.
O began to scare me a bit here. We have generally been happy with the cruises over the years. This time here are my pros and concerns
Pros
- Crew service was top notch. We had a couple small things were we could not get served in the Martini bar but it was a one off. Wait staff was as good as any line afloat
- Piano bar performer ...
We just returned from our Pacific Coast 7 night cruise. We arrived at our designated 11 o'clock time and the lines were long. They were long because the check-in process was very old time. Even though we did the complete check-in on line, it didn't seem to matter since everything had to be redone manually. Slow and tedious. On our recent Princess cruise, we were done in about a minute with ...
We love Oceania, this was our first cruise on the Regatta. We will be doing a similar itinerary on the Regatta in September. Our room steward Sudi and his crew took excellent care of us. It did feel like there might have been a lot of staff training going on but the inexperienced were giving it all they had. The front desk and manager handled a noise problem swiftly and with compassion for us as ...