Oceania Pacific Coastal Cruise Reviews

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...