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  1. I'm not an expert, nor do I know any of the bridge clearances up the Delaware, however Enchantment did call in Philly once or twice after her lengthening back in ~2005? Also, the port of Wilmington has hosted a P&O Grand Class ship a good 10 or more years ago. Both of those would have sailed under the Delaware Memorial Bridges.
  2. We’re the same way. We enjoy the extra space, especially in the terrace cafe, and the dining options on the larger ships…but there’s just something about the smaller more intimate R class ships that we like better. Yes, even with the tiny bathrooms. 🙂
  3. That has always been my opinion! What is even nicer coming home from a cruise, going through all the accumulated mail and seeing the envelope for your next cruise!
  4. That's generally not an issue, for us anyway, on Oceania. That is one benefit of a small ship (especially our beloved R class) compared to the other ships out there. There really isn't a whole lot going on onboard, and to us that's what we're looking for! Generally speaking after reading Currents the first day we have the schedule (for the events we care about) memorized for the trip. Once we learn the time and location of the morning and afternoon Big O events (Baggo, put put, shuffleboard, etc..) there's really not a need to ever refer back to Currents. Even the evening entertainment hardly ever changes. Piano in Martini's before dinner, Quartet after dinner, and if we've managed to stay up "late" show at 9:30 in the lounge. Also, now that O provides a wifi login for each person we can use our regular messaging services to communicate with each other in the highly unlikely event we can't find each other on the smaller ships. Our last cruise a couple of years ago on RCL the app was a nice to have...when it worked.
  5. That has been our experience, nothing is perfect, but have thoroughly enjoyed our experiences onboard, yes even post covid.
  6. Thankfully there aren’t! Thank you for your review. Besides not having a white night or something like that, we enjoy the fact that the grand dining room and the terrace cafe offer basically the same menu. Those of us who enjoy a nice casual meal can still have a good meal without having to go to grand dining room. Oceania isn’t for everyone, that’s why there are so many different lines, but for now we enjoy the product the offer…especially the smaller R ships.
  7. That’s a shame. Personally I’ve always thought the lower level of the atrium was such wasted space on Marina and Riviera and thought some sort of cafe would be better use of this area.
  8. Too funny! I was thinking the same thing!
  9. Sadly yes. Always amazes me how inconsiderate people can be.
  10. I agree, but the same could be said about the disposable plastic they replaced. For those of us that brought insulated bottles even before I appreciate the refilling stations around the ship.
  11. I don't doubt Oceania makes money from onboard spend, but it has to be a much smaller percentage compared to the mainstream lines. Sometimes there just isn't anything to spend your money on once onboard an Oceania ship compared to Carnival, Royal, Princess, etc... Specialty dining, coffee, soda, better quality pastries, ice cream, photos, more and larger gift shops, $10 watches, inch of gold, art auctions, etc... Thinking back to my last RCL cruise there are countless tables setup on boarding day to get you spend, not to mention a table setup here and there during the cruise for impulse purchases.
  12. Last month on Nautica they were refilling the machines with Lavazza. Personally I don't care what brand it is, as long as it tastes good! I didn't have any issues with the new coffee last month on Nautica or in August on Insignia. It is still good and strong!
  13. I’ve often told people, “you do not book Oceania for the entertainment.” I have no idea when you were looking for music but there is live music before and after dinner each night. Generally piano music in Martini’s, the strings in the upper hall (R class ships) or the promenade between the dining room and Martini’s (O class ships), and often the show band in Horizons during happy hour, and also sometimes after the main show as well. You also mentioned giving your cabin number to dine, in the Grand Dining Room they ask simply to ensure you don’t have allergies noted, or even a special request on file.
  14. Same with our Nautica sailing last month. We each had our own login, no more bumping each other off to check an email etc.. the only bumping was if i wanted to switch from laptop to iPad with my login.
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