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Is the separate dining area for breakfast still a Diamond perk? It's been a few years since we've been on Royal. On Oasis if that matters. Thanks. I know we can go to the DL and get continental, but generally prefer regular breakfast.

It's one thing for you or I to throw off a post on a message board, and make a mistake, or auto correct messes you up. Especially when we can only edit for 20 minutes or so. It's another for a major company to have a mistake in an advertisement or press release, email to customers or a presentation. That's lack of attention to detail. I personally find that unacceptable, oddly enough it's becoming all to common these days.

One thing I"m not clear on Rob, did you go to the Dom dinner?

I've got a GOOP offer. 😄

So while we're on this subject. I think the reason we're not seeing a venue named "La Reserve" on Vista is due to the licensing cost with Wine Spectator. No foundation for this, only a thought. There will be wine pairing dinners on Vista, just not La Reserve with Wine Spectator.

Were they ever? I'm not a suite cruiser so I wouldn't know that experience with them. We cruised them once in 2007 and the experience was so poor we had no interest at all in trying them again. While I'm no academic, (I barely have an 8th grade education) spelling is a pet peeve of mine, especially in business communications. It is really becoming quite common these days.

Well, we'll have to back up the bus for a minute. The La Cuisine Bourgeoise is by Jacques Pepin. See this menu here. La-Cuisine-Bourgeoise-Menu.pdf (oceaniacruises.com) The Oddysey doesn't say, and the one they used to have I don't know about.

Kinda what I was thinking, but I wasn't sure.

Are you sure about this?

Single malts have been excluded from the Repeater parties for a long time now. I just get an Old Fashioned with a decent bourbon.

If I remember correctly there was another circumnavigation of OZ a couple of years ago on Regatta that everything went sideways on. Must not have been 19 as Geezer's seemed to be fine. Maybe it was 18 or 20. Not to answer for him but getting a business class on that route is a real unicorn. I was fortunate enough to be able to do it a few years ago, but I started out with my wife and I booked on separate flights, but by the time we flew things had changed to the point where we were together.

Keep in mind the PH is probably too small for this, so you'd want one of the top 3 suites for this.

Unless something has changed if it's on the list it's on the package. Unlike other lines the package is not determined by price, but by what is on the bar menu.

You probably can't go wrong either way. Never been in one, but have been in a Concierge between them. Loved the location.

So I can't sit in my room and order a hamburger and beer every 30 minutes?

No and yes.

It could be worse, I see the Premium Package for Celebrity is $109 a day plus gratuity. It used to be around $70 a few months ago.

So about the Root Beer. I can believe that. I once had an amusing and enlightening conversation with a couple of servers onboard. They truly didn't understand the difference between Diet Coke and Coke Zero, and of course to add to the confusion the ship frequently has Coke Light which is the international version of Diet Coke. For even more confusion you also have the Caffeine Free options to understand. Sure don't want to be drinking a Ginger Beer, that might send them over the edge.

Confusion reigns. If these changes actually happened or are happening, then somebody didn't think it through before the information was released. I'm not shooting you, it appears you're only a messenger. I think I'll just quit drinking, that'll make it simpler to figure out.

Just for the record, those last two paragraphs are a bit confusing. I think the last one should say this. If your guest has selected the Drinks Package as part of OLife, and do wish to upgrade BEFORE THEIR CRUISE the guest would be responsible for the new cost of $30 per day per person. If they were to do this onboard it would be the $40 difference. This is also assuming that the value of taking the House Select as your Olife choice is $29.95 a day per person. In the past the value of the House Select has been $39.95, which has made taking it a better value than the OBC or cruise only, depending on the length of your cruise. With a value of $29.95 a day on a 10 day cruise it's a wash, and there is no benefit to using it as a gateway to the Prestige. That only leaves working the Shore Excursions to your benefit as an Olife choice, which I truly expect them to get busy destroying. It would appear that for those wanting the Prestige package the best way to go is to purchase it before the cruise. Then this takes the benefit of waiting until the 3rd or 4th day out of the equation. PS-Amber, Dcguy was actually told it's $70 a day per person to upgrade onboard even if you selected the House Select as your Olife choice Good luck with this.

This is a start, but not every TA is as connected and knowledgeable as Lyn's, she's an exception. I would also add that I would listen to people that have a 5-15 year cruising experience with Oceania. I would also listen to people that are currently reporting what is happening onboard. There is definitely some good information on this thread, especially about getting anything important in writing. This has saved me a lot of grief over the years while onboard. I always have a printed copy of my most current invoice, my final documents, as well as any paperwork for excursions. I also do this for flights, hotel rooms, rental car, private tours. Call me old school but things in the digital world can go sideways real fast. Not that we don't use modern technology, I just find it good to have a backup. It also helps to know where things are on the Oceania website in case a policy you were planning on is not being followed on a ship.

I haven't seen you here asking questions, I would caution you to be very wary of information from the BIG social media site. I see so much misinformation there it almost makes my head explode. This board is truly one of the best sites for factual information, with a few exceptions.

So I'm assuming the $200 wasn't on the table unless you took the Olife?

Thanks for doing the research, hope it's not too taxing. 🤩

Since you can outright buy it onboard for $69.95 per day per person, why would anyone take the Olife House Select and then upgrade for $69.95? I'll stick with they really don't understand what they've been told. In no way doubting they told you that.