mumcat

Good morning, we are currently considering the 20 day cruise Antarctica Holiday Voyage in December. It begins in Buenos Aries and ends in Rio. I'd really appreciate hearing from anyone who has done this itinerary or something similar. The itinerary includes 3 days in the Antarctic Sound. From what I have read, at the time of year, there should be a lot of marine life sightings, specifically whales which is my main interest. My previous attempts in whale watching have been disasters - specifically South Africa, Greenland , Canaries - each times for the best whale sighting opportunities but I have yet to spot anything but the far distant spout!

I am looking at the 2025 World Cruise on MSC but I may be a solo traveller. I've never sailed with MSC before so I'd like to know if there are any special events on board for solo travellers to get to meet others. Thank you.

We were on Oceania Sirena last month and I was really disappointed with the proliferation of passengers wearing 'Gardener's World' attire in the evenings. In fact they were more 'supermarket shopping' appropriate.

We came back from this cruise last week. There were no tours offered by Oceania on the last day , just very expensive airport transfers. I asked Destination Services why they don't offer debarkation day tours to the airport and she muttered something about Barbados not being reliable to organise such things. So, I arranged to go back to the hotel where we stayed prior to the cruise and they kindly let us use a room and hotel facilities until it was time to go to the airport. We paid $50, plus lunch. At the airport, there were several Oceania guests who had been there since the morning.

Sorry, I thought that you were actually delayed by 5 hours.

Have you considered asking AC for compensation following the delay? Recently my husband's Air France was delayed and he missed his connection by 15 minutes making him 5 hours late getting to his destination. We applied online on Air France website and he got 600euros in compensation. Its worth looking on AC website for the details.

We will be leaving in Barbados.

I apologise if this has already been covered. We are sailing with O for the first time next month. On previous cruises with Regent and Azamara a sightseeing tour was offered on the day of disembarkation with the tour ending at the airport. I can see that it's possible to book a transfer to the airport but as our flight leaves in the late afternoon, I am hoping to be able to book a half-day tour before arriving at the airport. Does anyone know if Oceania does this?