mikeb384

General Manager is Dominiqe Nicole, CD is Peter Roberts and Restaurant Manager is Paul Cimesen.

We picked p an extra sea day when the winds were too high to tender ashore in Punta Cana. We're in St. Kitts today (Wed., Dec. 6th) and weather is much improved.

Mike

Thanks to all for your posts. I have talked with Oceania and the rep said to just talk with our butler. HHe would arrange the swap for us, etc.

Mike

We're booked in an Oceania suite on the Riviera in December, and this suite includes six complimentary bottles of liquor. Neither my wife nor myself drink liquor and wonder if our butler might exchange those bottles for a few bottles of wine? We would like to have one bottle each of chardonnay and merlot available in the dining rooms, plus a couple in the suite. Mike

We stayed in 12010 on our Caribbean cruise in 2014 and have booked 12007 for our next cruise this December. We've also visited friends in 12007 before - all of the Oceania suites are the same - very comfortable and lots of room. As previously mentioned, there is a lot of privacy since other than folks going into the Artists Loft or the Culinary Center, no one has any reason to walk in the corridors. And you're located close to the pool, Waves, and the Terrace Cafe. I only used the media room a couple of times for NFL games, but may use it more on this next trip since I don't plan on taking too many shore excursions. Mike Barns

We also stayed in 12010 two years ago and are booked in 12007 this December on the Riviera. We didn't hear any noise at all and as mentioned above, this location is very convenient to the swimming pool, Waves and the Terrace. Plus, they're close to a bank of elevators for the other decks.

Mike

There are some really enticing cruise itineraries in Europe and the Mediterranean which are very port intensive and to really interesting locations.

We were on our first cruise sometime in the 1980s and I didn't care for it very much. It was on Disney to the Bahamas. Then after I retired, my wife talked me into a Mediterranean cruise and I somehow booked us into an owners suite on the Renaissance before it went belly-up. It was a 10 day cruise from Istanbul to Athens and I was hooked. I absolutely loved being in a different and exciting port every day and the service was magnificent.

Our next cruise was from Lisbon to Barcelona, also in an owners suite, and in the years that followed, we have been back to the Med again, this time on Regent Seven Seas also in a very large suite. We've been on the Coral Princess a couple of times; once to Alaska for a Fairbanks to Anchorage ground tour and then the inland passage, and a western Caribbean cruise.

Our upcoming cruise will be on the Coral Princess to the Panama Canal - a second trip there. As I become more limited on my mobility, beiong on a cruise allows me to do more than in most any other method of travel.

Hope you will give the Med a try; you'lll love Greece and the islands.

Mike

Our first cruise to Alaska was on the Coral Princess in 2006, We did the land tour first - Fairbanks, Denali, Anchorage, then boarded the ship for the inner passage. We enjoyed the whole experience, and have made two other cruises to Alaska since. One was on a very small ship - 32 passengers. It could go places the larger ships cannot, but we were bored much of the time since there was little to do other than scenery.

Our other trip on Princess was the Tahitian Princess in 2008. We love that ship, large enough for all the amenities and yet small enough (650 passengers) that it's arrival in port is not overwhelming.

Our next cruise on the Coral is in late October/early November, a partial transit of the Panama Canal. This will be our second tri to the Canal, but with a cou9ple of different ports of call.

After I retired, I made a promise to myself that if we couldn't go first-class, we wouldn't go and so far, we've been able to do that. It's especially nice on longer cruises and flights to Europe, etc.

Mikeb384

Our first cruise to Alaska was on the Coral Princess in 2003. We did the land tour first - Fairbanks, Denali, Anchorage, then boarded the ship for the inner passage. We enjoyed the whole experience, and have made two other cruises to Alaska since. One was on a very small ship - 32 passengers. It could go places the larger ships cannot, but we were bored much of the time since there was little to do other than scenery.

Our other trip on Princess was the Tahitian Princess in 2008. We love that ship, large enough for all the amenities and yet small enough (650 passengers) that it's arrival in port is not overwhelming.

Our next cruise on the Coral is in late October/early November, a partial transit of the Panama Canal. This will be our second tri to the Canal, but with a cou9ple of different ports of call.

After I retired, I made a promise to myself that if we couldn't go first-class, we wouldn't go and so far, we've been able to do that. It's especially nice on longer cruises and flights to Europe, etc.

Mikeb384