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    Live from Regatta June 12-19, 2018--Vancouver to Seattle family cruise

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    June12, 2018–embarkation—Vancouver BC

     

    Of course, with the two hour time difference, we were awake before the crack of dawn. It looked to be a pleasant clear day with high temps in the 60s. We spent most of the morning hanging around in our hotel room as my DIL had a conference call with her office. George found a huge Asian market across the street from the hotel and killed some time exploring there.

     

    At 10:30, we were in our large cab and headed to the port. It took only 30 minutes, though the ride was a little hair raising as our driver apparently had no knowledge of turn signals or traffic lanes. We dropped off the luggage, then went and did Flyover Canada which is actually really well done and worth the price, as well as being right there at the port.

    Will Dottie still be CD on the Aug. 27th cruise?

    Our DIL’s parents were there before us, and while they were waiting, they ran into our Captain,Luksa Kristovic, with whom we have sailed previously. He was out walking with his wife and baby on the pier. He immediately recognized them and asked where we were. He is a great captain as well as a really nice person.

     

    The other staff members are new to us: Leandro Roldan is executive concierge, Claudio Melli is GM, and Dottie Kulasa is CD.

     

    We walked right on the ship at 12:15 with no lines whatsoever as we are the only ship in port today. Soon holding pen, no lines, just right on and straight up to the Grill for lunch. I had a nice salad while George enjoyed his burger and fries (ok, I stole a couple of fries, but they were perfect).

     

    Our rooms were ready by the time we were though eating, so Time to unpack and settle in. We are in a penthouse suite, which is sort of comparable to a regular suite on Regent or Silversea, except without a walk-in closet and the bathroom is smaller. But it is well laid out with lots of storage, a big comfortable couch and 2 upholstered chairs, queen size bed, and good size balcony.

     

    It had clouded over and started raining by this time, but slacked off enough by 4 for me to get my steps in up on the walking track.

     

    5:15 muster drill. About as much fun as a barrel of monkeys, or not. But at least it wasn’t raining.

     

    Our butler came and introduced himself, and kudos to him, he understood immediately when I told him we only wanted club soda, Coke Zero, and Perrier in the fridge and to take everything else away. Others have failed with this request, but he got it straightaway without question. Our housekeeper, from Honduras, and her assistant also came by. She and I had a nice conversation in Spanish, though her English is very good. We kind of popped back and forth with Spanglish.

     

    Dinner in Polo Grill was spot on. Every dish was flawless. I had the oysters Rockefeller, Caesar salad, and the veal and lobster surf and turf. Absolutely perfect. Everyone else was also pleased with their dishes. The flow of the meal was just right, and even better, we were seated at the very back table with a view of the rear of the ship which was perfect for sail away. We could see Mt Rainier very clearly which is unusual.

     

    The show tonight was a variety sampler sort of show. The band seems really talented. My DIL is a bubbly sort of person, and she was really dancing.

    Thanks for your post. Looking forward to hearing more. Could you find out if Dottie will still be CD on the Aug. 27th cruise?

    In Suite Dining, Specialty Restaurant

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    Presently on board Marina in a P. H suite.

     

    Tried to have dinner from Red Ginger for us, (DW and myself) and another couple we met on the ship served in suite

     

    Refused as explained in suite dinning is only for the occupants, no guests of the occupants

     

    Not complaining, just a heads up as we didn't know the policy before we tried.

    Thanks for the heads up, we will be on Marina on Feb 8th and are in PH and were planning on ordering from Specialty Rest. for ourselves and our sister-in-law. Will try to check it out before boarding.

    Greetings from Marina

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    We've been home, safe and well for a couple of days now with no ill effects. We were fortunate to not catch anything. One of the people traveling with us and another lady that I spoke with seemed to have the runny nose, yet anytime they were off the ship they were fine. We're assuming that would be a reaction to all the chemicals used in cleaning.

     

    One thing to note, if you do the math the 1.5% were passengers only. There were 1207 passengers onboard. We were not told how many crew were sick. I do know that on our last two days our regular assistant steward was not around. I didn't ask questions about it as I didn't want to let my mind dwell on it too much.

     

    I hope I haven't come off as complaining in this thread, as I said at the top, just trying to report the facts.

     

    All in all we did enjoy this cruise, minus the enhanced cleaning. Here were some good things;

     

    The specialty restaurants were about as good as I've ever had on Oceania.

     

    The CD Peter Roberts, and assistant CD Jason, did a very good job. Peter was leaving for a while after our cruise.

     

    We actually won money in the Casino. We took home more money than we brought, this included our spending money.( Although I still think the management policies in the casino are quite silly, tables closed from 5pm to 8pm?)

     

    I didn't go to any shows, but heard the troupe was pretty good. The ones we interacted with throughout the cruise were very nice young folks.

     

    The bar staff all did a great job.

     

    There were a lot of activities. The ship is very well maintained. I heard rumors there is a gym on board.

     

    I'm glad there is a live, on going thread to keep up with how things are progressing.

     

    Do you know who is going to be the CD on the upcoming cruises?

    La Reserve discount

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    We generally book on board at the start of the cruise' date=' booking 2 of the 3 menus......never had an issue getting space.

     

    We have a complimentary Prestige drinks package on our next Marina booking and not sure if that qualifies for the discount.[/quote']

     

    Thanks....

    La Reserve discount

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    If you are really are interested in going to La Reserve (I cannot tell if you are), you may want to rethink that thought.

     

    Unlike the other Restaurants on the ship, La Reserve won't be open for business on every evening of your Cruise and the capacity of the space is extremely small as they only accommodate one seating of 24 guests per night.

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    Thanks StanandJim, We wanted to go to LaReserve for our anniversary but they are having the seating 2 nights before. We also have $ in our cabin account and I know when you reserve on-line that you can't use the $ from your account to pay for anything. That is why we wanted to wait until we board to reserve. Haven't decided yet. It looks like you have travelled a lot on O, do you think we will have any chance to book after boarding. There will be 2 nights, one with Discovery menu, the other later in the cruise with the Odyssey menu. We have until late Aug./early Sept to make a decision.

    La Reserve discount

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    We did two La Reserve dinners in Feb with the Premium Package. The discount is applied as a credit to your statement on board ship. You are pre-charged the total price on you cc when you book, and then credited back on your statement on the ship!

     

    Enjoy La Reserve, a wonderful evening.

    Can you sign up for La Reserve after you have boarded or do you have to do it before?

    Marina/Riviera B4 extended balcony cabins

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    As I understand it, both forward and aft, the very first cabin, where the ship gets wider, can be very exposed.

    124333.jpg124426.jpg123348.jpg Of course, the open promenade on deck 6 (in this photo, to the left of the ships name) is only open to the crew unless there is an emergency, so you will only be "seen" from above, but that first balcony does look like it would be windy.

     

    We are booked on Marina in cabin 7115, has anyone stayed in that cabin and where there any problems? Thought we would try an extended balcony.

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