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Yes. The Summer Sale on the website shows Veranda B $8499. We already had the Memorial Day Sale OLife Veranda B $6499 Now SM is $4399. I think Oceania has done something absurd with this particular cruise. 😜 On the website it says we haveto pay $539 pp for the House Beverage package. The House Beverage package is included with the SM according to my new official invoice. I'm not complaining. 🌻 I would have taken the extra refund and upgraded to a PH but they're not on sale. Figures.🙃 This PH on a 14 day cruise costs more than we paid for our Vista 24 night PH2 Felice 😎

Maybe because this particular cruise on Summer Sale was $1800 pp more than we paid with Memorial Day Sale, they either made an error or changed their minds.

Yikes! She saw the new prices for the cruise. Because we already paid for 7 excursions each and there were discounts on some of them, she could not see the exact final until we switched. I trusted that she knew we would be saving money by switching. We just didn't know the exact dollar amount.

Hi, I agree with calling O about excursions. Their O reps are always helpful. Since we are booked with a TA, the O reps do not or cannot answer pricing questions. At this point, our TA switched us to SM and we saved a nice amount of money. 🎶🎉🌻🌊😎

No!!!!! My TA is very up to date. We also had Summer Sale but this particular cruise and a few others had NEW RED Summer Sale prices.

Hi Everyone, Check the new low offers on the Summer Sale with Oceania or your TA. If you look at the Summer Sale online the prices are $2000 higher. They're doing something that's difficult to comprehend. Our TA said she cannot SEE the actual final cost until after she makes the switch.😢 Our January 2024 on Regatta will drop over $800 pp to switch to SM. Good luck & Enjoy 🌻🌊🎶 Felice 😎

Hi, We love good wines and would like recommendations for a Hunter Valley wine tour from Sydney. We are there for a few days before our Oceania cruise. I looked at Viatour but nothing sounded special. I appreciate your input. Thanks 😎🌊🍷

Hi, I apologize in advance if this was addressed earlier. We never had a drink package on Oceania. Is there a Service Charge/Tip added to each drink if you are on the Basic Drink Package through SM or even if you paid for it? Thanks. I appreciate your help. Felice 😎

Yes. My TA did it today. No problem. 😎🌊

Yes. My TA was able to change the OBC to excursions on an Olife that was booked 6 months ago, without any problem. Good luck 😎🌊🌻

As O lovers we tried Celebrity Edge last Fall and raced to book 4 additional future Oceania cruises. Hopefully you'll enjoy Oceania as much as we do. Enjoy 🎶🌻😎🌊

I plan to do the same on our 2025 booking. Will be discussing this today with our TA. You might call your TA or Oceania directly. Please don't try to do any changes online. I think it would result in a messy situation.

No. I made a huge mistake. The fare we paid still included the Oceania airfare. We don't remove air until we have actually booked our flights. Since it's for April 2025, the air is still in our reservation. If we remove the cost of air, the Simply More price is $200 pp higher than we booked. We might decide to switch anyway but not now.😎

Yes, that's true but many of us get lots of SBC. The Excursion Credit is a new separate entity.😎

He's knowledgeable and was being helpful. No need to get nasty.

Hi Everyone, Thanks for continuing to post about SM. I just learned that we will save $3,400 on our April 2025 Riviera by switching to SM. That's a huge difference. 🎶🌻🌊😎💥💐🎉

I wish everyone would stop moaning and groaning about Oceania's Excursions. We had some wonderful experiences using ship tours in South Africa in January. There were terrible storms with high seas. We sadly had some issues. We had booked an OS excursion to Tala Game Preserve in Durbin and it was canceled. We were angry because other passengers had booked a private tour and went anyway. It turned out that the flooding there was so bad that the vehicles couldn't get through to view the animals. They had a dreadful experience and were upset at spending all that money. Sometimes it's better to book through the cruiseline. We explore both private and ship options. It also depends on the country we are visiting. In Europe and The Caribbean we don't take ship excursions. In other placed we weigh our options. Not sure if this was helpful to people deciding about Simply More.

True . No thanks SM. 🙃 I wouldn't pay $1,000 for some average wine with dinner.

We got a huge discount with the Memorial Day sale and O life, no air. Summer sale has higher prices and since we don't need Wine package we didn't want to pay more. The other isn't on sale list and it's $400 more pp. We don't use 2 electronics.

Hi, Wow. Glad to hear many Oceania passengers are saving money. I researched our next 2 and the cost was higher. I guess it depends on which cruise you booked and which category stateroom.

Is this your 1st Oceania cruise? They always have added gratuities to the stateroom bill. If you have used up your Shipboard credits, then it goes on your Credit Card. You aren't forced to get SM but can switch if you feel you'll get a better price.

That's true. Our Oceania cruises are quiet. We land travel with our grandchildren during school holidays. We know other cruiselines have camps, watersides, video gamerooms and children's activities.

Great to hear. 2 Vista and 1 Regatta before our Riviera. We snagged a extended Veranda.🎉🌊❤️😎

What do you mean kids everywhere? I have never seen more than 2 on an Oceania cruise.

I don't need to argue. Think about what you said. It was NOT a real question but your personal judgment of how much wine they plan to bring aboard.