durberville

*sighs. Thanks for the honest review but man o man am I bummed. Have booked our first Oceania cruise on the Regatta for October (25 days). Sounds like it will be a floating nursing home with poor food. I convinced my husband to try this line since we’ve become disillusioned with Celebrity. Full of regret now. 😟

The pace of meal courses aside…I am becoming more and more worried about the observation that Oceania ships become ghost towns shortly after 10pm! I think I’ve made a horrible mistake. What exactly is the demographic on these ships? Some “go to bed at 8:30pm” 😳

My apologies - I DID misread your post. I was shocked at the rate Oceania gave me and it’s coloured my opinion on their hotel packages! Haha! 👍🏻

Ah! Yes I misread that post. 😬

Interesting. I was quoted a price of $898 for a pre-cruise hotel night in Los Angeles and $1,040 for the night after our cruise in Tokyo. I declined 😳 If those rates are half of what you would normally pay - my hats off to you, I’m not paying that for one night.

I am interested in this also. We really enjoy lectures (not a fan of bingo or trivia). First time Oceania cruisers and hoping interesting lectures are part of every cruise. Yes?…No? …You better buy some bingo cards? 😬

Yes I don’t understand the 1 connection per stateroom. I think that issue is resolved with Simply More.

No I believe it has been reduced to 14 days. (I transferred mine over - I didn’t like my Oceania rep either)

I must say that now I’m a tad apprehensive about our first Oceania cruise. We have booked an excursion package which used all of our shorex credit and an additional $1000 or so on our CC. Most of our tours are scheduled for the last week of our cruise (Japan) because we’ve done most things “Alaska”. If rumblings are correct it is likely (or at least a good chance) we will have ports/tours cancelled near the end of the cruise with no opportunity to use the shorex credit. This is a worry - one I hadn’t really considered. 😕

Haha! Point taken. We are trying Oceania because we have become disillusioned with Celebrity, but I have always enjoyed the warm welcome, and yes, the proffered glass of bubbly…whatever it is! 🙃

Geeez Celebrity even greets you with sparkling wine. It’s a nice touch.

😳 We have always chosen the “late dining” option on other lines. 8:30pm is perfect for us. This situation sounds horrible….

Agree with booking excursions as early as possible, but could someone clarify the refund situation? I’m reading NO refunds for missed or ship cancelled Simply More excursions, so expecting a refund and the ability to use it for another booking doesn’t seem to apply….interested because we’ve used our Simply More Shorex credit and have paid for the remaining balance on our CC. To muddy the waters - I would expect to have our CC refunded for any cancelled tour but I what if we hadn’t paid extra? No refund at all? (I find this issue really confusing 😵‍💫)

We are first time Oceania “bookers” also. I just wanted to agree with your trepidation after reading the reviews on Cruise Critic. We won’t be on the Sirena but its sister ship the Regatta and I’m honestly baffled by the amount of negatively in stark contrast to word of mouth. Much more than any of the other lines we’ve sailed. Is this unique to Oceania, because it’s very odd?……and small bathrooms aren’t a deal breaker for me but wow on the general negative “reviews”. 🤔

Haha! I’m all about the bread on vacation - dessert doesn’t interest me, so bring on that basket! 👏🏻👍🏻🍞🥖