CorgiToo

Just returned from 11 days on the Marina in the Baltic. The food was great in all the specialty restaurants and the main dining room. We only had 320 passengers, so it was possible to eat in the specialty restaurants more than once. As a result, the main dining room was practically empty in the middle since most guests requested window seating. It was open for breakfast and dinner, with excellent service and a great variety of menu offerings, One evening we "took a break" from the specialty restaurants only to find an outstanding beef wellington on the menu that was superior to the prime rib we had at Polo, Looking forward to a week in the Caribbean on Celebrity after Thanksgiving, since we love Aqua Class for the opportunity to enjoy Blu for dinner every night.

It also helps that we live an hour from O'Hare and don't have to worry about intermediate flights to get to a main hub. I subtracted the cost of two deviation fees from O's exorbitant hotel price, and the remainder was equivalent to a search engine's booking for one night at the same hotel. And that did not include any airport/hotel/ship transfer fees. After the cruise we booked our own "free" flights from Stockholm to Prague and Krakow to Chicago using credit card points.

We will be landing in Copenhagen one day before we embark. We booked the hotel under O's land arrangements, so we arrive a day early and all transfers are included.

We booked our upcoming Copenhagen to Stockholm trip on the Marina over a year ago using Olife air. Since we will be traveling on our own after the cruise, our Oceania agent booked one-way Premium Economy tickets flying into Copenhagen one day before embarkation. We did not pay a deviation fee, as there are many flights from Chicago to Copenhagen and we wanted to see what O would choose for us. In June, we were thrilled when O booked us on a non-stop flight that is less than 9 hours long.

We booked our Baltic cruise in July 2021, choosing the free shore excursions. Early in 2022, Oceania revised our itinerary, dropping three nights in St. Petersburg. In the spring of 2022 I noticed that Oceania was running an OLife Ultimate sale that included the dates of our cruise, so I called Oceania in April and received all three promotions: $600 OBC for the two of us, 6 free shore excursions, and the classic beverage package. Just google Oceania OLife Ultimate sale and see if there is a current offer for your cruise.