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  1. No hate at all. Selected O life tours have no specific value. You get X free tours up to typically $199, sometimes a bit more. If one of those tours is cancelled, you can select another tour up to that amount. If no tour is available, you get a $100 onboard non refundable credit. You don’t lose the $99, since you never had it. You had a tour credit only. Some people chose to select 3 hour $90 tours, while others chose $199 tours. It was all the same, one used a tour credit.With SM, it $ credits that can only be used for yours. Have a tour cancelled, good luck.
  2. Part One - Not sure anyone other than O Brass “ Knows “ Part 2 - There were Focus Group discussions, that included TA, back when the SM program was being brainstormed. Change to the Loyalty Program was likewise discussed. How much O Brass listened to the Focus Group takes you back to One above.
  3. You will find that this is likewise a big deal for a subset of cruisers. This goes back to an older story told by a Social Director aboard ship. She was asked by one of us what was the biggest request /comment they get on the Comments Forms. She said across all ships it was to start dinner at 5:00 or 5:30. When asked why they didn’t she replied “ Management is concerned that would turn the ships into Ghost Ships by 7:30 or so, which would be a huge turnoff for other passengers. People don’t want to eat in large near empty venues.”
  4. Rumor is O’s time frame will be between 24-36 months to maintain benefits. We’ll know within a month.
  5. I have both bought and sold them from/ to fellow passengers. Just get the word out.
  6. Two points: 1. Some of us aren’t as enamored with O shorex as you apparently are, so we’ll only book up to our credit amount if that. 2. That cancellation may be late in the cruise and no replacement is possible.
  7. I believe the most apparent change is you’ll have to cruise within a set timeframe to maintain your status. Distinct possibilities that other changes will soon follow , but expect this change to be implemented soon.
  8. Remember with OLife, if a shorex gets cancelled you get a $100 credit to your ship account that can be used for anything aboard ship. If that SM tour gets cancelled and you can’t find a replacement, you get zippo! Read carefully all those recent and current passengers getting zippo. Does this play into your calculations? If not, why not?
  9. I believe we will see changes to the current loyalty program be rolled out prior to next month’s general release of new itineraries for 25-26. Time will tell.
  10. No. The payment for the excursions will remain on your credit cards. If the tour is cancelled on board, it will be credited to your onboard account. Your TA should be providing refundable OBC. Any such funds remaining in your account at cruise end, will be returned to you, typically in cash (US$).
  11. I think it’s classy to replace him now, so that all can pay homage to his talents. Additionally, these positions shouldn’t be “ until death do we depart “ type arrangements. The world moves on.
  12. I would think the larger question for Oceania is how many of those 25 &26 ATWer are going to look at this and bail?
  13. That’s what I was saying: it’s all personal choice. Prefer the bread, then pound it because you’d rather have it than dessert and/or the main course. I’m not 16 anymore. I’m not working manual labor on the farm or factory floor. There’s only so much I can eat. I have to make decisions, we all do. I just think the sad part is when people eat the salad, pound the bread, then out comes the steak and they take one or two bites and send the rest to the garbage. They know when they ordered the steak they’d never eat it. They choose to eat lettuce and bread. That’s OK! I guess they have the right to order 3 mains and 4 desserts and throw them all in the garbage. It’s the same concept. It’s just a personal decision YWYW.
  14. I do paired multi course wine dinners for a couple of establishments on occasion. It’s happened too many times so My only condition is NO Bread! The Dinners normally start 6-6:30 so the working stiffs can come. That happens to be later than many of the retirees seem to eat. Give that little old lady a bread basket in an early course, and they will pound the bread. Then by the third of four courses, they’re just to full to eat , or drink, anything. Some will even want a doggie bag for the remaining courses and leave before the dinner is over. Rule #1- No Bread! Oceania always delivers a big basket of delicious breads to your table at every venue. Saves them from serving desserts!” Oh! I’m just so full I can’t eat another bite!” 😂😂. They made that decision when they hit the bread basket! 😂
  15. A bit of the story behind the beef imports from Mexico. The quality of beef produced in the US has improved dramatically over the past few decades. As that quality and flavor has increased so has the marbling and excess fat increased. What to do with all that fat. Answer: import lean beef from Mexico and blend it with the fat to make the different ground beef selections. This helps keep the beef prices up in the States while providing for an excellent export market for Mexico. Most U.S. produced beef is overall to high quality ( except for some limited cuts) and to expensive for hamburger meat.
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