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We spent 17 nights on Splendor in February and had a fabulous time. Food was excellent, staff were over the top. As others have said, you are in for treat!

We have 10 O cruises and 5 R cruises under our belt with one more O and two more R cruises booked. There are pluses and minuses on both. As we travel with our adult autistic son, we book a PH on both lines. The R PH features a King bed and a separate living area from the bedroom. The O PH is about the same size with a Queen bed but is one large room with no divider. The Terrace on O is a great venue when you just don't feel like dressing for dinner. R does not offer the equivalent. Alcohol is the same on both in terms of brands and the food is excellent on both with Compass Rose on R significantly better than the GDR on O in terms of selection variety. In our opinion, you can't go wrong with either line and both are heads and tails above the mass market lines.

Good point. Wish they would.

My wish would be to have Sette Mari be an actual restaurant, freeing La Veranda to do casual dining a la Oceania at night.

Sadly, I've too many steaks overcooked/undercooked in our 10 O cruises on Riviera and Marina. No excuse for that.

For us, we second Mauibabes Red Ginger recommends. FYI, I have been able to get some sriracha or chili garlic sauce from the kitchen by asking. At Jacques, The sea bass in pastry is always excellent as is the Dover Sole. I also like the Lobster Thermador. A great throwback dish. Toscana, where to start? Big fan of the Carbonara along with a few other pastas. Can't recommend anything from POLO as I consider it the worst specialty in the fleet. Always slow, never correct.

Appreciate the reply but not sure if it applies to the refurbed O suite on Riviera. What you described on Marina matches what we had on the pre refurb Riviera with the exception of having a PS 3 (this was 2015). My understanding is they upgraded all the media stuff in the O suites during the refurb.

Does anyone have a copy of the Suite "premium" selections? The ones beyond the standard list.

Anyone who has been in an Oceania Suite on Riviera post refurbishment, can you please help me with the following questions: What exactly is the "media/entertainment" set up in the second room? Are there any HDMI ports available to connect a Nintendo Switch or Apple TV? Does the TV allow Apple Play ? We travel with our adult autistic son and the last time we had an O Suite, they had a PS 3 , DVR, and a preloaded movie and game machine. Perfect for him. Any info appreciated .

Absolutely not!

Hank; Thanks for a great "blog". I've followed your posts for several years and picked up some good tips on ports, restaurants, etc. Enjoy your land excursion . We head for Milano in July with a side trip to Switzerland, then Firenze and down to Civitavecchi to board the new Regent Grandeur, Rome to Athens. Any restaurant tips are appreciated (ken2048ataoldotcom). Will post our experiences on the Regent board.

See my additional post with PDF

Oops! Realized I sent the pages version (mac) which some may not be able to open. Resending as a PDF file Pasta%20Carbonara-Oceania.pdf

This is the carbonara recipe from Noel Barille, one of the CIA trained and Italy based chefs who run the culinary center on Riviera, Marina, and Vista. It is authentic and excellent and it is what is served in Toscana. Pasta Carbonara-Oceania.pages

We have 10 O cruises under our belt and another 40 + on other lines, and Peter was the most annoying CD we've ever experienced.