Queen of DaNile

Years ago, Frank J. Del Rio would pop on here occasionally.

Ours was added as "Complimentary Shipboard Credit" under the Available Credits per Guest box on our booking.

Submitted my request for August sailing on May 4 and never heard anything. When I sent a 2nd request they said the benefit had been added on May 4. Checked my account and it was there. No consistancy. Just happy I got it.

Get Egyptian coins as soon as you can. Baksheesh is demanded everywhere and you'll be broke in no time if you use dollars.😵

Fabulous photos.Thank you! August can't come soon enough!

Sounds like you want to be talked into trying Oceania which is a no win situation. Cruising is not like it used to be so perhaps a lot of folks are disappointed with what they are now experincing on a LOT of lines, hence the negative reviews. We've done six cruises on three lines post Covid. The most consistent with food and service was Viking Rivier. HAL crew was friendly and sweet but incrediblly inept and the only truly decent food in 40 days on two different ships was in a specialty (Westerdam was particularly abysmal). Good food on Seabourn but it was obvious there was a lot of (very) new staff and service was not as it had been in the past. Riviera was closest to how we remembered things. Good luck with whatever you decide.

This is great to read after all the speculation and negative comments that were being made prior to Vista's first sailing.

Looks great to me...and I don't have to cook it!

Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to seeing real time photos when you board, Enjoy!!!

We're on the Singapore to Bangkok leg of this cruise.. Have not seen anything about this issue on the 82 day Roll Call so perhaps if you posted there you could garner support from others being required to get the Chinese Visa. We did 27 days Singapore to Tokyo in February '23 on a different, larger ship and the cruise was totally sold out partly, I think, because it avoided all Chinese ports and the visa issue. JMHO

There was a call back option when I tried them last week and got a call back within 20 minutes.

Not a surprise. Myanmar has been questionable for years. We cancelled our 2022 trip that included it because of serious concerns a few months before O cancelled the entire cruise.

We're sailing with you but since we plan on going to Highclere in the morning, we'll be getting to the pier as late as possible. Hopefully we'll be able to breeze through and head to our cabin, no mattter which terminal it is.

Last Oceania Cruise - Riviera - Dec 3, 2021 -Round trip Miami - (Still in the throws of the post C start-up) Next 3 Oceania - Vista - August 30, 2023 - Southampton to NYC Riviera - January 28, 2024 - Singapore to Bangkok Nautica - November 9, 2024 - Amazon R/T Miami Probable Nautica - May 22, 2025 - Capetown to Barcelona 65 days on other lines since our last O voyage so anxiously anticipating our August experience.

I wouldn't assume ANY flights would be direct with O these days. In the past I had usually been "OK" with their arrangements. I'm on a Vista cruise leaving from Southampton as well and when I looked at where they had me flying into, it would require at least one plane change and perhaps two. Took the air credit and booked my own NONstop.

What is a lightweight soap dish? Didn't see any soap bars in the gift shop on Westerdam and if there were, would be terrified of the price. LOL

Round trip to Harimayabashi Bus Terminal. Travel time is approx. 30 minutes.

Brought my own specialy shampoo but used their condition and it was fine. Love the fragrance of the body wash but everyone is different. Biggest problem was that the dispensers were bolted to the wall perpendicular to the sink so unless you were careful you had hand soap dripping on the floor.

All passengers staying on for the segement that went to Japan self tested on the first day of our overnight in Singapore. Cabin attendants waited outside the door to report the results. I heard, but cannot say for certain, that guests who tested positive were not allowed to continue on the Singapore/Japan segment.

Masks were required by HAL because we were informed by the Captain that if our COVID numbers went up we would not be allowed in JAPAN. That got everyone wearing masks!

For sure! Captain announced on the ship we were on 2 weeks ago that if the COVID numbers went up, we would not be allowed into Japan.

Sorry to hear all this. We are booked for the Singapore to Bangkok segment.

Thank you all for the good wishes. We were advised of a few port changes so scrambling this week has been "interesting". Looking forward to a fabulous time on Westerdam.

So they did not do away with BB King?