patty1955

You're right

Getting drunk on a cruise never crosses my mind but I know lots of people do.

You're correct. The problem is that no most people wifi means internet.

There are actually talking about intranet vs internet. You can almost always connect to the intranet, but not always the internet

We're just off the Millie. Around Japan, the service was pretty good. Around Hong Kong and Taipei, not so good.

I just paid $32 to upgrade one person to Premium Wifi for an 11 day cruise. You have to watch for sales.

I'm sure it's because they changed the first port from Bar Harbor to Newport.

I'll probably have to since Oceania doesn't have any snorkeling/scuba excursions. They said that without trying to book anything. The rep today tried and couldn't find any excursions for Newport. I thought about doing as you suggested and booking a place holder excursion but I really don't want to spend our first day onboard trying to book an excursion. And there's no guarantee that they will have the problem fixed by then. Wouldn't you know, Newport is the only port we haven't been to on this cruise.

We are booked on a Nautica cruise to Bermuda on Sept. 18. We booked the cruise in Aug. 2023 and in Oct. 2023 we were notified that the first port was being changed to Newport, RI. Newport was the first port when we booked so there really wasn't a change. That should have been my first clue that it was going to be a problem. Since we booked, I have never had access to the excursions for Newport. The port has been greyed out in the planner with no access to that port. When I check while logged out, I can see several different excursions but I can't book them. The excursions in the other ports are different depending on whether I'm logged in or not. I have reported this problem in emails and phone calls to customer service. I'm always told that it will be fixed in "a few weeks" and I can always call and book with Oceania. I have contacted my Elite Vacation Consultant (Oceania rep) several times and I'm always told "a few weeks". Today I called to check on the price of a Newport excursion and book one but the Oceania rep can't book it because it's not linked to the sailing. He says to check back in "a few weeks" Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can resolve this? I have $600 excursion credit that has no value if I can't book an excursion.

We used to ask for them to empty it and they did. We found we didn't use it so we don't anymore.

Thank you!

We were on the Millennium last week. I don't know what the bathroom amenities were, they don't really say. The rooms was serviced daily even though we signed up for the "green" option. We asked our room attendant for a pitcher of ice and water early in the cruise and he refilled it twice a day, every day. There is the mini-bar fridge but we don't touch it.

not me

Same here. I get 2 or 3 ad emails a day but no PUP or Captains Club

The author's name was a the top of the article. I've contacted Chris about a number of issues. He's been very helpful.

The writer is Chris Elliott, a well-know travel ombudsman and consumer advocate. I'm surprised he got it so wrong.

That was my first thought!

They have allowed this since well before the new president. It's limited hours and usually only in inclement weather.

We took an Alaskan cruise during covid lock-down and it was the adults in the solarium that were the problem. I not sure what was different but we had some rowdy adults that would cannonball into the pool, splash around like kids and make a huge amount of noise. I know using the water jets can create splashes but this was deliberate, childish splashing.

Yep, no prices unless you're logged in. Our Bermuda cruise is Sept. 18th. The excursions available for all the ports are different when I'm logged in and not logged it. I asked on social media if anyone know the price of the Newport excursion I'm interested in but got no reply. I hate to call just to ask the price, but if that's what I have to do, I guess I will.

Exactly our situation!

I have sort of the same problem on my Sept. cruise. They substituted a port and the new port doesn't have any excursions. Except it really does. Look up your cruise on Oceania's website without logging in. Look under excursions and choose Klawock as the port. There are 4 excursions and you'll have to call to book them.

They told me the same when I emailed them. They were mistaken

We didn't get the survey or the webinar link. We're Elite Plus and used to get the PUP emails but they stopped about 6 months ago. We're about 2000 points from Zenith so we really don't need the points but I still go for them when you guys are kind enough to post links.