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As long as the liquor is on the standard bar menu, and not a specialty liquor.

I think so, but we haven't asked for it.

As noted above, unless you upgrade, the SM package includes only wine and beer at lunch and dinner and only in the dining venues.

Only one pair on our Canadian Discovery cruise last year and only one pair on the Chilean Fjords cruise we just got off of last week. We were in a Penthouse.

Have your TA contact Oceania’s special services and add a request for vegetarian only dishes. Remind Guest service when onboard. The restaurants will work with you.

The SM excursion package is exactly the same as the old OLife YWC 25% discount when you meet the minimum number of booked excursions.

Excursions only.

I'm not sure which emogi I should post..a thank you or a laughing one. But either way, thanks for the update. It was informative.

You don't need to have a Chase Sapphire Reserve for Chase travel insurance. The Chase Sapphire Preferred has the same travel insurance coverage as the Reserve card. There are other benefits that tje Reserve card offers above the Preferred card, but the travel insurance is the same.

Same for us. Our doctor gave us a script for Paxlovid as a just in case for our upcoming cruise. Safeway filled it, and it wa totally covered by our Medicare Part D coverage

The website is lagging in showing the recent changes.

Us, too, but from Verizon.

I signed up a week or so ago for a South America trip and a New Zealand trip. I gave them my cell number and that was sufficient. I only had to specify the countries I was visiting with approximate dates. I didn't need to provide any hotel or port stop information.

Do you think that O might be on the hook for the airfare and hotel because they have a contractual agreement with the airlines and hotels for bulk rates that at some point are non-cancellable for them? I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case.

My understanding is the same as @Woofa's. You purchased a b-2 at the price of a lower level stateroom.

As long as you use WiFi calling on the ship while sailing or are too far from land for a land cell connection. T-Mobile's plans do not include the cellular at sea service of the ships, so you need to turn on airplane mode and WiFi to avoid charges on ships, unless you are docked and have a land cell connection.

If you use WiFi calling when airplane mode is on and WiFi is on, the incoming and outgoing calls are treated as if you are calling from home and your home call, text and data plan applies. You don't need an international plan to use WiFi calling. You need it only if you are calling from shore using your cell phone for calling, texting and data. Most international plans do not cover cell calls, texting, or data using cellular at sea.

Very interested in your assessment of this tour. We have it booked for our upcoming cruise on the Polaris.

It was the New England one that stuck out, but I see you did specify the Nautica, which is smaller than either the Riveria or the Vista...and older, as you say. Personally, I like the O, A, and VO ships better for stateromm and ship sizw, but the R ship itineraries are frequently more interesting to me. So, I suffer the PH on them 😔.

Great comparison, but in the pricing aren't you mixing Oceania's R ship and its O and A ships when you you list the stateroom sizes? It would be helpful if you stated the ship sizes you are comparing.

Are your documents not from Oceania? Our TA provides us with an Oceania's Guest statement and the cruise itinerary shows anchor symbols for those ports that are scheduled for tendering. Nothing is shown for ports that are docking If your does not show any anchors, then, I would assume they are scheduled for docking, although last minute changes can occur. Which specific cruise are you on?

@OneSixtyToOne: Like @ewenwash, we're on the Oct 28, sailing of Polaris doing the same itinerary, so we are grateful you are posting an advance picture of what we can expect. Thanks.

Hmmm...I haven't seen that competition. The only area that seems to have folks getting on as early as possible is for dining reservations. You can select a boarding time when you check in, but I don't think it's that competitive...or that the times are actually followed.

Unfortunately, you can only opt out of the air. The options are Simply More with Air and Simply More without Air.

I think it's called running a business so it earns a profit for it shareholders/owners and doesn't go bankrupt.