Rainbow3fe

Hi Mike & Janet, We are on that cruise as well. Are you on the Roll Call? There's a spreadsheet. We are spending 4 days in San Luis Obispo and have booked visits to wineries in Paso Robles. They're supposed to have wonderful reds.🍷 The major reason we decided to explore that area was to buy wines for the cruise. Last year we picked up some Brunellos from Montalcino before boarding in Civitavecchia. Looking forward to meeting you. Felice & Ivan 🌊😎

6 and they are lenient. We enjoy going to wineries and buying fine or just local wines.

A staff member at the entrance to the ship told us that we were permitted to bring alcohol so my husband went back into the terminal and bought a bottle. We weren't "pushing the envelope " .

Hi, We are on Vista Nov 3 as well. I agree the Roll Call is kind of slow. We Looking forward to a wonderful trip. Felice & Ivan

A bit of sidetracking. I that I was told eating at Waves also " counts " as included lunch. Us as well.

I definitely agree that these selections don't make me smile. We will continue to bring awesome local wines onboard.

Hi, We have been thinking about this dilemma for a while. We do not want to spend $800 for the alcohol package. We do not drink wine nor beer at lunch. We enjoy fine wine at dinner and enjoy pre-dinner drinks on our Veranda. We are happy to bring our own bottle from a local winery and pay the $25 corkage. We have no idea if the wines they're offering are run of the mill $10 -15 bottles. That we will wait to find out when others have experienced SM. My opinion about the excursions isn't clear yet. We probably will stay with our 4 or 6 "free" at least for our next 2 cruises. We have chosen many and booked everything already. They appear to fit our needs. Some are OE & OS. With the 25% discount they were reasonably priced. We interspersed private tours when we thought it warranted. We are older and have traveled extensively and always independently. Now, we are happy enough to let Oceania do the legwork. Looking forward to hearing more about people's opinions. Felice & Ivan

Hi, Sounds like a great plan. We retired 20 years ago and even before Airbnb, we rented apartments in cities around the world. We traveled to small towns by train or bus and used our apt. as a base. A few times we rented a car for a month and traveled around a country. We sprinkled cruises into our lives. Many were trans Oceanic. We found Oceania and fell in love. We will never do a bus tour. The thought of sitting in a bus with the same complaining 40 people for even 3 days would drive us both crazy. I definitely don't want to pack and unpack daily. Nor do I want to wake up when someone decides I need to be a "breakfast ". We tried and were dissatisfied with both Princess and Celebrity. Now that we are older, we appreciate the ease of booking some ship excursions. The OE and OS have been good. We aren't sure if we'll try another cruiseline after our 4 already booked Oceania without the SM. Time will tell. Good luck to everyone. Enjoy whatever you choose to do. 😎🎉🌻🌊

I would assume that Economy Plus might be another airlines word for Premium Economy. Look at the schematics of the specific airline's airplane and check the seat measurements as well as the pitch.

Please call Oceania to verify what you are assuming here. Too many opinions without experience since SM is new. I believe there's a 25% discount but it's under a different name. Also, for our 2024 Vista cruise I see major problems in tbe website. Just trying to help you figure this out.

I agree. It's interesting to see that others have similar ideas about excursions. In South Africa we stuck with Oceania excursions because the places we wanted to visit were 90 minute drives from the ports. Only 1 out of 7 was extremely disappointing. On our upcoming trip to New Zealand we only found a few private tours that look exciting. We booked mostly OS and OE excursions and at 25% off they're quite reasonably priced Again, everyone needs to do homework and decide what to choose. We are staying with Olife minus air. 😎🌊🎉

Hi, I found 2 of our 4 upcoming Oceania cruises. I may be repeating myself but SM appears to be absurd for us. Regatta 14 day B2 is $1950 more pp. No comment needed. 🤪 Vista 16 day B3 is only $400 more pp. We don't believe we would EVER spend $800 for wine or beer at lunch or dinner. We don't drink at lunch and never have beer. I understand everyone likes different things. I am not judging, just stating our personal facts. 😎

Even if you compete the transaction, you can call them and someone knowledgeable will fix errors snd updste pricing. ( I'm not sure you're going to get through to an agent for at least a week 🤪) Enjoy 😎🌊

If you're paying, see if you can book Comfort Plus or whatever your chosen airline calls it. It's a little more spacious than sardine Economy and most airlines have 2 across unless it's Domestic.

Even if you compete the transaction, you can call them and someone knowledgeable will fix errors snd updste pricing. ( I'm not sure you're going to get through to an agent for at least a week 🤪) Enjoy 😎🌊

I believe so. At this time I would not do anything online. Wait to speak directly to an Oceania Representative. Obviously,unless you're leaving within the next few weeks, wait a while. The phone lines will be jammed. F Good luck 😎🌊

Hi Hank, Our Trip to Japan has been rescheduled for 2025. I would appreciate you emailing the Osaka guide's info. Rainbow3fe at hotmail dot com Thanks, Felice 🌻😎🌊

Not true. If you want to get rid of the $199 limit you're going to have to switch to SM and you will 1. Pay a different price for the cruise. 2. Lose your free/ included excursions. 3. Get the "free" beverage package . If you choose to use your excursion $$ allowance and book 5 excursions or more pp, you'll get a 25% discount on the excursions. Good luck

Thank you. 🌻I had a feeling. I hoped people who were on Vista already knew exactly how it worked.😎

Oh Boy. The info is in Dutch or German.🎶 I know about Marina & Riviera but never dined with a group. The Vista appears to have something special. I appreciate your patience. 😎

There's a 25% built in if you book 5 or.more. Same as it was before.

Thank you but I still don't understand what it means. Is there a link to where we can read an explanation? In 2024, on our 10th Oceania we have our first PH booking. We thought about trying something new and don't understand the experience.

I disagree. I read that these excursion credits can be used towards any excursions that Oceania offers. That should mean OS and OE are included.

One of my future cruises had a $2000 pp increase . That's scary 😨

I cannot answer directly for your cruise but we took advantage of tbe Memorial Day sale. We should have saved $1700 pp but it came out to $900 pp because we lost an $800 pp bonus. . I recommend working directly on your specific cruisewhen as someone said, ""when the dust settles".