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Ask room steward if in balcony cabin. He may find you one

My second oceania cruise. First on the Sierena  two years ago  .

Food in Grand dining room is excellent. Better than my first cruise. Rack of Lamb, Tournedos and fish all very good and a good sized portion. . Included wine is good and I am a wine collector. Champagne is Mountedon , which I really like. Nz sauv  blanc , Wente Cab and Back house p noir good .Deserts improved. Bread excellent. They made me fettuccini Alfredo one night .One caveat, lobster has not been good so far.service slow

Tours have been good. Especially liked 7 hour catamaran in first port.
 

ship never feels crowded unless you are at the pool which I am not.  
 

Tender service was one boat at a time in St Barts snd very slow . They told me they could not launch two boats. Very bad.

entertainment weak. Same comedian twice. Only two production shows. Theater very bad design.  Sit in the side balconies or  you cant see. I heard they may redo it. Risers too low. Heads block your views. 
 

I do not like the phones in the rooms. They don't ring but make a stupid chime sound confusing as you also gave a door bell. Phone stands up snd hard to use. Buttons wont work unless you use speaker phone  .

light in the closet goes off after 10 seconds. It can be adjusted. Call them. 
 

There needs to be more music after dinner and before the show

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On 3/5/2024 at 6:04 AM, CDNPolar said:

 

I am going to catch some flak for this statement, but I don't really care what you wear, as long as it is clean and it covers what should be covered...

 

What I cannot tolerate is a man wearing a "wifebeater" in the dining room, or the World Cafe, where I have to have view of his hairy pits while I eat.  Don't care about any other fashion.

 

We were recently on a Viking river cruise over Christmas and New Year.  I was quite shocked at the dress code that many chose for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Eve.  Many of the folks on this cruise were wearing "outfits" that I wouldn't wear to Costco on a Saturday.  We had one woman whose wardrobe consisted of only  black tights and metal t-shirts.  At least she changed the t-shirt daily.

 

I again, only have that one pet peeve and other than that, I don't care what you wear. I however will continue to come back from a shore excursion, shower and move to the more elegant casual for dinner.  This makes ME feel good, and I am only here for ME.

 

 

Looking like crap makes some people happy. I cant stand the t shirt generation 

On 2/29/2024 at 5:03 PM, EJL2023 said:

We were in Stateroom 8071 and had no issues with noise.  This was the case even with those in the next stateroom seemingly in quarantine nearly the entire cruise. 

On Vista now. 7025. No noise. 

On 2/22/2024 at 6:17 PM, don731 said:

Hmmm…we are currently on Vista, and the basic Starlink has been excellent, with only one short outage since we boarded on Feb.11th.  I have recorded download speeds up to 120 megs. Streaming services are not supported with the free, included internet.  To stream video, you need to purchase the upgrade version.  The basic version will support FaceTime with no problem.

Just don't do face time on your balcony, please

Who knows

Tours by locals. Do a google search.

We will see how I like theVista. 

I loved The Sierena, an Rclass chip.  Blew Princess away. Ill take a-small bathroom instead if a bigger room on a mega ship. Space in the room is nice, more space in the public areas is more important. Waiting in line for everything on Princess is bad. Poor food on mega ships is bad 

Looks like a good deal. I am,paying 4k for a 10 day Caribbean on oceania end of month. No air. 

Got 11:30 am. 2/28

Moon over Miami.

Does the early bird get the earlier check in time?

Reading the reviews of the Vista, I wish I was back on the Sierena.

12 minutes ago, BlairsvilleCruiseGirl said:

Some rooms have a wall with pictures of yoga poses.  Some have sayings like "home is where the anchor drops" or "to live will be an awfully big adventure."  It's really a fun, funky, boutique kind of hotel.  The concierge desk was very helpful - they booked a day trip over to Piha Beach for us which was awesome.

I booked it although the rooms look very small, like a cruise cabin. Price ,considering location ,seems fair. The Hyatt looked great but not willing to pay over $500 a night. 

20 hours ago, BlairsvilleCruiseGirl said:

We stayed at the M Social.  Right on the harbor, close to the marinas, restaurants, ferries, right across from where the cruise ships dock.  Loved it and would stay there again.

Looked it up. What is the  writing on the walls in the rooms?

40 minutes ago, Waltershipman said:

 

Ooops now people are in next room.and we can hear talking

Any relationship to Ken Shipman?

On 1/29/2024 at 7:11 AM, asnaleah said:

I sleep with the tv on, so I hope ours isn’t on a bed wall with our neighbor. 

Why?

Thanks but we are too old for that. Want a nice hotel.

We arrive on dec 31

We are flying in  on Dec 31. For jan 6 cruise. Got a deal on United business award. So where is a good place to stay? Near the dock or maybe something in a different location?

3 hours ago, clo said:

That always get rave reviews but I pretty actively don't like watermelon. Should I stay away? We actually never ate at Reg Ginger cause we're not really "Asian fusion" food fans. But everyone seems to love it so much.

Not my favorite. I also dont like Asian Fusion but its everywhere. 

I use ear plugs at night.  Works great. 

11 hours ago, edgee said:

I have thought that to be true since I first experienced the noise problem. Also, the fact that flat screen TV's have speakers pointed out the back so that noise is aimed at neighbor's wall is a factor.  Understanding the cause makes for interesting discussion, but better insulation because of such factors should have been considered by competent engineers. It remains a problem, whatever the cause.

Sometimes they put governors to limit volume.  An easy fix along with allowing captions. 

42 minutes ago, shepherd really said:

Obviously asking who the Certificate of Deposit is would not yield a decent return.

Plus CD’s are going down with the ship.