Everyone will get their 4 guranteed specialty reservations. And yes, definitely go online in advance to book them. Its getting more than one shot at each specialty restaurant(especially on a full and shorter cruise) that was the challenge. The menu is fairly lengthy and with only one go its impossible to try even half of menu(unless you have a butler who can bring the food to your room).
We just returned from 14 days aboard the Mariner and had no problem with reservations at the speciality restuarants. We booked 4 of them before we left home and then were offered two additional ones. We have traveled on Oceania 5 times now and the staff is exceptionally good. They appear to be happy to work for Oceania and many of them have been with the line since the beginning which speaks highly of the company. One of the butlers was an assistant waiter when we met him in 2006 and he is now a butler on the Mariner.
Review of FOOD on Riviera 6/17 Lisbon to Rome(Work in progress)
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We just returned from 14 days aboard the Mariner and had no problem with reservations at the speciality restuarants. We booked 4 of them before we left home and then were offered two additional ones. We have traveled on Oceania 5 times now and the staff is exceptionally good. They appear to be happy to work for Oceania and many of them have been with the line since the beginning which speaks highly of the company. One of the butlers was an assistant waiter when we met him in 2006 and he is now a butler on the Mariner.