Onboard Marina Now

[D. B.]

Onboard Marina today.

the Cruise Director is a woman from South Carolina.

yes the Cookies are pretty tasteless.

yes the promised Tote Bag is “not available due to supply issues “? But they have 2 types of them available for Purchase! No supply issues there?  My wife carries a Nice one advertising another Cruise Line.

so far we like our first Oceania cruise.

 They tell us it’s pronounced OceanIA but every one says OceanA?

the only thing I would change is the Once a night show/act in the main theater at 9:30pm.

we wish it was earlier.

We won $54 playing Bingo and my wife made a few hundred on slots in the Casino.

now I have to keep her from giving it all back ?

[GeorgiaPeach51]

Thanks for posting your trip review!  It takes time to do it while on vacation for sure.  We will be taking our first Oceania cruise in November, on the Marina, and I appreciate the information you shared.  We have recently done three Regent cruises after many on Celebrity, so it will be interesting to compare the two lines.  We tend to just go with the flow and don’t have expectations regarding O vs. R…..I’m like you…hoping to enjoy the trip!  Thanks for all the good info!

 

Joanie

[LHT28]

3 minutes ago, D. B. said:

the only thing I would change is the Once a night show/act in the main theater at 9:30pm.

we wish it was earlier.

 

But then people would complain it is too early  & they will miss dinner  or something else 😄

Enjoy your cruise  how ever you pronounce it

[D. B.]

1 minute ago, GeorgiaPeach51 said:

Thanks for posting your trip review!  It takes time to do it while on vacation for sure.  We will be taking our first Oceania cruise in November, on the Marina, and I appreciate the information you shared.  We have recently done three Regent cruises after many on Celebrity, so it will be interesting to compare the two lines.  We tend to just go with the flow and don’t have expectations regarding O vs. R…..I’m like you…hoping to enjoy the trip!  Thanks for all the good info!

 

Joanie

Joanie. Most of our cruises in the last 23 years have been on Celebrity. We did one on Azamara last April (Japan 15 nights) and didn’t care for the small ship and tiny shower or the Ocean motion.🤪

this ship is twice that size but never seems crowded even though we are 1200 guests.

food and service is outstanding and the Ice Cream makes up for the Blaa cookies.

[jonthomas]

I have read on another site that there are a ton of kids as much as 15%, mostly teenagers, behaving badly. This is on the Nautica, from Barcelona to Istanbul. 

 

"many of the kids running around the ship, unsupervised. A group of kids doing cannonballs into the pool, one jumping off the jacuzzi deck. Two boys nearly mowed my 87 year old father in law down."

 

kids on the  ship are one of the reasons we left Celeb.

 

Do you see any of that on your sailing?

 

[DrHemlock]

1 hour ago, D. B. said:

They tell us it’s pronounced OceanIA but every one says OceanA?

"They" are correct.  "Every one" probably also picks begonAs from their garden and travels to PatagonA for an adventurous vacation.

[ORV]

3 hours ago, D. B. said:

Onboard Marina today.

the Cruise Director is a woman from South Carolina.

yes the Cookies are pretty tasteless.

yes the promised Tote Bag is “not available due to supply issues “? But they have 2 types of them available for Purchase! No supply issues there?  My wife carries a Nice one advertising another Cruise Line.

so far we like our first Oceania cruise.

 They tell us it’s pronounced OceanIA but every one says OceanA?

the only thing I would change is the Once a night show/act in the main theater at 9:30pm.

we wish it was earlier.

We won $54 playing Bingo and my wife made a few hundred on slots in the Casino.

now I have to keep her from giving it all back ?

 

2 hours ago, DrHemlock said:

"They" are correct.  "Every one" probably also picks begonAs from their garden and travels to PatagonA for an adventurous vacation.

Actually "they" are wrong. The I is silent. But you will hear it both ways. If you don't believe me find a video of FDR (the founder) pronouncing it. While there might be rules of English in play a name is pronounced the way the owner of that name says it is. 

[shepherd really]

Finally, a hill I'm not willing to die on. 

 

But it's O See Anna. 😂

[YourWorldWithBill]

1 hour ago, ORV said:

Actually "they" are wrong. The I is silent. But you will hear it both ways. If you don't believe me find a video of FDR (the founder) pronouncing it. While there might be rules of English in play a name is pronounced the way the owner of that name says it is. 

In Great Britain everyone says "Oceania", pronouncing the "i", whereas in the US everyone follows Frank's pronunciation. The question is, why did he use the "i"? I hope we can work this out before everyone figures out simplyMore.

[ORV]

5 minutes ago, YourWorldWithBill said:

In Great Britain everyone says "Oceania", pronouncing the "i", whereas in the US everyone follows Frank's pronunciation. The question is, why did he use the "i"? I hope we can work this out before everyone figures out simplyMore.

This was worked out long ago here, no need to figure it out again. It has to do with P & O already having a ship called Oceana. I don't know if you've noticed but they say a lot of things differently in GB. I pay it no mind. 

[EJL2023]

Or just pronounce it anyway you desire!"……………………but only in the privacy (short i) of your home of course!

[AMHuntFerry]

What about the "c"...is it see or shee? And where are the boundaries? (Oh wait, never mind, that's a geography question) This is as much fun as cookies!

[YourWorldWithBill]

3 minutes ago, AMHuntFerry said:

What about the "c"...is it see or shee? And where are the boundaries? (Oh wait, never mind, that's a geography question) This is as much fun as cookies!

Very good points! It's a relieve that we've already established the European perspective on cookies.

[shepherd really]

29 minutes ago, AMHuntFerry said:

What about the "c"...is it see or shee? And where are the boundaries? (Oh wait, never mind, that's a geography question) This is as much fun as cookies!

The inventor of cookies pronounced the word Coo-Ki-es so we have to.

 

It's a rule.

[AMHuntFerry]

4 minutes ago, shepherd really said:

The inventor of cookies pronounced the word Coo-Ki-es so we have to.

 

It's a rule.

I never paid much attention...just figured people were saying o-shee-an-ya with a very muted y. Just for giggles I played O's youtube video of Vista's christening; the from-the-beginning O people do indeed skip the i as has been stated. However, listen to FDR Jr. during the intro (first few seconds).

That said, if I meet you onboard, I promise not to cringe if you say boy-zee, but please don't say I'm from Iowa (you know, that state next to or-ee-gon).

 

[Hanoj]

3 minutes ago, AMHuntFerry said:

I never paid much attention...just figured people were saying o-shee-an-ya with a very muted y. Just for giggles I played O's youtube video of Vista's christening; the from-the-beginning O people do indeed skip the i as has been stated. However, listen to FDR Jr. during the intro (first few seconds).

That said, if I meet you onboard, I promise not to cringe if you say boy-zee, but please don't say I'm from Iowa (you know, that state next to or-ee-gon).

 

Deserves own thread? 🙃

[YourWorldWithBill]

4 minutes ago, AMHuntFerry said:

However, listen to FDR Jr. during the intro (first few seconds).

After these comments, amazing! Evidently he's as confused as everyone else. He was probably just returning from the UK, and still working on that.

[shepherd really]

12 minutes ago, AMHuntFerry said:

I never paid much attention...just figured people were saying o-shee-an-ya with a very muted y. Just for giggles I played O's youtube video of Vista's christening; the from-the-beginning O people do indeed skip the i as has been stated. However, listen to FDR Jr. during the intro (first few seconds).

That said, if I meet you onboard, I promise not to cringe if you say boy-zee, but please don't say I'm from Iowa (you know, that state next to or-ee-gon).

 

And let's not even start with mizz ore ah.

[shepherd really]

9 minutes ago, Hanoj said:

Deserves own thread? 🙃

Sometimes it's fun not argue with people.  You learn something new every day.   😄

[pinotlover]

I believe the most influential part of the pronunciation for Oceania is:

 

SHOW ME the MONEY! 😎🥂
 

 

After that, call it what you like! 🤪

Edited July 12, 2023 by pinotlover

[1985rz1]

7 hours ago, shepherd really said:

Finally, a hill I'm not willing to die on. 

 

But it's O See Anna. 😂

What about O She Anna?  I've heard that many times.

[FuzzyAllOver]

12 hours ago, D. B. said:

Onboard Marina today.

the Cruise Director is a woman from South Carolina.

yes the Cookies are pretty tasteless.

yes the promised Tote Bag is “not available due to supply issues “? But they have 2 types of them available for Purchase! No supply issues there?  My wife carries a Nice one advertising another Cruise Line.

so far we like our first Oceania cruise.

 They tell us it’s pronounced OceanIA but every one says OceanA?

the only thing I would change is the Once a night show/act in the main theater at 9:30pm.

we wish it was earlier.

We won $54 playing Bingo and my wife made a few hundred on slots in the Casino.

now I have to keep her from giving it all back ?

Thanks for clarifying the CD on Marina now.  Last cruise (in March this year), I got pretty tired of Peter and his sidekicks.  We're boarding in 10 days in Copenhagen for Norway fjords.

 

[julia]

6 hours ago, AMHuntFerry said:

I never paid much attention...just figured people were saying o-shee-an-ya with a very muted y. Just for giggles I played O's youtube video of Vista's christening; the from-the-beginning O people do indeed skip the i as has been stated. However, listen to FDR Jr. during the intro (first few seconds).

That said, if I meet you onboard, I promise not to cringe if you say boy-zee, but please don't say I'm from Iowa (you know, that state next to or-ee-gon).

 

What? Wait....  @AMHuntFerry

We are BoyCee! Eagle to be exact!

[AMHuntFerry]

55 minutes ago, julia said:

What? Wait....  @AMHuntFerry

We are BoyCee! Eagle to be exact!

I went to Eagle Elementary when it was the only school in town 🐄🐎🐮

So, How is everyone on Marina doing? Or is it Marinia?

Edited July 13, 2023 by AMHuntFerry

[DrHemlock]

18 hours ago, ORV said:

21 hours ago, DrHemlock said:

"They" are correct.  "Every one" probably also picks begonAs from their garden and travels to PatagonA for an adventurous vacation.

Actually "they" are wrong. The I is silent. But you will hear it both ways. If you don't believe me find a video of FDR (the founder) pronouncing it. While there might be rules of English in play a name is pronounced the way the owner of that name says it is. 

This has turned fascinating.  Every word ending in "ia" that I've ever heard included the sound of both vowels -- including California where I grew up, Australia where I didn't, and Beatlemania which I had in the 60s.  So, to paraphrase an old song, "If saying 'ya' is wrong, I don't want to be right."