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ThePoshTravelBlog By Stuart and Christina
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Appreciate your honesty with the feedback. It's not hard to do things well but clearly there are some major issues on this ship.
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We have been cruising on and off for over 20years and love oceania. I love the size. of the ships I have no desire to have dinner with thousands of people. The only cruises I have not enjoyed have on Royal Caribbean, Holland America an a few others.
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I suppose one's reference point? I moved from Celebrity to Oceania last spring, going the Vista. Returning in December. Not being a foodie I look at it from a more forgiving point of view? I do appreciate your reviews.
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I just finished an Athens to Istanbul trip on the Riviera, and the food was outstanding. Being that you are a self-described "foodie", your standards are probably higher than most. Insofar as drink packages, on every cruise I've been on, it always made sense to get the beverage package. We had no issue getting our drinks on time.
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I agree with you 100 percent about the food and the extra charges for drinks and gratuities! It is not "the finest cuisine at sea". I also did not care for the service on some occasions. We will be trying different cruise lines moving forward.
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thank you for your honesty, i trust you
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It's a shame Oceania oversells the quality of the food. I find the food in Oceania, overall, somewhat better and more consistent than on Celebrity and Holland-America, but much of it is indeed quite ordinary and we don't care for any of the specialty restaurants. They aren't worth the bother. That said, the new Aquamar Kitchen on Vista and, now, on Marina (post-refit) is a nice addition with healthy food options. We do enjoy the size of Oceania's larger ships (Vista, Riviera, Marina–each around 1,200 guests); we no longer enjoy cruising on ships with more than 1,500 guests so Celebrity and Holland-America are no longer options. We are booked on Explora II which is just a tad more expensive than Oceania and it looks like a beautiful ship and everyone raves about the food.
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Hi guys does the food compare to Princess Cruises? Sounds like you may have be n much better off on Princess cruises in a suite
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I’m so sad as we are going with Oceania for our first European cruise. Well,I hope things get better. I wonder if this is happening because the Norwegian line is cutting back on their regular lines and they do own Oceania.
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Wow. That’s really disappointing. On Norwegian I noticed the food quality wasn’t what it used to be. But that’s Norwegian. I never expected it to be up to Viking’s standards. But when someone says “The Finest” you have to wonder why?
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Who does have the finest cuisine based on your experience? Also, I appreciate your candor. I’m also a foodie.
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Haven't sailed the Oceania Serena, but just finished an absolutely awesome trip on Oceania Vista. Stunning in beauty and service! The food was extraordinarily outstanding. Really looking forward to sailing with Oceania again.
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We're sailing with them Jan 25. Not looking forward to it because I'm a foodie and was attracted by their trademark "Finest cuisine at sea". They're part of the NCL group and we sailed NCL Jewel and the food was below average. It sounds like they are cost cutting across the board. Just paid too. Ho hum
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Brochure looks good so does the ship. Avg food? They are stingy on the booze, historically sailors got a ration of a gallon of beer a day FFS! Almost a dry cruise.
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Really informative, I do hope you have sent your comments directly to the Oceania management team.
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Dog with a bone……we have been on 4 Oceania cruises, going on our 5th next September….food has excellent. Service was great. All cruises on Regatta and Sirena. Next cruise on Mariana
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REMEMBER! This is a review of one of Oceania's small fleet of ships which may not measure up to the larger, more upscale, newer and larger Oceania ships. I hear these people mention "lovely"; "beautiful", etc…several times. This is really more of a "foodie" review. I have heard comments about the Grand Dining Room food as not as tasty as the specialty restaurants serve.I'd like to hear what they'd say about one of the newer, larger Oceania ships (Vista, Allure) or Marina or Riviera. That might be a fairer comparison to other lines they mentioned.
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I went on Oceania for the first time on the Oceania Regatta PH1 Cabin no less.. first and last time on Oceania.. we were on the Regatta Australia to French Polynesia in Feb/March 2023.. i was so looking forward to the food as you say.. oh so disappointed .. the food was NOT consistent at all.. the customer service is non existent.. seriously.. not going to go thru our experience with Customer Service because theirs nothing to go thru.. it’s literally non existent.. 9 months after the cruise we get email from travel agent.. Oceania offered a 500.00 future cruise credit.. are you serious.. the cruise was not cheap .. I just can’t be bothered to accept the 500.00 what would that cover at their prices.. 1/4 of a day for one.. to get food that you can’t even eat and force you to go hunt for edible food? Seriously so many better options out there.. do yourself a favor.. spend a couple bucks more and go for Seaborn or save a fair bit and book a Celebrity Retreat class Cabin.. Its food far surpasses Ocean in every sense.. Luminae food is what a claim for Best Food At Sea should be associated with not Oceania in any way.
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Thank you, thank you, I so agree. I wish we could stop them from lying, they are not the finest cuisine at sea
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Totally agree on food let down. We sailed Sirena in late Sept and was disappointed.
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Did you speak to the chef?
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Thank you for your honest assessment and detailed explanation for such assessment. My husband and I are booked for a Christmas 2025 cruise aboard the Allura . This will be a first for us aboard an Oceania line ship. Having cruised before on Celebrity, Holland America and Norwegian lines we will have high expectations. I hope Oceania take your critique seriously in order to improve their performance. Thank you for informative videos!! Arlene from 🇨🇦
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spot on. our ast 2 cruises Vsta were like yours.
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More WHINING Brits……
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Guess we'll stick with Viking. Their Silver Spirits Beverage package is worth it.
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I hear you. I’m sure we have all had similar experiences. The shame or challenge of any of these reviews is they are always anecdotal. It is based on a particular point in time which is just impossible to verify on a regular basis. Everybody’s expectations are different. It is interesting to observe that this is capitalism in action. Quality increases, price increases, profit demands increases need to reduce expenses, increase profits and so on…Well done, helpful video. Mr Humble, 69, Toronto.
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Thanks answers my question of which Oceania vs regent. And I loved my NCL experience
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You two are so relaxing to listen to! I know it’s a bit of an odd comment but your voices are so soothing! Even when you’re (rightly) complaining! ❤
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We were Oceania cruisers and had cruised on Riviera and Serena. We found that post Covid the quality had gone down considerably. We agree with your assessment of the quality of food 100%. We decided to upgrade and tried Explora Journeys and was had a wonderful experience from food to service and the ships are beautiful. Done with Oceana and we have blooked subsequent cruises on Explora.
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I have sailed with Oceania twice and have been disappointed with the service and the food both times. Definitely not a luxury cruise line.
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Just came off Sirena and you are so correct that the statement of finest cuisine at see is not true. I have to say for the majority of the meals the food was not good. No variety of food at the restaurants, all the same items with different names. Way too
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I'm sorry your first experience of Oceania was disappointing, that's a shame.
Personally, having done all of their ships several times, we still rate Oceania as our favourite line (45 previously on Celebrity, Crystal, Azamara and lesser lines), however Riviera and Marina have been our favourite ships – until Vista!! Been on her twice now and booked on Allura when she launches – the prettiest ship at sea! Food sublime, service superb, main dining room so well designed, not like the normal 'grand dining room' style – Have you tried Vista by the way? If not, please do, and I'm sure your gripes will be washed away…!
We were on Sirena just before the Pandemic hit (only just made it home to London 2 days before Lockdown!) But on that particular sailing, obviously we were in a bubble, not being able to dock at any port on the itinerary other than 1 I think, although we still didn't have any issues with the service.
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Sound like seasonal moaners….
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agree!
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We were on the Riveria in September and we felt the same way! The food and service was worse than our cruises on Princess. Not sure why people would ever go on one of their ships. I was definitely expecting more.
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Yikes, what have I done! I'm onboard Sirena for a cruise to the Amazon in January 25 so hoping your comments have the desired effect by then. Thanks for your report and I've subscribed. Cheers.
