I would like to highlight the positives first for this trip on Marina, from Lima to NYC.
I am gluten-free. I told Roger, the Specialty Diet Coordinator that I pick cruises based on food and desserts. He introduced me to Pastry Chef Bruno, who then made sure I got a different dessert every day, to my liking. Everyone one of them was an art of work. Felt very pampered. The Terrace Cafe chef ...
We chose the cruise because of the itinerary. Unfortunately, a number of people became ill early on and we were on red alert for 9 days! Not the fault of the cruise line, who handled the problem extremely well, but it didn't help with the overall enjoyment of the cruise.
The staff were super and friendly. The food in Red ginger was super flavourful and our favourite. However, twice I was ...
Started in Lima den 16.01.2018
We booked the trip mostly because of the destinationstrip sounded good and free internet, :-( - The ship said it's on their website that the internet is bad???
That almost never worked, and it took so long to come across that I most often gave up
The telephone connection was also a very very big problem.....
Date 16.03.2018 in Lima
It was not ...
We chose this cruise for the itinerary, Machu Picchu, Nazca Lines and Easter Island, The pre-tour package for Machu Picchu was well worth it, the third party company chosen by Oceania was excellent.
Boarding the tender at Easter Island was exciting to say the least, the crew did a fantastic job.
I really think that Oceania has to stick to their recommendations, when the brochure says a ...
We booked this cruise based on a recommendation from friends who had travelled the previous year. We successfully booked through our travel agent & then contacted Oceania Australia (OA) directly in regard to the La Reserve dinners & beverage package - this was when the problems started.
We asked OA to make reservations for the La Reserve dinners. Even though the menus & cost of the dinners ...
The cruise with Oceania from Lima to Buenos Aires showed what an array of overprices and rip-offs they could envision. As a single traveller, I had to pay the same amount as two people thereby paying double for all my meals - assuming they consider their food to be as exceptional as they advertise (not what I would say), this is an unethical, dishonest charge of $2000 or more. Their hotel ...
We have sailed with Oceania once before which was great, but it was 3 years ago and on Regatta before they were taken over by NCCL and what a difference. Marina is a beautiful ship, the cabins10062 was fine, bathroom excellent. Originally we were in cabin 9012 . On arrival the toilet was full of sewage which we flushed and didn't think too much about. However for the next four days we had sewage ...
Our 3rd cruise aboard Marina. A beautifully decorated ship. Our penthouse suite 10039 was nicely appointed with more than enough storage (including walk in closet), large bathroom, writing desk and vanity. Thankfully I had my plug adapters with me so I could use both the North American and European style plug outlets (I travel with dual voltage curling irons, computers etc).
The cruise had a ...
First and foremost, and this is just luck of the draw, the ship came down with the Norovirus and despite many attempts, I don’t believe they were ever successful in eradicating the virus. This made food service and many other things onboard challenging. I’m not sure if you’ve been on a South American cruise as part of your travels, but from what we learned onboard, if you travel in the direction ...