maadimom

We have booked the 11 night cruise for July 2025. They haven't released where we fly to initially yet. Where did you fly from the states to?

That’s good to know since tonight I see one that we booked is now not included. I left it alone. The tour that is waitlisted and full is only 1 of 3 offered. The other two do not sound like something we want to do. I may book something on Viator or the like and cancel if the one we booked opens up. you have all been helpful

Did you have to pay for the second one? Ours shows prices by the included ones now.

We are on a cruise more than a year away. One of our included excursions is waitlisted and we are on that list, but I noticed this weekend that it now says full. It still says we are waitlisted. How long should I wait before choosing another? Seems like we have a long time to wait, but I booked my excursions 16 months out and one was full and now this one.

Originally the Oct 11 cruise was from Trieste to Barcelona. That was canceled and when they changed the re-fit they changed the cruise ports.

I promised to how it went so Our ride andy experience went very smoothly. They sent an email with all of the drivers’ information including a picture. He was waiting for us as we exited customs. He drove a Mercedes E class which was fairly new and very comfortable. There were water bottles for us and a pleasant drive of just under an hour. We have zero complaints. I would definitely use them again. Oh, he was Victor by the way.

We did this cruise last February. What alithecat said is exactly what we experienced, however, be sure to keep checking your booking. At one point our post hotel disappeared. TA said that we didn’t get one even though all our documents said we did. It was a bit messy and they added it again, but I wouldn’t have know they took it away unless I kept checking. We were put at the Hilton Garden Inn for a midnight flight.

We will be on the Marina for our first Oceania cruise next month. Like you we are trying Oceania because of the cruise only fares. So, this may be a one and done for us as we like independent tours and I don’t drink much. I’m hoping they will change the policy back to where you have a choice, but for now we are looking elsewhere. It’s a shame as we had chosen a cruise to book on board before this change. We have now booked it on Silversea. If I have to pay for all inclusive I want the luxury to go with it.

We will doing this on Sept 27. I will report back with how it goes.

I think we are on the same cruise. This is also our first time with Oceania. It was indeed a frenzy. My husband is a type 1 diabetic and needs to eat earlier than 8:30-9:00. That was pretty much all that was available for 2. I chose the sharing as I’m not opposed to it. We will have three nights at 7-7:30 sharing and one night at 7 for two. I know it will be fine. Some of my best friends have been made back in the day where everyone shared. I will take the above advice and keep checking however. We are also in a B3 extended balcony.

Our ship allows us to bring wine on board. We will embark in Tarragona and be spending a couple days there. Where is a good place to buy wine etc.? TIA

Our TA recommended ride andy dot com. It was 134€ going from BCN to our hotel. We were just in Barcelona last year so decided to stay a couple nights in Tarragona. It looks like a great place to spend some time.

We depart 9/29/2023 and it was changed to Tarragona. No direct trains from the airport as of now. We decided to hire a private car. It costs more, but after all night of flying, it will be much easier with luggage.

I booked mine for this October last November. They all booked up very quickly. I’d check now and keep checking.

No I booked it last year for our cruise this September. It’s all good now. Waitlist has been removed.