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I think there are two issues here, one is missing ports at short notice and the other changes made in advance and not communicated. On the current Vista cruise we have a lot of the second, we have 5 tender ports. Oceania both online in the itinerary details and directly when telephone for clarification by people on our roll call said there were no tender ports. To anyone who knew some of the ports this was obvious tosh, at least a couple of the ports have no docking facilities no matter the size of ship or whether anyone else was in port. Also the changes to schedule were not communicated ahead of time and are quite drastic in one case. As to missing a tender port I am happy to believe the weather was to blame, the Captain actually said it was due to heavy swells, These are not visible, unlike the whitecaps caused by wind which the armchair weather experts said were not too bad. Another line we have travelled on in the past said they abandoned late and overnight stops as so few passengers made use of them it was not economically viable.

Yes it was Scenic, must have misremembered about the drinks, I just “took agin them” 😁😀

Good to hear from you, I see you are still working hard on our behalf! Yes we have a Riviera cruise rebooked from 2020 in May this year on the Main Nuremberg to Mainz and a few days in Frankfurt at the end. I really can’t believe ANYONE misses driving on the M6 😀😀😀🧜‍♀️🧜‍♀️

Hi, English person here😀 We have travelled with Riviera a few times and rate them highly. We tried Scenic first and didn’t like their cabins, they had the electric window on the balcony that came down to railing level but was very noisy if you were at all worried about waking fellow passengers, and was also accessed from a door in a window in your cabin. On the Riviera ships the whole window slides open across the hill between you and the next cabin leaving you with an open wall so you can watch the world pass by. The food on Scenic was marginally better, but drink prices were higher. Tours were very similar. Prices were a lot lower on Riviera. We have met a few Americans onboard but not many, getting more the last time we sailed with was Pre Covid There are photos of one of their ships here https://www.flickr.com/gp/jobloor/Bq438h7AN5