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Ditto. Surf and Turf had gristly turf - my table and several others on 3/16 voyage 11 nights. Main lobster MUSHY. BUT the Florida Lobster tail grilled in TC was wonderful. Texture like big prawns. They had those too.

AGREE! was on Vista just before transatlantic and Toscana is all veal all the time it seems. Where was the ravioli? Manicotti? Other traditional items. It was hard to craft a good dinner. I will say you can watch endless reruns of JPepin's shows on the Gym or room tv (I think he created these as fundraisers during the covid debacle). They are great!

In the March 2024 Oceania Vista Cruise my Executive Lounge room key would not open the Concierge lounge door . Both doors were propped open during the day when their respective concierges were in attendance helping people as people taking coffee out couldn't push the door open very effectively without mishap.

Other cruise lines send the survey after the cruise.

This is same as on Oceania. That means any bad experience getting off the ship at the end is never captured. And probably not the last evening either. HMMM.

Oh and what about the deadly blue light on the ceiling outside the bathroom. The Tje green lighted button by the bedstand takes care if that we learned after 3 days! Still don’t know how people get that “ home “ red light outside the door in the hallway to light

No noise very quiet and we go to bed after the show 10:45 latest

Not sure I know what an IR blaster is but I get the concept so I would probably muck it up if I tried tjis myself!

I am now on vista and all you say applies here. There is an amazing selection of current eg Oppenheimer and classic eg gone with the wind movies and the tv is fine. Thanks for posting all the investigative outcomes!! Loved it. Very helpful 👍

I wondered if anyone had hooked up An iPhone or ipad to the cabin tv with an hdmi cable ( im thinking look at photos watch prime video or whatever like I do in a hotel on land ) did it work ?

Can you advise on dress code at night and say. Shirts and polo shirt ok ?..for men

Question from newbie going Vista in March ph 2:we 1 reservation per specialty restaurant so does this cost extra to get say 1 more via Butler in room ???

I know everyone is tired of this topic but this next March 2024 we go on our first Oceania cruise and we know we have to pack carefully so--- of the specialty restaurants, which is the fanciest and do men have to wear any or all of : longsleeved shirt with Collar (I think that is a yes), Jacket, Tie? We know not to wear shorts. We don't have jeans in the suitcase. And, I assume it is ok for women to wear long pants as opposed to dresses. Yes? We own old folks shoes so hopefully that is ok (no Italian Leather or heels ) Appreciate the help. You old timers don't have to read the answer! 🙂

The gym is tiny. The huge solarium took up the large gym area on Radiance class . When there is a class with loud music it is terrible.

we never got ours. After the covid cancellations they would not extend the certificate. It was worth $2400 towards a cruise or one free cruise 7 days caribbean with a balcony. But they refused to extend it during Covid and we never could take it.

Hi there CuseJeff44 (I always wonder where the names came from). here is my ramble. I LOVED reading your post. I know I'm a couple of days late, but let me tell you our story. we cruised on Carnival until we got Diamond which was not worth anything, but that was 2007-2012 and the ships were great and we went everywhere in Europe and Carib. Loved it despite "problems". and takeaways like pineapple fresh at breakfast . Then RCI all the way up to pinnacle!! We went in Junior Suites because even then it was 152 sq ft of room and we couldn't handle a smaller room for the 2 of us. So it got to Pinnacle faster. We cruise the very last cruise before Covid shut the ships down in march 2020. Everyone was nervouse. we felt like a family. Now, we read about the protocols and see the masks and realize we hate crowds (the brainwashing of 6 ft kicked into the subconscious). And we are annoyed at having to pay for a test 3 days before a cruise when you and anyone else can "get it" in that time. So we canceled a 9 day Grandeur this Nov and are "waiting" on a Dec 5 day to decide. We hate all the problems you mentioned. But we did keep cruising on Royal just pivoting to what gave a good ration of GREAT to "would rather do without". I will say, we have EATEN EVERY AVAILABLE MEAL IN THE MDR!! EVEN WHEN THEY SAID THEY CHANGED THE MENU IT WAS ONLY ONE OR 2 ITEMS. We now don't eat there any more. Takes too long. But if we did eat there, we remember you used to say I want a 2nd or 3rd serving of say that cheapo shrimp appetizer.or a 2nd entree. If that is no longer the case wow. Also, we know the upsell is horrible. You know the upsell is horrible. So perhaps you can decide - is there something else other than food or dink that you cruise for. For us - we loved the orchestra and cheezy production shows and meeting people on the crew we'd seen before. I loved the espresso in the lounge and walking on the deck at sea. None of that required lines on the non-mega ships. So we stopped going on the mega ships where you have to reserve a seat. Also, all ships are different. We didn't like the Adventure when they changed captain and the orchestra leader Dave Moorhead retired. So final note. We started staying in hotels and doing land stuff and found we missed it. We don't even rent a car (no kids though). So do one of those and compare it to a ship perhaps. It's ok to complain. CHEERS! Florida person who loves Florida and may cruise again sometime.

Sure it is. Did you see how few people need to test positive for it to be yellow - .3% of the PAX. So 7 folks or so. Now do you feel btter

I have this question too for cruises in and out of Miami

My biggest fear is getting jailed in a quarantine cabin with food I don't normally eat. - not getting the flu (covid version)

Question about quarantine after getting off the ship in Florida - Miami. Do you have to quarantine in a hotel in Florida or do you get to just go home (if you were on the ship sick w covid and isolated in the bowels of the ship as posted on this thread. Thanks.