jonthomas

With over 50 cruises with C, we could never reach zenith. Don't drink, don't need dry clean and do my own laundry, don't want to waste my time eating with officers. You must have posted this with tongue in cheek. NO comparison to O.

Perhaps it IS because many experienced staff went to the Vista and it will take time to train others. Just as they will be trained, the Allura will appear and again best staff will go there. HMM........

and dont forget what you get with Loyalty...the perks can be considerable...does any line come close in their perks to O?

thank you to all of you that are following up when things are not what they should be... only if we speak up, will they know and maybe improve.... we are on the unrefitted marina in November, TA, 22 days....BCN to MIA

Not my style to cozy up to GMs. Guess we will never be upgraded and that's OK.

Glad pinotlover could point out what could be added to a steak pre cooking to give it flavor. I wasn't going to bother.

Thank you for your post. We hope that O treats us better. Hate to give up premium econ for 149 pp. To do our own flights would be at least double, since we are in Canada with fewer flight options.

What you didn't understand is that that's all there was, salt and pepper.

In the Terrace I always ask for seasonings on my steak..they say all they have is salt...I tell them to pour that on and pepper if they can find it or it is way too bland for me.

It seems to me there is always Indian food in the Terrace, don't like the stuff but that's just me.

Love American, thank you.No Indian for us but will miss sole Amandine and crepes.

I think everyone knows why we like 0. Someone actually counted my posts to be 60 saying why we prefer O to celeb and Viking.

Couldn't care less and don't want to pay for it, but of course I will be.

Our air to bcn is at least double than what O is charging us..also we are paying only 149 for prem econ... Going 2 days early, in case of snags. So why would I pay more to do it myself?

Nope, never, on any line. But have paid for an up sell.

It also depends on what sailing experiences you have had, where you have been and your stage in life. We have experienced various lines, done over 60 cruises, been everywhere we wished to go. Highlights being, Gallapagos, Norway, Dalmatian coast, Hawaii, Baltic etc. Our focus is very different now, not itinerary driven, but food, the ambience, meeting people. So far this Oceania has done this for us more than any line and we hope it continues to do so. There are times that we will not get off in some ports...there are other times that we will revisit the places we have been to before. Now rarely doing tours. Love to get a map, walk for hours, explore.

Yes I agree, the spa area was very good. But for us other things are more important and they did not compare to O.

Yes we experienced that after over 50 cruises with celebrity...things changed and we could no longer sail C. But Celbrities loyalty program is NOTHING compared to O.

Good topic. We are building loyalty with O. No other line will give us that. We have 10 cruises booked. After that, only if Os food take a drastic turn would we switch to another line.

Food is most important to us. Which line would compare to O?

Yes always meaning for our last 3 cruises. O makes it sound like something new is coming. It is not new. Yes a very good change, so is no charge for deviation if you want to come in a day or two early. This allows for less stress making the ship. Crazy times with airlines. Although once we reach 15, that will be included anyway.

Correction...transfers have always been included since we have done our 3 cruises this year, so it's not new.

And I will continue to express my opinions, that is my choice. You have a choice too. I'm sure you know what that is. Counting my posts? I'm flattered. Thank you.

We were on the Viking Star in April. There is NO comparison between Viking and Oceania. We used up covid credits. While waiting to do that we have done 3 Oceania cruises. Now it is our line of choice. Yes on Viking every meal the wine is included. You need lots of it, so you can manage to eat the awful food. We don't drink alcohol, so we were very aware how trully awful the food was. Entertainment, only the ships staff. One trivia daily. Pretty much nothing else to do. Die hard Viking fans thought it was OK but none of them had ever sailed on O. Our only regret is that we spent many years on other lines before coming to O.

Azamaras food does not compare to Os. Not to us. As for the new olife will include transfers with air, it always included transfers, so that's NOT new.