TonyLon

Thanks Kohima - that’s good to know…

I note that a few of the standard cabins are shown as "Partially Obstructed View" (The ones at the very front of Deck 7 (E008, E008, E501 - 508). My suspicion is that on a fully booked cruise the guarantee cabin bookings are quite likely to get one of these. Does anyone have experience (and ideally photos) of what the view is like out of these cabins.

I notice that Oceania are now selling (through UK TAs at least - although not on their website) the last 6 nights of the existing Dubai to Trieste cruise, as a standalone voyage from Athens to Trieste (23rd to 29th May). I'm assuming this is because the number of people on the first half of the cruise is very low (as the situation in the Red Sea mean that it is running from Dubai to Athens non-stop with 9 straight sea days) and Oceania want to at least get some revenue in on the latter part of the voyage. There seem to be some good offers for this 6 day cruise, but my concern would be that it gets changed or cancelled at short notice, as no one can predict 4 months out how the cruiselines are going to reposition all their ships back from the Far East for their Mediterranean seasons. Just wondered what other people views are on the wisdom of booking this trip. I'm certainly tempted, as seems to be a good value way of trying out Oceania for the first time.

A quick clarification if anyone can help. Both my wife and I have the $45 Gold credit. Does that mean that I can only purchase the daily (Esssential) allowance (when on board) at the higher $24 charge or is there some way I can buy for the entire voyage (we're doing a 7 day transatlantic) to get the $15 "voyage plan" rate which can be paid for out of the $45 credit for both of us. (Which if my maths is correct mean we'd only up paying for one day - out of OBC - as our credits would pay for 6 days between us.) Is my understanding correct?