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  1. That's my understanding. The price includes the gratuities and the cost is folded into the base fare.
  2. No. They are added to you shipboard account once onboard.
  3. I would think that closing the curtains would be a matter of safety, not one of simply being considerate.
  4. My criteria is great service and modest perks (PPG, and or SBC). I wouldn't give up great service for big discounts. I want to know that my TA has my back.
  5. I think the applicable sentence is: "The $199 USD / $299 CAD service fee is non-refundable once the custom air is accepted." I haven't used it, but in previous threads folks posted that if you don't accept, you don't pay. What's not clear to me is you have to pay, then, if you decline, you get your money back, or whether you only pay once it's accepted. My fuzzy recollections that you only pay once you have accepted. Edit---In my delay to post, I see @jazznruby posted the info ahead of me 🙄
  6. If you did that, you booked under the old OLife plan, which is no longer available for new bookings.
  7. No cabins come with the upgraded beverage package included. The upper suites (Owners, Vista and Oceania) do have a full stocked bar with 6 full-size bottles of spirits or wine. The upgraded beverage package offers the same wines by the glass as the basic package, not any upgraded choices. I don't know what wines come in the upper suites, as the room descriptions simply say choose from the suite bar menu.
  8. Why were you surprised by this? Was it something on top of the normal gratuities that are charged to your account, normally?
  9. Yes, I remember our exchange there. But, I thought postive comments about A from a usual O cruiser might be worthwhile here on the A board. Part of the cramped feel on A was due to the desk being in the living area extending the wall furniture to the balcony. O doesn’t have that additional storage, so the cabin's accessible floor space is actually wider, giving us more room in the living area. Still, some folks might prefer the additional storage and flat surface. For us, we prefer the more open space as storage otherwise is sufficient for us, but it's not a deal breaker if the itinerary is right.
  10. What's included are those items on the general bar menu: https://www.oceaniacruises.com/sites/default/files/2023-04/general-bar-menu-oceania.pdf
  11. No. The SM beverage packages include gratuity. Drinks not covered by the package have the 20% gratuity added. The general gratuities ($18 per guest per day for Concierge Veranda and below; $23 per guest per day for Penthouse and above) are automatically add to your onboard account.
  12. @Vineyard View We just completed a 16-day circum-navigation of New Zealand on Azamara Journey. Our go-to cruise line has been Oceania, so we were wondering how Azamara would compare to O's R-ships. We were pleasantly surprised. We booked a Club Continent Suite, as we usually book a PH on O, so the comparison is pretty close. We were pleasantly surprised. The Journey needs some refreshing, but nothing that detracted from our experience. The food was quite good, not quite as good as we had on O, but close. The entertainment and the lectures were better on A than on O, and we did have an off-shore AzAmazing Evening, as well as a terrific White Night. A's ship excursions were very good to excellent. Although the stateroom was of the same size as on O, A felt a bit more cramped in the "living" because of its layout. We prefer the sofa arrangement of O over the rather old fashion high back chair and desk chair which we did not find very comfortable. The butler was not as good as we've had on O. The senior staff was around and friendly, and the Captain very much involved with the pax, especially in keeping us informed, a big difference from O, where the officers seem to hide. Given the same itinerary, we would still chose O over A because we like the food, the feel and the slightly more comfort of O. But itinerary drives us and A has better itineraries. We have no qualms abut booking A again In fact, we have a 27-day b2b booked next year...and we have 2 O cruises later this year.
  13. Only the O and A ships have self service laundries on most decks. On the R ships, it's only on one deck...7, I think, but I haven't checked the deck plans to make sure it's 7.
  14. If antibiotics seem to have addressed the issue, then it was not a virus. So, I wonder what the source was.
  15. I tend to discount the extreme posts, especially those who say "never again." Such posts tend to be outliers who want to rant and vent.
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