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If you enjoy sailing with NCL it’ll be a no-brainer to stick with them. Definitely will be cheaper even if they charge you for drinks at the bar. People often paying a lot more than $5,000 to sail on Oceania and still have to pay for their drinks. It’s something else about Oceania cruises that keeps us to sail with them again and again.

Great that you’ve found the way to cruise that suit you best. For me “dining under the stars” reminds the time we went camping when we were obviously younger. We don’t enjoy serving the food for ourselves on vacation anymore. One of the reasons we choose to cruise on the Oceania ships. And we also prefer to be active and like to explore the ports. So we can enjoy both the ship and the land.

On Sirena now. GDR menu and food quality is much better than the specialty restaurants. Tuscan Steak is the major disappointment. Over 14 cruises we’ve tried them all. First time breakfast in the GDR almost every morning too. Food in the buffet is definitely good…but for each is their own.

Again, you may be a bit confused. I’m not talking about refundable OBC from a TA, etc… but about Nonrefundable NCL stock holder’s OBC. It applied to the account about six weeks prior to the sailing. We were able to switch our prepaid excursions at this point before boarding the ship by calling O customer service.

You may not believe it but that was our experience. I have done it for multiple cruises. OP was asking about nonrefundable shareholder’s OBC they will not be able to get back in cash otherwise.

You will have to call O to have it done. They will reprocess your tours applying additional OBC and you will get refund on your CC.

There’s an advantage to booking O air sometimes, especially if you need one way tickets to far away destinations or a premium economy upgrade. The price may be cheaper when booking through O compare to DIY.

It’s not about T&Cs. I’m pretty sure Ponant has something similar in their Ticket Contract. But we don’t have to assume that Oceania is the same as Ponant or any other cruise line. Dropping the most interesting ports without any compensation definitely leads to passengers disappointment. But booking with Oceania means to be in agreement with their business model. Otherwise, we all have choices.

Well, my point isn’t to defend Oceania You have all your rights to blame the cruise line now… but I still don’t understand why you booked this cruise at the first place if you knew all that from the begging. You booked the cruise because of the Myanmar. I can see just two possible scenarios. First, O continue with the original itinerary and you can’t go to Myanmar, and second, O cancel the port, even well in advance, and you still won’t be able to get there. Why even bother to book?

We’re probably on the same cruise with you coming this month. I agree, it all depends on what you are looking to book. We normally book cruises well in advance when they become available for booking. “Unfortunately” our cruises almost never listed on any sale later on as they tend to be sold out well before the sailing date. Definitely, not all the cruises are booking that fast now. That being said, I think Oceania won’t be able to continue sailings at a loss for much longer, and it will lead to a price increase no matter of any sales.

I meant negative comments.

That only means that other cruise lines are likely to raise their prices as well.

It was reported that Oceania postponed summer 2025 release until September. My guess is that with the inflation like now they don’t want to offer cruises so far in advance at the current prices. Just another indicator - the prices will go up.

I remember that seats flying into Buenos Aires years ago 😀

Let’s not forget that OP was asking about Inside/OV staterooms.

I understand that anyway you found yourself in the difficult situation now. It’s not a good thing O insisted that Myanmar is safe to travel to with a possibility it’ll be canceled later. And you’re not the only one who booked that cruise to visit this port. It’ll be many others who are not happy with any outcome. Also, I believe that your TA provided you with an inaccurate information to begin with. COVID aside, it’s very rare (if ever) Oceania allowed cancellations or credits after FP because of an itinerary change. That’s stated in the T&C as well. I wish you good luck with any resolution that is acceptable for you. In case you ended up going on this cruise would you please post if you’re able to get to Myanmar and how you’re feeling about that visit. Will be following with a great interest. Thank you.

I never said O could sail to the destination that isn’t safe. Just don’t understand why leave it to cruise line to make a decision while you ask them so many times if it was safe to travel. The political unrest in Myanmar isn’t something that just happened recently. The SD “Do not travel” advise was there for awhile. It was plenty of time to change your plans and cancel prior to the final payment. Do you really think now is the best time to complain or wait for bad things that can happen to trigger a legal case. I posted because this destination was on our radar for a long time but we decided against booking a cruise to Myanmar at this time.

Don’t believe that your sarcasm is necessary. No need to comment on every post.

It’s disgusting when someone feed the dog from their hands and then touch the table, the chairs and everything else in the buffet. Shouldn’t be allowed on the ship. Some people cannot stand even the kids on board. What about the dogs?

We were booked on the O cruise with Myanmar stop in 2020. Obviously, it was canceled shortly before departure. COVID aside, travel to this country was never safe between then and now - political unrest and a lot of violence is going on. I saw this 2023 cruise on the Oceania website, but we didn’t book it. The State Department advised against traveling to Myanmar for a long time. It was clear to me that going to Myanmar and flying to Bagan still wasn’t a good idea no matter whether O stop there or not. So we didn’t want to find us in the situation when we’d need to ask for the cancellation after the final payment is done. Oceania is in business to keep cruising. It’s our responsibility to do research to make our traveling safe and enjoyable. I hope you’ll find a solution that will be acceptable to you at this point.

Most likely you’ll be OK. Enjoy your cruise!!!

I also don’t think that Oceania will pay for your overnight anywhere or even book you on the flight that requires an overnight. In your case there difference between 9:45 and 11am is minimal. If your itinerary is that complicated from the beginning it would be much better to choose booking your own flights and be in control of your routings. Of cause, you can try to contact Oceania, as LHT suggested, to find out what are your options now.

I don’t think it’s a good idea to get up after 8 am on the disembarkation day. Most likely the flight from Hamburg will be within the European continent, so there will be no getting up in the middle of the night. We’ve been on numerous early flights traveling to or out of US.

It’s pretty obvious that OP talking about a return flight. Given that Oceania booked their air the transfer to the airport is included, so it’ll be upon Oceania to figure out the logistics. Also, it’ll be easier to do, if the ship overnights in the port.