pinotlover

Thank You for this! Champagne is one of a multitude of Sparkling Wines that sometimes appear on the included wine by the glass menu. A sparkling wine is a wine!! Other common sparkling wines, labeled otherwise, are Prosecco, Cava, Cremant, and Sekt. If it’s on the “ wine by the glass menu “ it’s included in the SM or Standard drinks package.

I perfectly understand your situation. We had to cancel a cruise and switched over to another one once. Things happen. I just believe that represents a small portion of the 3 cruises booked for each cruise taken statistics.

Ray is my favorite CD. Guess this means he won’t be on my cruise next Spring. 😔

Next time aboard, go to Martinis and check the drink menu for drinks, including those included on the Happy Hour special. Next night go to Horizons and check the drinks menu there. You’ll find differences.

Must be a change. Typically they only bring one drink at a time. You finish the first one, they bring the second. To clarify another point. There are drinks that are venue specific. For example, some of the specialty martinis in Martinis are not available in Horizons and don’t appear on Horizons drinks menu. Therefore, if you get the Horizon’s bartender to make it, it won’t be on the package in Horizons even though it is in Martinis. Likewise, Waves bar has drinks on its menu, not available on the package elsewhere.

Thanks ORV, I had forgotten about that. But it seems rather moot now since O slammed that door.

I truly don’t understand the issue here. The new SM program is just a revenue enhancement for Oceania. We didn’t get money back for non consumed meals or alcohol when spending two nights and three days ashore in Israel in June. We got nothing back when eating ashore at lunch every day. You get nothing back for missing a shorex. It’s not about us! It’s about a revenue enhancement for Oceania. I don’t understand the underlying misconception some have ! Time to get over it and accept the new facts of cruising on Oceania. I wonder how many people will take Oceania shorexs they don’t really want to go on solely because of the credit? I view that credit just like the provided lunch aboard ship. If lunch ashore looks better ( which it typically does) , we eat ashore. If a private tour looks better than an O shorex, we’ll take the private tour.

I don’t understand placeholders. You get all the benefits from a FCCert! If one wants to book a placeholder, they should face the same cancellation fees as any one else.

So the one time free move is still in place? Unfortunate. I believe that is the largest source of placeholders, thus blocking the cruises from others.

Does this new policy also affect all the “placeholder” cruises people book while aboard ship to just cancel later after the find another new cruise? We bought Future Cruise Certificates in the past, never placeholders.

People read their invoice? 😳

Happy Hour still exists. Different bar venues have different included drinks. Martinis is different than Horizons. It doesn’t take long to figure it out once aboard. Happy Hours are great margin producers and will likely always be offered. 🥂 and enjoy your cruise.

Details of the complaint may help to determine a reasonable response time. I’ve known people that complained about having to dress more than casual attire in the Specialties. Oceania never responded.

Details! Details! Let’s see how the rant stacks up!

Your experience seems to mirror mine. I’ve had excellent meals on Oceania, along with mediocre and some poor ones. If you want to reduce the odds of having a poor one, don’t order the lobster.

We stayed at the Meridian. Great hotel, with a great location in the center of town across the street from the beach and strand.

It’s a week end. Don’t panic, wait until tomorrow. 🍷

I believe it’s all you want. I asked the same question to a lady that has done two ATW. She said after about the third month most people are tired of the Specialties and rarely go back. If you want a reservation, they are easy to get. Mostly only the Segmenters at that point.

I suppose I was lucky and only got the good seats! I found the seat rows to be further apart than on theO ships , so one didn’t have to stand to allow others to pass.

Well actually not! The Vista had an entire new line up of crew production shows that differed from the other ships. Gone was the ancient Brill Bldg & Peggy Lee shows along with some of the 1950 era shows. They were actually doing numbers of Billy Joel all the way up to Queen! I like the new layout of the Vista Lounge.It has more intimate spaces and doesn’t feel like a large auditorium. Good Food, Good Wine, and Good Company does make for a great Evening. Enjoyable entertainment thereafter is always welcome. Not expecting a Broadway production on a ship where so many passengers are in bed by 9:00. I’ve been on past cruises with incredible talent providing the nightly entertainment. Many passengers won’t stay up past 9:00 regardless of who’s performing. I ‘ve enjoyed the company of incredible entertainers aboard that say they won’t come back to Oceania because of the scant crowds at the shows. Perhaps the cause and effect of the entertainer’s abilities is more complicated than some want to admit.

Our SA cruise ran out also. One of our great fellow passengers was/is in the fish business, supplying all types of fish from around the world, to places around the world. All the Patagonian Tootfish we eat is farm raised and typically contracted for months in advance. A multitude of issues can occur in the production pods that can significantly affect supply at any given time. When that occurs supply is affected along with the market price of other available supplies. It was interesting sailing through the Chilean Fjords and seeing the miles and miles of salmon farms. Chile is the largest source of salmon in the world. If I remember correctly Chilean sea bass doesn’t actually come from Chile.

So we can assume you’ve dined in the staff quarters and personally know of the food quality and “ special ingredients “ used therein? I will say that I’ve heard staff members say they like their food better than guests food because our food is too bland. Most of us don’t consider most herbs and spices as “ special ingredients “, but I guess they could be. The prior discussion was on fish, sea bass in particular. It comes to the ship frozen and prior inspected. It is not like fresh veggies that could possibly spoil. Whether a ship has most any product is purely a function of (1) supply chain availability and; (2) a price, within the budget, they’re willing to pay for said product. Like any organization or individual, when prices and availability change, so do buying decisions.

The low price guarantee is good until sail date on Oceania published fares. Not sure about the second question in that regular cancellation fees apply after Final Payment Date.

Hopefully Oceania had finally sold through that stock of plonk! Here’s to something a lot better!! 🥂

Jacques is typically the most difficult extra reservation to get. Even on longer single segment cruises (20-20+ days), I’ve had our butler say one extra at Jacques is all you can get.