janecambridge Posted February 17, 2016 #1 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Being new to Oceania,first cruise with them in August,please could you explain what R and O ships are? It is coming up alot on various threads. Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypercafe Posted February 17, 2016 #2 Share Posted February 17, 2016 The R ships are ex Renaissance Line's sister ships that were built in the late 90's. They have been refurbed and, from what I read, in excellent shape. They are small with 650 Passengers. The O ships are new builds for Oceania around 4 years old. They are larger with 1250 passengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PaulMCO Posted February 17, 2016 #3 Share Posted February 17, 2016 R - former Renaissance now - Nautica, Insignia, Regatta and Sirena O - new built for Oceania specifically Marina and Riviera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondorner Posted February 17, 2016 #4 Share Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) Interestingly, while other cruise line's ships of the same class like NCL Jewel class or Celebrity Millennium class may not be identical, all of the "R" ships are virtually identical, or become so after all go through dry dock refurbishments. For example, Sirena will have several differences this year, but they will be added to the others during subsequent drydocks. The "O" ships are also nearly identical. Marina was first, and some improvements were made when Riviera was constructed. Most have been duplicated in Marina, but there are a few which would be nearly impossible to retrofit -- for example, the ceilings in Polo and Toscana are about 10" higher on Riviera than they are on Marina. I defy anyone to tell the difference by observation alone...:D Also, the Ocean View cabins on Marina have bars across the glass wall while Rivera does not. Edited February 17, 2016 by hondorner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janecambridge Posted February 18, 2016 Author #5 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Thank you very much. When I first started looking on here,I thought R was Regent and O was Oceania!! 😧After a while it became obvious this was not the case.. So thank you all for clearing that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mura Posted February 18, 2016 #6 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I guess it doesn't help that many of us DO refer to Oceania as "O" ... but regulars can tell when we are referring to the ships or to the cruise line. I don't think I've seen anyone refer to Regent as "R" but it certainly could have happened since there are some Regent people posting here. Perhaps this is a good hint that we should all take the time to write out Oceania or Regent. The "R" ships have been known by that term for so long that I doubt that can change! Mura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitraveler Posted February 22, 2016 #7 Share Posted February 22, 2016 The posting on this thread was Don's last. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mura Posted February 22, 2016 #8 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I know I'm not the first to say this but we are going to miss his contributions terribly. Mura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janecambridge Posted February 23, 2016 Author #9 Share Posted February 23, 2016 RIP Don.coundolescenses to all his family and friends and everyone on cruise critic who will miss him so much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelerThom Posted February 23, 2016 #10 Share Posted February 23, 2016 The now defunct Renaissance Cruise Line from 1998 to 2000 launched a class of eight ships named (with great imagination) R One through R Eight. These ships are still generally referred to as "R ships" no matter who owns them. Current names for these ships (in order from R One to R Eight) are: Oceania Insignia Oceania Regatta Pacific Princess Oceania Sirena Oceania Nautica Azamara Journey Azamara Quest P&O Adonia Thom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mura Posted February 23, 2016 #11 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Just a nitpick but it was R1 through R8 - no written out numbers. They did have a couple of small ships towards the end which used roman numerals rather than arabic. As an example, when we had a bridge tour of Regatta in 2005 there was a chart on the wall for the R2 dating from when the ship had been launched. Mura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelerThom Posted February 23, 2016 #12 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Just a nitpick but it was R1 through R8 - no written out numbers. They did have a couple of small ships towards the end which used roman numerals rather than arabic. As an example, when we had a bridge tour of Regatta in 2005 there was a chart on the wall for the R2 dating from when the ship had been launched. Mura Thanks Mura. That what I was thinking, but http://www.cruise-ships.com/renaissance-cruises/ listed them with it spelled out - I think that source is incorrect. Renaissance I through VIII appear to have been launched 1989 to 1992. III is now sailing as Silverseas' Silver Galapagos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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