Marina, March 2, Papeete to New York Day 1

[sailfar]

You never know what you're going to run into when you sign up for a cruise. This is our 27th Oceania cruise and they just keep getting better and better. 

 

What a pleasant surprise to find so many people on the staff that we have known from previous cruises.  Today we stood at the bottom of the gang plank with our two heavy roll- ons loaded with our usual medical and electronic gadgets that weighed a ton, thinking how we were going to climb all those stairs from the dock to the 5th floor, when all of a sudden our favorite General Manager, Dominique Nicolle came bounding down the stairs to greet us with a big welcome smile and carried our bags all the way to the onboard registration desk at the front of the ship.  

 

Next we found that our favorite Oceania Captain, Luca Manzi is guiding the ship.  He is a delight, as those who have sailed with him previously know well.

 

After a delicious lunch we headed for our room.  On the way, we ran into our previous butler, Mani, who told us about our new butler, also from India, named Grince.

 

By the time we got to our room, our luggage was already at the door, as well as our room steward, named Suresh who we had on a previous cruise on Nautica several years ago.  He was happy to see us again!

 

At dinner we ran into a "floating", so to speak, restaurant manager named Nino from Sicily who we had just met on our November 2018 Riviera cruise.  He stopped to chat at our table and, like so many of the staff, Nino pitched in just like Dominique Nicolle, mentioned above, wherever he was needed.  Nino noticed right away that our white wine glasses were in need of filling and he retrieved the bottle from the ice bucket.  Fortunately, we had chosen an Italian wine!

 

So on day one we truly felt that we were back at our home away from home!

 

 

[LHT28]

Can you ask Dominique  if  he will still be onboard in April ?

Thank you

 

[Paulchili]

It's a nice feeling, isn't it, when you are welcomed to your home away from home by people whom you know and who remember you as well.

Enjoy your cruise.

[DOJO466]

Two of my most favorites on O, Dominque and Captain Manzi. Unfortunately they won't be on our Riviera sailing this month.

  Enjoy your cruise.