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Based on 11 reviews

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New ship with amazing staff and services

August

Pros: New ship, very comfortable, exceptional staff, well organized, great food

Cons: None

Recommended: Yes

Lives up to its reputation of excellent cuisine and very attentive staff. We were sad when the cruise ended. Could have stayed on for additional weeks easily. The ship was laid out well and modernly appointed. Room was a good size and bathroom spacious, especially for a cruise ship. No complaints.

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Vista is Amazing!

June

Pros: Friendly and helpful staff, cabin size and layout, great dining

Cons: Only 1 main pool (although it was never crowded)

Recommended: No

The recurring theme during our cruise was "there must be something in the water" Every single staff member we encountered was friendly and willing to help, even if it wasn't their department. We stayed in a B5 French Balcony cabin and it was perfect! Cabin is large and nicely appointed with plenty of storage, especially in the bathroom. Every single restaurant meal was perfect! From flavor to presentation to temperature. My personal favorite was Polo Grill and it is so nice that the specialty restaurants are included without an extra fee. So many choices at both Grand Dining Room and the Specialty restaurants, it was hard to choose. Plenty of options, never got bored of the menus after 12 nights on board.

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Loved the Vista!

June

Pros: Food, dining venues, cleanliness of ship, design & decor, and fantastic staff!

Cons: Pre-cruise staff failed to adjust to and accommodate passengers’ needs due to pre-boarding location change in Trieste, Italy. We stayed with many other guests at the Hilton Molino Stucky in Venice. On the morning of embarkation, our luggage was randomly loaded into various buses which transported us to the pier in Trieste. Once at the pier location our buses were parked at least a football field away from the embarkation processing center. Here’s the bad part: you had no porters there to help us locate our luggage in the various buses and take them to the processing center. We passengers (many of whom are elderly) had to dig under the buses to locate our bags and carry them to the embarkation center. It was an awful beginning to an otherwise fabulous experience.

Recommended: Yes

Near the end of the cruise we were ready to take advantage of your on board incentives and book another cruise. When discussing this with the “Future Cruises” director, we were informed that she had no brochures and we need to go online to get any itinerary details and options. We went back to our suite, turned on our iPad, and waited and waited for the Oceania site to download. The speed (or lack of speed) of your ship’s Wi-Fi reminds me of the early days of dial-up phone modems. Needless to say, we will now work with our travel agent to explore our options with itineraries, cruise lines, and sailing dates.

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VISTA

June

Pros: BRAND NEW

Cons: BIGGER THAN THE SIZE WE LIKE.

Recommended: Yes

The ship is a luxury ship, brand you. Because is bigger than the others Oceania, the only problem is that we have to walk a lot to move ftom one place to another.

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Mostly Positive

May

Pros: Decor, House Keeping, Wait Staff, Barista Bar, Library, Nightly Entertainment, Stateroom Showers.

Cons: Mediocre Food, Costly ShoreTours, No alcohol package for moderate drinkers’

Recommended: Yes

We enjoyed the cruise but were disappointed in the quality of, and in some cases, the presentation of the food. With the exception of the Polo Grill, which was excellent, the specialty restaurants and the Grand Dining Room were just average. We had higher expectations based on previous cruises with Oceania. That being said, all other aspects of the cruise experience were thumbs up.

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Caribbean

January

Pros: Great size…..1250 passengers ..great foods at Terrace buffet, very few foods repeated.Chair hogs galore.

Cons: None

Recommended: Yes

Carribean cruising is wonderful on this ship.

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Luxury cruising

January

Pros: Divine food

Cons: Not enough spaces for excursion. Filled quickly so not many choice remained.

Recommended: Yes

We throughly enjoyed our time aboard! Well appointed ship, beds were So Comfortable!!!! Staff was friendly and shared my smiles. Hope to travel aboard the next ship called Allure

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