We were on the Vista recently and it nearly single-handedly redeemed O's reputation with us as the worst internet at sea. Progress is a wonderful thing! Thanks for watching.
Wow! Thanks for the timely information. We have a sailing on Marina in August 2024. We're going to try to get by without paying for an international phone plan or SIM cards. We're taking an international hotspot for use while the ship is at port. And we were hoping the (included) ship WiFi would be good enough for email, text, and some web surfing.
Thanks for taking the time to post this video. We're excited to be sailing on Marina next month. We sailed on Oceania Riviera twice in 2023 and loved it. I hope they upgraded the Wi-Fi as part of the refurbishment last month. I'll report back. Rumor has it that they added the Aquamar Kitchen restaurant to Marina as of June 2024.
Have a great cruise. We’ve heard the internet has been upgraded as well. The internet in the Vista was good when we did a transatlantic cruise on her a couple months ago (still getting through content to get those videos out, ugh). The Vista had the Aquamar which Tracey enjoyed. However, with the Waves Grill on the other side, Jan couldn’t resist eating there for the burger and malts! Thanks for watching.
I really liked your comment about getting to know the show performers. We have experienced that as well, one was coordinating the needlepoint sessions, the Mensa quizzes, others the shuffleboard, table tennis, mini golf. We really did get to know them which made watching their performances more special
Great video! Were considering a Regent cruise (though on older Voyager) but reconsidering that as I saw your comparison of Splendor and then this one with Marina. We sailed the sister - Riviera - a couple years ago, and just recently on the brand-new Vista, with a transatlantic booked on Vista in 2025. We found the same things you did on Marina, especially the food. Only a couple minor "misses", but everything else outstanding. For now I think we are sticking with Oceania. Again - thanks for posting this! :)
Thanks so very much. We did a transatlantic on the Vista a couple of months ago and loved it (restored our faith in Oceania after a rather shaky cruise on the Regatta). The videos for the Vista are upcoming--we have the very happy situation that we are traveling faster than we can edit and get videos out. We have always loved Regent and it is a great line. But for the money, it has pretty much priced us out of the market and didn't provide enough over Oceania to justify--to us at least--the additional expense. Thanks again and we hope to run into you on an Oceania cruise in the future. We have two booked in the next 12 months!
I've been on many cruise lines but not Oceania and am looking at an Oceania cruise so your video is very helpful, and I appreciate that you include excursions, we tend to do half and half with excursions and doing it on our own. I now have some idea of what to expect on Oceania. Thank you!
Thanks for the kind words. We loved the Marina and the Vista which we just sailed on. Between these two we also sailed in the Regatta which we had a different experience, but we believe it was as a one-off. Those reviews are coming up. We just haven’t figured out a way yet to keep our editing up with all of our travels.
We are in the Vista right now. Drink package makes sense if you have the Simply more promotion and upgrade. Only $30 a day which is less than two cocktails. We do not have the Simply More on this voyage and are drinking ala carte--spending less than the drink package including when we buy a bottle of wine at dinner. Have a great trip land thanks for watching
We are taking our first Oceania Cruise in May and are sailing on the Marina. Thanks for your videos and reviews. We have sailed on RCCL & NCL and are looking forward to the difference in ships and lines.
Thank you for your review! I would tend to agree with the unnecessary concierge cabin. The lounge would not be a perk for me either. The pool area would be a plus for me as well! ❤
Thanks for watching. We debated quite a bit on what we thought about the concierge cabin and while there are some perks, they just didn't seem important enough to us. We do have friends, however, who always book a concierge cabin every time they sail Oceania. It all comes down to what you want in your cruise experience. Thanks again.
We booked a concierge cabin on Celebrity and experienced the same "waste of a space" concierge person. Same, "I wish I was someplace else" attitude. Perhaps It's a job requirement. We'll be on Marina in November, be intersting to see if the same "concierge" is there.
Next September we will be trying our first Celebrity. Looking forward to it. Enjoy that Marina. We just got off the Vista and had a great time...videos to come (eventually).
We didn't have these issues on our recent Oceania Vista cruise, either. I believe that Oceania upgraded the Marina with Starlink after we sailed on her which might be the difference in experiences. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for the information. We have a cruise on Marina next month. e were able to make one reservation at each restaurant before the cruise. May we make additional reservations on board? Thank you.
The base answer will be no. If your cruise has segments to it (ours was actually two segments of Rome to Barcelona and Barcelona to Miami) then you'll be able to make reservations for the next segment the night before that segment begins for each of the specialty restaurants. However, we found that sometimes the restaurants do not always fill up on each night. So we did inquire the day of a particular evening to see if there were openings and a few times we were able to get in. But don't plan on it. We actually understand why you can only book once to each restaurant. It ensures that everyone will be able to experience all of the culinary options. Regent did the same thing on our 5 cruises with them. The good news is that the main dining room is also very good and we also found ourselves eating in the buffet for dinner as it too had very good food. Enjoy your cruise and thanks for watching.
What a great question. It depends upon the definition, doesn’t it? For reference, right before this we sailed in the Regent Splendor. Regent is more inclusive-drinks and excursions are included. Yet, while we thoroughly enjoyed our time on Regent (we had 4 previous cruises in the line). We felt that dollar for dollar we liked Oceania better. We think based upon this n=1 experience it was certainly luxurious enough.
Great question. At of today, we have sailed Regent, Oceania, Viking Ocean, Viking River, Atlas, Explora Journeys, NCL, Royal Caribbean, Carnival, and MSC. In the near future, we will be adding Virgin, Celebrity, and Princess to the list.
Marina upgraded to Starlink in April '24 and the internet is now enormously improved.
We were on the Vista recently and it nearly single-handedly redeemed O's reputation with us as the worst internet at sea. Progress is a wonderful thing! Thanks for watching.
Wow! Thanks for the timely information. We have a sailing on Marina in August 2024. We're going to try to get by without paying for an international phone plan or SIM cards. We're taking an international hotspot for use while the ship is at port. And we were hoping the (included) ship WiFi would be good enough for email, text, and some web surfing.
Thanks for taking the time to post this video. We're excited to be sailing on Marina next month. We sailed on Oceania Riviera twice in 2023 and loved it. I hope they upgraded the Wi-Fi as part of the refurbishment last month. I'll report back. Rumor has it that they added the Aquamar Kitchen restaurant to Marina as of June 2024.
Have a great cruise. We’ve heard the internet has been upgraded as well. The internet in the Vista was good when we did a transatlantic cruise on her a couple months ago (still getting through content to get those videos out, ugh). The Vista had the Aquamar which Tracey enjoyed. However, with the Waves Grill on the other side, Jan couldn’t resist eating there for the burger and malts! Thanks for watching.
I really liked your comment about getting to know the show performers. We have experienced that as well, one was coordinating the needlepoint sessions, the Mensa quizzes, others the shuffleboard, table tennis, mini golf. We really did get to know them which made watching their performances more special
Ahhh...gotta get those "Big O" points, right? Thanks for watching.
Nice review. We love Oceania and are about to go on the Marina for the first time.
Have fun! We still have the Regatta to edit and post in the next few weeks. In April, we sail on the Vista!
Great video! Were considering a Regent cruise (though on older Voyager) but reconsidering that as I saw your comparison of Splendor and then this one with Marina. We sailed the sister - Riviera - a couple years ago, and just recently on the brand-new Vista, with a transatlantic booked on Vista in 2025. We found the same things you did on Marina, especially the food. Only a couple minor "misses", but everything else outstanding. For now I think we are sticking with Oceania. Again - thanks for posting this! :)
Thanks so very much. We did a transatlantic on the Vista a couple of months ago and loved it (restored our faith in Oceania after a rather shaky cruise on the Regatta). The videos for the Vista are upcoming--we have the very happy situation that we are traveling faster than we can edit and get videos out.
We have always loved Regent and it is a great line. But for the money, it has pretty much priced us out of the market and didn't provide enough over Oceania to justify--to us at least--the additional expense.
Thanks again and we hope to run into you on an Oceania cruise in the future. We have two booked in the next 12 months!
I've been on many cruise lines but not Oceania and am looking at an Oceania cruise so your video is very helpful, and I appreciate that you include excursions, we tend to do half and half with excursions and doing it on our own. I now have some idea of what to expect on Oceania. Thank you!
Thanks for the kind words. We loved the Marina and the Vista which we just sailed on. Between these two we also sailed in the Regatta which we had a different experience, but we believe it was as a one-off. Those reviews are coming up. We just haven’t figured out a way yet to keep our editing up with all of our travels.
@@janandtraceytravels I understand how hard it is to keep up....I'm so far behind! I'll look for those reviews too!
Good video…..we are cruising with Oceania in July and are taking the drink package….
We are in the Vista right now. Drink package makes sense if you have the Simply more promotion and upgrade. Only $30 a day which is less than two cocktails. We do not have the Simply More on this voyage and are drinking ala carte--spending less than the drink package including when we buy a bottle of wine at dinner. Have a great trip land thanks for watching
We are taking our first Oceania Cruise in May and are sailing on the Marina. Thanks for your videos and reviews. We have sailed on RCCL & NCL and are looking forward to the difference in ships and lines.
Have fun! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for your review! I would tend to agree with the unnecessary concierge cabin. The lounge would not be a perk for me either. The pool area would be a plus for me as well! ❤
Thanks for watching. We debated quite a bit on what we thought about the concierge cabin and while there are some perks, they just didn't seem important enough to us. We do have friends, however, who always book a concierge cabin every time they sail Oceania. It all comes down to what you want in your cruise experience. Thanks again.
We booked a concierge cabin on Celebrity and experienced the same "waste of a space" concierge person. Same, "I wish I was someplace else" attitude. Perhaps It's a job requirement. We'll be on Marina in November, be intersting to see if the same "concierge" is there.
Next September we will be trying our first Celebrity. Looking forward to it. Enjoy that Marina. We just got off the Vista and had a great time...videos to come (eventually).
Did not experience the issues with the internet on our cruises on the Marina and Riviera.
We didn't have these issues on our recent Oceania Vista cruise, either. I believe that Oceania upgraded the Marina with Starlink after we sailed on her which might be the difference in experiences. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for the information. We have a cruise on Marina next month. e were able to make one reservation at each restaurant before the cruise. May we make additional reservations on board? Thank you.
The base answer will be no. If your cruise has segments to it (ours was actually two segments of Rome to Barcelona and Barcelona to Miami) then you'll be able to make reservations for the next segment the night before that segment begins for each of the specialty restaurants.
However, we found that sometimes the restaurants do not always fill up on each night. So we did inquire the day of a particular evening to see if there were openings and a few times we were able to get in. But don't plan on it.
We actually understand why you can only book once to each restaurant. It ensures that everyone will be able to experience all of the culinary options. Regent did the same thing on our 5 cruises with them. The good news is that the main dining room is also very good and we also found ourselves eating in the buffet for dinner as it too had very good food.
Enjoy your cruise and thanks for watching.
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Thank you for that advice.
Great review. Do you consider Oceana a luxury line? Great service and great food and a less crowded pool, does that mean luxury to you?
What a great question. It depends upon the definition, doesn’t it? For reference, right before this we sailed in the Regent Splendor. Regent is more inclusive-drinks and excursions are included. Yet, while we thoroughly enjoyed our time on Regent (we had 4 previous cruises in the line). We felt that dollar for dollar we liked Oceania better. We think based upon this n=1 experience it was certainly luxurious enough.
Good to know because many call Oceana a luxury line. I suppose the service is the main reason why@@janandtraceytravels
We are leaving on an Oceania cruise out of Lisbon in June and we are very excited!!
I'd like to know what other cruise lines have you used and can compare to?
Great question. At of today, we have sailed Regent, Oceania, Viking Ocean, Viking River, Atlas, Explora Journeys, NCL, Royal Caribbean, Carnival, and MSC. In the near future, we will be adding Virgin, Celebrity, and Princess to the list.