Rome to Venice 7 nights. Second time on Allura. Food was excellent as always and ship still smells new. Staff very attentive love this line.
Oceania is a customer focussed company, the paperwork we received before our cruise was very clear as to what we needed to do, embarking was easy especially with our preprinted proofs of vaccination, Spanish health form and negative Covid test. Our main gripe (which is very unusual for Oceania) was in the Grand Dining Room. My wife and I prefer the buffet, however on our 14 night cruise we visited the Grand Dining room four times, only once did we get the meal that we ordered, one of us was always waiting for something missing or for a change due to the wrong meal. The issue seemed to be the use of electronic devices to communicate with the kitchen and a combination of a lack of staff with a lack of suitably experienced staff. We are back on Sirena in September and really are looking forward to an improvement. This was our 20th cruise with Oceania and have never experienced dissatisfaction as this before.
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The cities were lovely and the countryside beautiful!
Great ship snd destination
Embarkation was the easiest and fastest we have ever experienced. The ship is beautiful. It is light and spacious and full of gorgeous artefacts. Our concierge balcony cabin was spacious and very comfortable, although it would have been improved by better drawer space. The bathroom was probably the most elegant we have had. The balcony itself was very spacious but lacked high backed furniture or footstools. There were two bucket type chairs and a small table -such a waste of such a lovely space.
All crew members that we came in contact with were delightful, from room stewards to restaurant staff and the boys who saw us safely on and off the tenders. The young Cruise Director was brilliant and the entertainment extremely good.
The food in all the restaurants was excellent. We normally avoid the Buffet on cruises because we hate the fight for tables and the scrummage around the service stations. This wasn't a problem at all on Vista and we ended up enjoying every breakfast and an occasional lunch there.
Ship beautiful staff excellent food in main restaurants not up to standard and disappointing. Special restaurants Ok .
Thoroughly enjoyed our first time with Seabourn
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