Oceania Cruises Answers

My partner & i were on the Oceana in May, this year, 14 nights around Western Med, It was the best holiday we have ever had, The cabin was good, clean, and inviting, the food was just supererb, in 14 days we didnt have one meal which was not good. Service in the cabin, bars, resturants was 1 st class. Their were 4 formal nights which were wonderful, all the ladies dressed beautifully, and the men looked so handsome in their Tuxedo's and, as it was only 4 nights, it wasnt too much, the rest of the time we dressed smart casual for dinner. The whole experience was wonderful, we both cant wait to get back on the Oceana...P & O...... Loved every moment, & the sail away from Gibralter is something that will stay with us forever, the patriotic feeling for England was terrific....Counting the days till we book again...Cant wait.. Rita & Bob .

Hi, six of us cruised on the Insignia in October 2008 we have all cruise with other lines, P & O , Royal Caribbean, Princess, but the whole party agreed the Oceania line outshone any other line we had cruised on so far. The ship is beautiful and staff always smiling and helpful. As for the dress code it is exactly as it says in the brochure during the day what you would normally wear for sightseeing, shorts and t shirts or linens or jeans etc and in the evenings ladies can wear anything you would wear to go out to a smart restaurant and same for the men a shirt or polo shirt with trousers, but if you want to wear a tie thats ok too. But I agree with the last post you really don't need to take a DJ as no one on board was wearing one when we were there and there were no ball gowns either, but cocktail dresses are fine. Whate ever you wear you will have a fantastic time as this is a brilliant line to cruise with and we are just looking to book again.

We cruised on Insignia last year (Buenos Aires to Valparaiso) and LOVED this beautiful ship. We particularly liked the restaurant arrangements - no set table but always a choice of dining as a couple or with 2/4/6 others. We almost always opted to share and met some very interesting people. Everyone was always very smartly dressed for dinner, even on 'casual' nights. Definitely no denim/t-shirts/cargo trousers. My advice to ladies would be to pack Posh, and very Posh for Captain's welcome party + farewell evening. Although not listed as Formal Nights, on these occasions many gents wore DJs. If you email Oceania Cruises or look at their excellent website, you'll be able to find out more about their dress code.

What should my wife and I wear in the daytime on ventura, we are only going on a 7 day criuse to the iberian coast in sept

I have not cruised with Oceania but do have them on my 'would like to do' list. According to the the readings across the cruise sites there are no 'formal' nights, smart country club casual is the nightly rule which must be adhered to. Jeans & T shirts are a no no, as we all know how the smart casual rule is abused by some clowns......Wilba