Oceania Cruises - Riviera Reviews

Our cruises with Oceania have always been great—-the staff is marvelous, the food delicious, the cabins are keep spotless. So, we’ll see Oceania in December for an 82 day cruise.

Two things were disappointing....shore excursions cancelled, food in main dining room was not as good as usual and at times neither was the service. On the other hand, every other aspect of the cruise was wonderful. Everything was clean, staff was friendly and efficient, new upgrades to rooms were lovely, butler and cabin steward were very attentive. One suggestion work on entertainment.

Embarkation in Miami was a smoother process than we've ever experienced. Our newly refurbished concierge veranda cabin was absolutely stunning. The only negative was that our 26x17x12 inch checked bags would not fit underneath the bed. Thankfully they barely fit in the bottom of the "small-ish" closet. The food and service at all dining venues exceeded our expectations, and lived up to the tagline "finest cuisine at sea". The excursion process was well organized and very smooth. The singers, dancers and other entertainers were very good, although the production shows (excluding the fabulous world beat) didn't seem to fully utilize their talents. Our cabin steward Carolina was excellent, and exceeded our expectations. We're anxious to begin our next cruise on Oceania.

We departed Port of Miami aboard Oceania’s Riviera for our first ocean crossing cruise. The itinerary included Portugal, Spain, Italy and Croatia. We didn’t know what to expect. We were thrilled! Riviera’s staff was exceptional including our Butler and stateroom attendant. The ship is lovely. We didn’t want for a thing and met many wonderful people to share the experience with. The down side; the cruise ended. Thank you Capt. Max for a flawless 6500 east. nautical miles of adventure.

Food and service was always excellent. Beautiful ship and loved the remodel of the bathroom and the decor.

We just got back after 23 days of cruising with ports in 15 cities and 8 countries. It was terrific. The weather, the transatlantic crossing, the ports, the food and accommodations and just having a wonderful time. I would highly recommend Oceania. It’s slightly more expensive but worth every penny.

Ship was beautiful, food was great, and the staff was excellent.

Can’t wait for next cruise. Have 3 booked for 2024

This was our first cruise with you. We have done 40 some cruises with everyone from Carnival to Crystal. We were pleased with the ship and our suite which were beautiful. The food however left was disappointing. My wife is not a fish eater and had trouble finding something that suited her. The drinks were very expensive. The least 2 ports we were not able to see. St Barts was too rough to get on the tender and you didn’t Sven stop at the last port. For the price we paid it was disappointing. Probably the last time we sail with you.

My first Oceania cruise.. quite lovely..great ship, lots of fabulous people/staff, and service ! Lots to do, food was pretty awesome and I'll surely go again!

Though we missed two ports, the trip was delightful. I love the Riviera and the newly refurbished cabins and public spaces.

Trip was very nice. Accommodations, service, food were all great. Entertainment was fine. Biggest complaint is the internet which was AWFUL for the entire trip.

We have thoroughly enjoyed life on the ship. The destinarions not so. Excursions from the Oceania were prohibively expensive and the one we took at St Kitts,Catamaran/trIain ride was a total rip off. The health centre,which I had to visit to get prescription replacement was pure and clear money gauging,irrespective of the fact we have travel health insurance. For those reasons we would hesitate to take Oceania cruise again.

We thoroughly enjoyed the ship

The service and food were excellent, The refurbishing of the ship was beautiful.The cabins had plenty of storage space and a lot of electric outlets and USB ports. The entertainment was very good. We enjoyed the cruise so much that we booked another Transatlantic cruise on the Vista for March 27, 2024. One area for improvement woud be to place signs for the Mens and Womens bathrooms so that they stick out into the hallways. Right now there is no way to see where the bathrooms are unless you are standing right in front of the bathroom doors.

It was a typical Oceania cruise on a newly refurbished ship. The food and service were as good as always, and the refurbished concierge level cabin was greatly enhanced by the reconfigured bath (plenty of storage and space, with the biggest cruise ship shower I’ve experienced). We lost one port due to “technical issues” with one engine, but not a problem, as there was plenty to do aboard. It does seem to me, however, that Oceania needs to start some innovation to gather new and younger clients. We have been cruising on O for 15 years. We were among the youngest when we started, but there were only a few younger than us on the current cruise (awe are ~70). I would say the average age on this cruise was around 80. They need to start bringing new ideas into play, or another 10 years will see their appeal decline considerably as their current clientele ages out.

Great itinerary: Lisbon to Rome. The quality of food and accommodations met our high expectations of Oceania.

I would look hard at viator tours vs the ship tours if I take Oceania again. Tours often left late and had to return early to get back to the ship on time. Very few tours used headsets. In places like Barcelona, no way could you hear what a tour guide was saying. Tour prices were extremely expensive especially considering the above issue...plus 3 of our tours were cancelled and we had to find alternatives that weren't nearly as good as what we expected to take. Meals were better than the typical cruiseline, but the specialty restaurants with the exception of different menu items were Not that great as compared to other lines. The smaller ship and the crew were the best. Few lines, quiet, maybe to quiet for some people. The itinerary was great except missing one stop due to engine trouble.

We loved the Oceania ship(Riviera), crew, cuisine and personal attention. So relaxing. The entertainment was very good, a big improvement over previous cruises with the same line