Interesting Panama cruise

Item: Insignia
Rating: 4.2
Author: ntee

Insignia Cruise Review to World Cruise

ntee

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 5

Helpful Votes: 188

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

Verified Review

16 Night Panama Enchantment (Los Angeles To Miami)

Sail date: June 15, 2018

Ship: Insignia

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 4031

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

It was a pleasant and good experience, albeit some minor issues: the ship did not dock at Corinto, Nicaragua because of some perceived troubles (security issue); however, the ship did not give credit for the port charges (on other cruises, we always received credit if the ship did not dock at a certain port), Oceania only issued credit for passengers who bought excursion tours. What a shame!!!!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Exceptional culinary experience: Freshest high premium ingredients from meats, seafoods, vegetables. Cuisine is supposed to be in the French tradition, Jacques Pepin being the Chef-in-Chief for all the Oceania ships; however some of the dishes were "North Americanized" with too-much starch. Another anomaly was the amount of salt in most of the dishes: we managed to speak to the Chef who readily complied to our request for low-salt diet. Just be aware of that aberration. Kudos on the melt-in-your-mouth red meats and the abundance of lobsters dishes.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

From the Maitre D', to the Sommelier, the Restaurants Manager, Supervisors, Junior and regular wait staff, the room stewards: Always on the ready to greet you, attentive to all your needs: one of the best service staff in all our years of cruising. One minor issue; the restaurant staff worked almost at a frenzy state- rush, rush, rush (explanation from the staff:some passengers were impatient!!). Please RELAX!!!!!!Non-reservation of table system DID NOT WORK. If we chose to be at a certain time and assigned at a certain table, we did not see the need to be moved almost daily.!!!!!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5