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Remarkable Cruise on Oceania Insignia

Insignia Cruise Review to Other (Asia/Africa/Middle East)

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 123

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Insignia

27 Night Seas Of Enlightenment (Sydney To Tokyo)

Sail date: March 04, 2019

Ship: Insignia

Cabin type: Suite

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I would highly recommend Oceania because of food quality, excellent staff service, and recently renovation of ship, Insignia.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
See comments on Disembarkation section.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Generally, the ship had very good food which is why we like to sail this line.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Main shows performed too late (9:30 pm) for many passengers.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Shipps wait and room staff were efficient and polite.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Room was recently renovated. It is spacious, well-designed, and comfortable. However, Cabin 8006 is located under deck with ping pong table which was noisy during some days.

Ship tip

Food is very good to excellent with lobster, shrimp, and steak at the buffet.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5
We booked many independent tours. Oceania provided organized and interesting excursions, albeit costly.
Thumbs Up

Brisbane, Australia

5 out of 5
Independent river and koala tour was excellent.
Thumbs Up

Cairns, Australia

3 out of 5
Independent barrier reef tour was good, but the reefs are dying and ocean was rough this day.
Thumbs Up

Cooktown, Australia Did not visit port

Ship could not tender.
Thumbs Up

Darwin, Australia

5 out of 5
Interesting Jumping Crocodile Excursion provided by the ship.
Thumbs Up

Komodo Island, Indonesia

4 out of 5
Excursions was a little cheesy, but Komodo dragons were interesting.
Thumbs Up

Bali, Indonesia

5 out of 5
Independent excursions were amazing.
Thumbs Up

Puerto Princesa, Philippines

3 out of 5
We were unable to swim because excursion was canceled. Independent island tour was okay because of limited interesting sites.
Thumbs Up

Boracay, Philippines Did not visit port

Dhip could not tender.
Thumbs Up

Manila, Philippines

3 out of 5
Tadasay ship excursion was not very interesting.
Thumbs Up

Kaoshiung, Taiwan

5 out of 5
Independent excursions was amazing.
Thumbs Up

Keelung (Taipei), Taiwan

4 out of 5
We viewed some interesting sites on a private excursion.
Thumbs Up

Miyako, Japan

5 out of 5
We used a ship excursion to visit this beautiful island.
Thumbs Up

Okinawa

4 out of 5
We took an interesting, independent excursion.
Thumbs Up

Kobe (Kyoto), Japan

5 out of 5
Ship docked in Kobe Harbor. We had a wonderful, independent tour of Nara Deer Park.
Thumbs Up

Tokyo, Japan

5 out of 5
Ship docked in Tokyo during height of cherry blossoms--what else can be said?
Thumbs Up

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Since most of the other passengers were on a 180 day cruisine, our disembarkation went relatively smooth. Our luggage had to be located because of mix up times for it being available.
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