September 2015 Aegean Cruise
Riviera Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean
10 Night Jewels Of The Aegean (Athens Roundtrip)
Sail date: September 17, 2015
Ship: Riviera
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 7012
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 9 years ago
Review summary
The Rivera cruise ship is very nice and the overall cruise experience was very good. The cuisine in the specialty restaurants was also very good. The dining in the general dining areas was OK but not quite as good as we had on the Regent line for other cruises. The shore excursions were pretty good except for the Oceania Exclusive (OE) tour that we paid a premium for (A Day in Jerusalem) that was disappointing and not worth the extra money. Although the tour group was smaller in size, it didn't provide any advantage over the standard tour in access to sites, provided the same lunch in the same venue with the other standard tours and most of all had the lowest quality guide we encountered in all our tours. We were not satisfied with the poor value of the OE tour and informed the cruise line of our opinion (to no effect).
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1 Comment
WeCruiseToo 9 years ago
Thanks for the nice, honest review. We’re looking forward to sailing with Oceania Cruises one day soon and will pay close attention to any Exclusive tours being offered.