Dissapointing

Riviera Cruise Review to Caribbean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

2.3 out of 5
Riviera

7 Night Tropical Retreats (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 15, 2019

Ship: Riviera

Cabin number: 11081

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Was so excited as we heard Oceania was a "Luxury" cruise. Staff unhelpful and cold. Anything you asked for was an issue. One day someone took the plant out of their room and put it in the hallway, it sat there all day, feel over and dirt all over the hallway from 8am to 7 pm until I finally went and got the concierge. Specialty restaurants food was amazing, service was awful except Toscana, they were great. Every restaurant we were seated and I had to get up after 5 minutes and ask for a waiter. Red Ginger we had a table reserved for 2, met some people asked to make it a 4 and request "denied". They all said we are very busy on 7 day sailings, then dont do 7 day sailings if you cant accommodate. One girl Ana who was a hostess in Jacques was a huge help. My wife had a diet request, upon boarding we asked for the restaurant manager twice or food and beverage, never called us. Asked Ana and she had it taken care of in 5 minutes. The food and beverage manager did call the second to last night after speaking with the concierege and his response was I didnt get any message and your request was taken care of so whats the problem????? Well it was the 5th day. The service didnt compare to Azamara or NCL in the Haven. I think Oceania does themselves a disservice and brings their brand down with this sailing. Everyones excuse is this is a short sailing and its the Caribbean so dont expect much

Embarkation

1 out of 5
long lines unorganized

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food was very good all over although the specialty restaurants very unaccomidating

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
Personnel very stand offish and seemed almost rude and unwilling to help. Always seemed bothered and their response to most requests is "denied" thats the word they use

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
ship is actually beautiful

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Upon embarkment mentioned there was a dirty towel between ours and the next cabins balcony. Told them and it stayed there the whole sailing. Draws in cabin were filthy when we went to unpack. Cabin a decent size and best beds and bedding ever, super comfortable

Ship tip

Was so excited about sailing Oceania, heard great things. This sailing was a mess. Dont sail on the Caribbean

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

1 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

1 out of 5

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

4 out of 5
Fun good excursions

Harvest Caye, Belize

1 out of 5
Dont bother getting off

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

1 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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1 Comment

tomjab    4 years ago

My wife and I had a 5 star experience on Oceania's Riviera on our 10 day cruise from Rome to Venice! Did not encounter even one of the above problems.