Riviera Cruise Reviews - Reviews

This was my 17th cruise, but first on Oceania. I may be spoiled, but I liked my experience with Viking and Crystal better because they were all inclusive; whereas Oceania found additional things to charge for. Oceania's "free" week of WiFi was frustratingly hard to access and then very slow. Their communication was poor. We were given different information depending on who we asked. Aside from that, it was a wonderful cruise.

Love the Riviera , service excellent as always but feel the standard of the food is dropping versus previous 3 cruises on her

I BOOKED THIS CRUISE TO SEE HAVANA AND TO VISIT TIKAL(IT'S PIC IS IN THE BROCHERE}. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER IF I HAD DONE HAVANA ON MY OWN , I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE. TIKAL WAS NOT AN OPTION SINCE IT IS 12 HOURS AWAY. USING THE TENDER SERVICE WAS A MISERABLE EXPERIENCE. WE WERE PACKED IN LIKE SARDINES. I COULDN'T EVEN MOVE MY FOOT. HORRIBLE!

This was the best cruise line we have ever been on. Beautiful ship, wonderful staff, great room, outstanding food. What more can I say! This will not be our last cruise on Riviera.

Very nice cruise ! Relaxing with great food. Ship is beautiful. She is going into dry dock soon for some updates. Happy cruising🚢

ASS (always selling something) was annoying....martini tasting, bingo, spa treatment, acupuncture. Stop marketing to me

We were there for the weather (escaping the Northeast weather) and the ship life. the food was excellent and everything is well done.

We enjoyed our time aboard the Riviera, met some lovely people, and left with wonderful memories of our cruise. We were a bit surprised at the advanced age group on this cruise. We are mid 60’s and felt young! Many of the passengers did not adhere to the ‘country club casual and elegant’ dress code, which was disappointing. We felt the excursion prices were high so we were happy to set up most of our own on shore. The cruise staff is amazing and friendly and the ship is beautiful.

All in all a very happy satisfactory experience. Food and service all good. Beds especially comfortable.

Everything about Oceania and Riviera is excellent. Oceania is probably our favorite line (23 cruises on 9 different lines). The only complaint is the pricing of wine in the dining room, but this is a complaint that fits most if not all lines. The same wine that cost between $50 and $60 with gratuity on the ship can be bought in our grocery store for $16. Signed up for an unspecified future cruise to get discount but didn't receive the certificate and two weeks after enquiring by email Oceania still hasn't solved the missing certificate. IE, don't wait until the last day to sign up for a future cruise.

Overall the cruise was very nice and the seas were nice and calm.

Besides skipping the Canary Islands, which was disappointing, but necessary, Nassau is a horrible stop. The original itinerary said Stirrup Cay. Otherwise the cruise was fantastic, Oceania is a top notch cruise line, ship is phenomenal, meals, service, everything just fantastic! Because of the extra days at sea (8 in a row on our first transatlantic cruise!), the staff and crew provided lots of extra activities ans entertainment, which was much appreciated!

A real pleasure, great friendly staff. wonderful service. Food choice with the specialty restaurants was a treasure. On board activities were somewhat sparse and with a day at sea the day became very long.

It was a wonderful bucket list experience. We look forward to other travels with Oceania.

We enjoyed our cruise immensely. The service in the restaurants, room, embarkation and debarkation in every port was amazing. For a Greek cruise, we were a little disappointed that more Indian cuisine was offered in the main dining room than any Greek cuisine! We are not fans of buffets for dinner, so we did not go to the buffet Greek dinners.

This cruise was a total delight. The ports of call were the primary reason we selected this particular cruise line and the Ancient Vignettes itinerary and we were not disappointed in any way. Oceania knows how to take care of its passengers in a first class manner. Everything went like clockwork as far the planning and execution of excursions. It would have been nice if some of the excursions were started later in the day, but we realize that to a large extent, the timing is dictated by the port and scheduled departures to the next port. The food is excellent and the crew is totally customer oriented. Bravo Oceania!

Great food. Poor & lack of entertainment. Room is outdated but clean. Good service.

Fabulous time with long term friends and new friends. Would recommend Oceana if you want a quieter more relaxing cruise. Definitely worth the extra cost. I'd avoid their shore excursions and book your own private ones--especially if there are 4 or more people traveling together.

It would have been best to arrive 3 days early in Rome to truly explore the city. Again add a few days at the end for the same reason.

ship was quiet most times. Very little activity. Relaxing. No problem getting chairs at pool. Some ports not really worth getting off ship