Riviera Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Really enjoyable trip. Filled with lots of tours, great food AND relaxing! Definitely not ready to leave. Could not have made this happen without the help of Andrea Whitby, our agent with Luxury Only. Thank you Andrea.

COVID greatly impacted the ports visited on this cruise. While the crew and staff did the best they could with a difficult situation, I would have appreciated a more upfront acknowledgement of changes that we knew were coming. Life on board was pleasant, but in two weeks it did become a bit repetitive. Highlights were all the ports we did visit and the wine dinners in La Reserve

this cruise should not have happen; from 8 stops, we made three; on one stop, we even could not get off the ship; we had to have a mask on constantly, which is not bad in itself, just annoying; in the middle of the cruise we had to make a Covid test (now test number 4, just for this cruise, in one week) to get to Grenada, then it was cancelled anyway; there was constantly talk about infected people on the ship, nobody knew, what was going on. One could see people in space suites, taped from head to toe in a white overall, cleaning another cabin. A daily occurrence. Not very enjoyable. People requested to go back to Miami in the middle of the cruise, which would have been the right decision, but was denied by Oceania management, as the captain said via intercom. It's one thing to have infected people on board, it's another not getting told the truth, but only hear rumors. We were 8 days just on the sea, with 4 days at port. This is not what we booked. In general, we should get our money back, because we just saw water all the time, but I guess, they blame it on Covid. In general, as I said, the cruise lines just should not operate right now, until this pandemic is under control. I know, this will not happen, but we will not go on another cruise, until we feel save. On this cruise, we did not feel save.

The perfect pampered experience for first-time cruises on a magnificent ship with the friendliest crew & staff. Fantastic food, perfect cabin, fun passengers (if a bit older than us!). Even got to know the Boutique staff on a 1st name basis (Adele, Dennis & Kassim). Shot the breeze with the South African piano player, Tony, at Waves one morning. When 780 crew take care of 719 passengers....

Exceeded our first time cruise expectations by miles. Awesome ship, amazing crew and fantastic independent excursions.

Our original cruise had been drastically changed because of Covid, so we opted out. We booked back-to-back cruises, 20 days total, primarily because we wanted to relax, enjoy the sun, and enjoy good food. We accomplished the first two objectives, but not the third. We are gourmet cooks at home, and are very selective about the quality of the food we buy. I hope that the problems we encountered with the food were temporary supply change issues that will correct themselves in the near future. Before I book another Oceania Cruise, I will pay close attention to comments about the food.

As for the ship, the food and the staff you couldn’t ask for a more relaxing enjoyable cruise. In our book Oceania is definitely a ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.

Grest cruise, friendly courteous staff, always helpful. Never lacking in activities or entertainment, something for everyone from games, shows, spa, fitness, pool time to quiet library time. Something for everyone!

Thankful to be back at sea !! Enjoyed the cruise!

This was a much needed getaway for us. We were very pleased with the overall quality, service and value of sailing on the Riviera.

Great service, good to get out from COVID. Ship kept clean. Very disappointed to miss Casablanca and when Canary Island canceled left us with 8 day crossing; too long.

We enjoyed the cruise very much. Covid protocols were followed by the staff and guests given reminders when necessary. We felt very safe on board. We were disappointed in not stopping at Casablanca and the Canary Islands but understood the circumstances.

The itinerary changed significantly, because of Covid concerns but overall we enjoyed it very much

Highly recomend this ship for a great cruise experience.

Second trip on Oceania Riviera and second time with highly enjoyable experience. From captain on down to room and wait staff, all top notch. Will look forward to our next Oceania cruise.

Loved the ship. Going back to the Caribbean for the 15 th time was boring. Not much to do after show time.

this was a cruise to get away from the craziness of Christmas and we accomplished it; very relaxing, with good food and nice weather

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

Very elegant classy ship, very good restaurants and choice of style of cooking. Not the most lively of cruises, only one entertainment going on at any one time. It did feel that they were struggling to find things of interest in some ports. This was a trip to see the autumn flora but the ship sailed mostly at night so little opportunity to see from the ship. All that said we thoroughly enjoyed it. It was less of a traditional "cruise" experience and more like an up market floating hotel.

The cruise was very interesting and the Riviera was excellent. As always, food was superb and accommodations very comfortable. Anywhere you go on Oceania will be a great experience. Be prepared for expensive tours - they were well done but the Shipmate tours were also very good.