Chose for itinerary, time of year and previous Oceania Experience. Oceania however changed itinerary dropping disembarkation port of Istanbul and day in Ephesus. Added Rhodes, Santorini and disembark in Athens, areas we have previously explored for weeks. Oceania made no attempt to offer compensation for our already privately booked Istanbul expenses such as business class air tickets, 5 nights of hotel reservations, Turkish visa's and tour guides. Just offered cruise tickets to cover cancelation expenses for cruise to be used by 12/30/16. Wouldn't even pay for our flights from Athens to Istanbul, which was really our only viable option. Our Expedia Cruise Center travel agent bought flight tickets out of her own pocket.

Found ship poorly managed, crude embarkation in Hong Kong, shoddy deck furniture, small bland veranda room with out any art; the bed, linens and black out curtain were however good. GI out break which was handled extremely incompetently and with out any compassion for healthy guests or ill ones. Grand Dinning room atmosphere, staff and food was great as was Polo Grill. Entertainment poor, though the crew act really tried hard to preform. Shore excursions way too expensive, you could get a quality private car tour for half of an Oceania bus excursion. Enrichment Lecturer Dr Teo Ruiz was great; extremely knowledgeable, passionate, and entertaining. We will not be considering Oceania for any of our future cruise plans.