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Disappointed Again

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Moog
6-10 Cruises • Age 80s

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Sail Date: Jul 2017
Cabin: Concierge Level Veranda Stateroom

I have been on six Oceania cruises. The first was June 2009 Rome to Istanbul.We ate in the Grand Dining Room. It was beautiful. The service was great and the food amazing. Just like what one would expect in the finest restaurant around the world. Everyone at our table was a real "foodie" and the topic of conversation fine dining. I loved it! The 2nd was 2012 and there was a big difference with the quality of the food served. Traveled with Oceania again in 2014, 2015, 2016 and in Aug 2017. I have been on Regatta 3 times and Insignia, Riviera and Sirena. The staff has always been great. Always there to help with any need (I even scattered my mothers cremains from Regatta in 2012). They always have a smile and work very hard to make your cruise the best ever. The cooks (I will not call them Chefs) are horrible!!! I've heard people say that they had better food at a Hometown Buffet. The Special Restaurants are OK but you can't eat there every night. On the last cruise we had a running joke about how many ways they would serve the same bland ground meat with a little onion in it. It was keftka, albondigas , Italian meat balls, some other meat balls, and one morning they placed a fried egg on top and gave it a French name. Even a poor cook would have added an herb or spice every now and then. They should have some of the regular staff help them out as I think they would do alot better. I don't ever want to go on another Oceania cruise again. I have stayed with them in hopes they would return to the great experience of the past. I am embarrassed that I have touted them to so many friends!! They say "you pay for what you get," NOT on Oceania anymore. If all I wanted was a way to go from here to there on a moving hotel there are other cruise lines costing much less. Have been told there are still other lines that are what Oceania once was. I'll try them next. And make sure they are not the same owners.

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Concierge Level Veranda Stateroom

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