This ship left the fleet on 17 August 2026
That belongs before everything else, because the page did not say it. The
Oceania Regatta made her last sailing for this line on 17 August 2026: ten
nights in the eastern Mediterranean, Dubrovnik to Istanbul. That is why this
page carries no departure dates at all. The gap was visible; nobody explained
it.
She left on a three hundred and sixty-eight day charter to My Cruises, which
operates her under the Explorations by Norwegian brand from September 2026. The
charter has been renewed for a second year, the 2027-28 season, with two
hundred and thirty ports of call announced and a full circumnavigation of
Australia. These voyages are aimed mainly at Australian and New Zealand
guests; the shortest segments run ten nights. No plan has been announced for
what follows.
The hull, and where it came from
Delivered in November 1998 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire,
this thirty thousand two hundred and seventy-seven ton ship measures one
hundred and eighty metres and carries six hundred and eighty-four guests at
double occupancy, up to eight hundred and twenty-four at maximum, with three
hundred and eighty-six crew across nine accessible decks.
She has carried three names: R Two from 1998 to 2002, Insignia from 2002 to
2003, then Regatta since 2003. She belongs to a series of eight hulls built for
an American operator that folded in the early two thousands and were then
divided among several lines. Three of her sisters are still with Oceania.
What this means if you were looking for this ship
The whole class is going. The Oceania Nautica
makes her final sailing on 15 October 2027, the
Oceania Sirena on 24 March 2028. Only the
Oceania Insignia has no announced exit date. If
it was the format of these small ships that appealed to you, there is little
time left, and the fleet is rebuilding around markedly larger
hulls.
What is included, and what changed in 2024
Start with what many people still think they know. The simply MORE
package, which added a shore excursion credit and an alcoholic beverage package
to the fare, ended on 30 September 2024. Its replacement,
Your World Included, applies to bookings created from 1 October 2024
for sailings in 2025 and later. It gives more in some respects and less in
others.
What it adds: shipboard gratuities are now included for every guest
everywhere, where before they came only with certain regions or loyalty
programmes. What it removes: the excursion credit and the alcoholic beverage
package are no longer granted automatically. A guest who booked with this line
before autumn 2024 therefore arrives with an idea that is no longer accurate.
The rest of the fare is stable and it is substantial. Speciality restaurants
are included, with no cover charge, and this line makes that its central
argument. In-suite dining is included. Starlink Wi-Fi is included and
unlimited. Soft drinks, speciality coffees, teas, still and sparkling water,
juices, smoothies and ice cream are included. So are group fitness classes and
laundry service.
Shore excursions and alcoholic drinks are paid separately, or bought as a
package before departure. Ask your advisor exactly what your booking carries,
because two files on the same ship may not include the same things depending on
their date.
Booking from Quebec
The contract is with Oceania Cruises S. de R.L., headquartered in Miami, and
the ships fly the flag of the Marshall Islands. A claim for personal injury,
illness or death goes to the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Florida in Miami, or to a Miami-Dade County court. Every
other claim goes to binding arbitration before National Arbitration
and Mediation in Miami, and the contract imposes a class-action waiver. Only
small claims filed in Miami-Dade County escape that clause.
The deadlines differ by claim type, and the second one surprises people. Six
months' written notice and one year to sue, for personal injury. But
thirty days' notice after the cruise ends for any other claim,
and six months to act. Damaged luggage, a service not delivered, a cancelled
call: thirty days from disembarkation. Baggage liability is capped, and the cap
rises only on a declaration of value with a fee attached. The Athens Convention
applies to international cruises calling at neither a US nor a European port,
with its own limits.
The carrier reserves the right to change the date or time of sailing, the
port of embarkation or the destination, to shorten the cruise or substitute the
ship, without notice and without compensation, except as the law requires.
Nothing establishes a Quebec licence for it. Your protection comes from here:
Voyages AquaTerra holds a licence from the Office de la protection du
consommateur, your payments pass through a trust account, and your departure is
covered by the compensation fund for travel agency customers.