The twin, launched a year later
The Oceania Riviera left the Fincantieri yards at Sestri Ponente in July 2011
and entered service in May 2012. She repeats the dimensions of her twin, the
Oceania Marina, exactly: sixty-six thousand and
eighty-four gross tons, six hundred and twenty-five staterooms, one thousand
two hundred and fifty guests, fifteen decks.
The differences between the two are decoration and a few fittings, not
architecture. A guest who liked one will feel at home on the other.
The deepest inventory after the Allura
One hundred and thirty-nine departure dates: twenty-four in 2026, fifty-seven
in 2027, forty-six in 2028 and twelve in 2029. As the 1998 hulls leave the
fleet, this ship and her twin become the heart of the medium-term offer,
alongside the two recent hulls.
Why this format appeals
The ratio of tonnage to guests leaves room for dining rooms, and that is
where this line puts its money. Speciality restaurants are included in the fare,
with no cover charge. That is the argument that sets it apart, and it is
verifiable aboard rather than in a brochure.
The number of wheelchair-accessible staterooms is published for
no ship in this fleet. We check it at booking rather than quote a figure.
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.
Meanwhile, in the fleet
The Oceania Allura, delivered in 2025, is the
newest ship in service, and the Oceania Vista of
2023 is her twin. The fleet still holds three hulls from the 1998
series, two of them with a known exit 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.