What's it like to sail on an Oceania ship? USA TODAY's cruise Coupon Codes site, Reviewed.com Cruises, offers a glimpse this week in a new in-depth review of the line's Riviera.
Broken down into six parts, it's the most extensive appraisal ever of the 1,258-passenger Riviera to be posted online, and it includes hundreds of photos showing nearly every interior and exterior space of the vessel.
Overall, the reviewer gives the one-year-old ship high marks, calling it an "undeniably beautiful" vessel that oozes elegance and class, with dining that is "among the best in the industry." Marketed as an upscale, "upper premium" product that is meant to be a step up from such big ship lines as Princess and Cunard, it successfully provides "a unique bridge between smaller luxe ships with limited amenities and activity-filled large ships that can feel crowded," the reviewer writes.
PHOTO TOUR: Inside the RivieraYet while Riviera is a gem in many respects and will leave customers "impressed with the number of features available that aren't found on smaller luxury ships," it does come with one major flaw, the reviewer says: It's overpriced.
With strong demand for the vessel allowing Oceania to boost fares, the per day costs of Riviera voyages now almost are as high as the costs of sailings on more all-inclusive luxury ships. In short: There now are other cruise lines "offering similar itineraries that, for comparable fares or just a few dollars more, may provide discernibly better value."
Visit Reviewed.com Cruises to view the full Riviera review, which was written by one of the site's in-house, anonymous reviewers. As with all Reviewed.com Cruises reviews, the reviewer traveled on the vessel incognito and at USA TODAY's expense.
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Launched in October 2011, Reviewed.com Cruises was designed in collaboration with Reviewed.com, a network of online review publications owned by USA TODAY, and it's devoted to helping would-be cruisers find the perfect ship.
Reviewed.com Cruises is the first cruise review site to use anonymous reviewers. Unlike reviewers at other sites, Reviewed.com Cruises reviewers never will travel on free cruises provided by cruise lines, nor will they base their reviews on cruise line-arranged "preview" or "press" cruises for travel writers or any other sailing where their presence on a ship is known.
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