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Oceania Cruises

From European Cruise Guide


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ABOVE: Oceania's Regatta. INSET BELOW: Stern view, an outside balcony stateroom, and the Library with its English country-house decor.

photoOceania Cruises is the brainchild of Joe Watters and Frank Del Rio, two top executives from Crystal Cruises and the late Renaissance Cruises. Their idea was to create a boutique or "upper premium" cruise line with midsize ships that would offer five-star cuisine and service at fares below those of the luxury lines.

photoOceania's first ship, Regatta, entered service in 2002; its sister ship, Insignia, followed in 2003. A third Regatta-class vessel, Nautica, joined the fleet in 2005. All three ships are relatively intimate by today's megaship standards, carrying a maximum of 684 passengers and a crew of 400 each. Accomodations range from inside cabins to one-bedroom owner's suites, and 73 percent of the outside cabins have private balconies.

photoThe company's 2008 European season runs from April through mid-November, with 54 "port-intensive" cruises to 70 destinations in Northern Europe, the Western Mediterranean, and the Eastern Mediterranean and Greek Islands. Cruises range from 10 to 16 days in length.

Transatlantic repositioning cruises are also on Oceania's 2008 cruise calendar, with several cruises beginning or ending in Rio de Janeiro.

Cruise line's Web site:

Oceania Cruises

Cruise review:

Oceania Regatta: Dover to Barcelona


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