Facilities: The Regatta is one of the 3 ships that are owned by Oceania Cruise Line. The 3 ships are identical. The interior of the ship is similar to an upscale hotel in that it has good carpeting, original artwork, excellent furniture, dishes, glassware, silverware, and well-appointed bathrooms, great lighting, wood and brass accents, and other small touches that give you a feeling that you are living in a classy environment. We are basically Wal-Mart people and do not surround ourselves with expensive items so we can appreciate what the decorators and designers have done to the ship. Every thing is first class. Many people on board have cruised with Oceania more than once. One couple told us that this is their 7th cruise with Oceania.
Service: The service has been excellent. There appears to be a hierarchy in quality however. The fine dining rooms, the Polo Room and the Tuscany, have the best personnel that offer impeccable service while at the lower end, the Terrace, the service is spotty or sometimes non-existent. The main dining room personnel are well-trained, very polite, and attentive without being annoying. The bar personnel and sommeliers are very good and are very knowledgeable. Seven has been 'madamed' to death.
Rooms: Our room is in about the middle of the different levels that Regatta offers. Its main difference from an inside or lower deck cabin is the veranda we have. We love the veranda because it gives us a place to go to check out the weather, to watch the sea, and to watch port operations without leaving our rooms. I thought it might be an unnecessary luxury but it isn't. The beds are very firm and comfortable. The sheets are 1200 thread count and feel marvelous. We actually have down filled pillows and a down comforter. There are 4 bottles of shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and body lotion in the shower. The bathroom is, of course, cramped, but functional. There is actually more storage space than we need and we have a large number of wooden hangers to use. The beds are high enough off the floor to store our suitcases under them. The housekeeping is good but spotty in that they miss dusting some spots. The room is cleaned twice a day including the nightly turn down. They do the chocolate-on-the-pillow thing with small bars of chocolate each night. As if we need another bite to eat. Our room is the last one on our floor. I think that end rooms get less movement than those up towards the front of the ship, especially a smaller one like the Regatta. The downside is that we have quite a hike to get anywhere.
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