We stayed anchored in Bora Bora's lagoon overnight. Late in the morning, we took a tour of the island. It was a very scenic drive, stopping at several beaches and outlooks. The commentary was not up to the usual standards, but after a few minutes you just tuned her out. The five star resorts look amazing, so I know where I'd go if we ever won the lottery.
We stopped at Bloody Mary's bar and restaurant for lunch. This bar is famous for its cocktails and the celebrities it attracts. While there we talked to two ladies who were real estate agents from Los Vegas, who were there celebrating a 40th birthday. They told us it was absolutely necessary to attend a Golden Knights hockey game. Add that one onto our bucket list.
We finally did well on team trivia, tying for second place. Unfortunately we still don't haven't collected enough points to buy socks!
I don’t believe there is any truth to the rumour that Oceania’s new slogan is based on the Oscar winning movie, “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Apparently the new slogan is “Oceania: We’ll Screw Up Anything, Anywhere, at Anytime.”
I hate writing this, because this blog is beginning to sound like a broken record. It would also seem that we are not having a marvelous time, when in fact it is the complete opposite. This has been a wonderful experience and has fulfilled all the promises that the islands hold. Unfortunately Oceania keeps rearing its ugly head.
We are moored out in the harbour. This requires a tender to reach shore or return to the boat. Yesterday in the morning they ran three tenders, and everything ran smoothly, but during the afternoon when it was the hottest, they cut it back to two boats. The result was that instead of the 15 minute schedule it was now 30 minutes that you had to wait for a boat, standing out on the peer with little relief from the heat. With Celebrity cruises, when you got on board the ship or were waiting for a tender, they would supply you an ice-cold cloth. Not Oceania, nothing!
We were told at breakfast that the dinning room kitchen had run out of lemons. Running out lemons in the tropics, impossible but true.
Yesterday at dinner we went to their Italian specialty restaurant. I ordered veal and what I got was a thin slice of a hockey puck. Tough, chewy, and tasteless. I would have sent it back, except I had no expectation that what I would have gotten back would have been any better.
What is most disturbing is what we learned this evening while talking to people who had joined the cruise, prior to Sydney, in Auckland New Zealand. They had the same Covid scam pulled on them. They had been told by Oceania, there was no need for a Covid test and when they got to embarkation they were told they needed one and it would cost $100. Different country, different nursing firm, the only common denominator in this scam is Oceania. If this doesn't meet the definition of fraud, then I don't know what it would be.
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