Oceania Follow The BIG Trend!

Well I was quite disappointed this morning to read that Oceania Cruise's are selling the Insignia and she will leave their fleet in 2012!

So why are Oceania following the trend and going bigger? Is it really what the customer wants??


To me the reason people love Oceania are because of the small ship mentality, and with most cruise companies launching new monster vessels, feedback I get from my clients are they actually prefer the smaller ships! They dont want a 3 mile hike from one end of the ship to the other, or to have to go down 8 decks to get to the restaurant!

With the arrival of the new Marina due to sail next month, they have announced they will also be buliding another sister ship called Riviera in early 2012. Both ships will double the normal capacity and hold 1250 passengers, now I know it still doesnt sound a lot but to loyal passengers that prefer the 600-700 capacity ships I have a feeling they will be sticking to the Nautica and Regatta!