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Items included pink praline chouquette French apple chausson cranberry twist and various beignets we can personally vouch for the Nutella version. During our voyage, samples of the new pastries were available at Barista's for all guests to try. The French bakery is clearly an area of excitement. The Terrace Café buffet, the Grand Dining Room, Waves Grill with a new pizzeria, Baristas and a new French bakery round out the options. Favorites Toscana, Red Ginger and Polo will return, the latter with a more upscale focus. New restaurants on Vista include Ember, an American-themed restaurant and Aquamar, a wellness-inspired restaurants. La Reserve, the restaurant dedicated to food and wine-paired meals on Marina and Riviera, will not be present on the Allura-class ships - but the special menus, including the Dom Perignon one - will be available as options in Privee, the ship's private dining experience. Instead, the Grand Dining Room will feature special Jacques Pepin dishes on the menu every night.

Vista will have a similar philosophy, but the names and spaces might change a bit.Ĭhief among the changes: Vista will not have a stand-alone Jacques restaurant.

One calling card of Oceania is that the ships have strong specialty restaurants, all of which are included in the fare. Semeraro brought it to Quaretti and the team, and within a few weeks, every Oceania ship had a keto omelet option. 'What was the finest cuisine at sea 20 years ago wouldn't be the case today.'Īn example: NCLH President and CEO Frank Del Rio called Semeraro from a hotel after enjoying a keto omelet. 'The theme that persists is that of constant innovation,' Sherman said of Oceania's offerings. Sherman and others noted that the team is always looking for culinary ideas and trends when they travel.

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'We're seeing a spike…This really does feel like now there is a sense of normalcy in the cruise industry as a whole.' Oceania's Vista Will Have New Restaurants - Plus a Bakery 'The guests are welcoming this,' Carter added. 'We're not talking about introducing a lot of unvaccinated people.' Sherman noted that the overwhelming majority of Oceania's guests are vaccinated and boosted already. There were people on the sidelines waiting for further relaxation of the travel protocols,' and now they are coming back, he said. 'We're seeing excellent bookings this week, better than last week. 'The word we're getting back is that it's overwhelmingly positive,' Sherman said. Lessening the requirements resulted in Oceania having a spike in bookings, Sherman and other executives said. The new requirements take effect September 3, 2022.

Vaccinated passengers do not have to test, unless the destination requires it. Unvaccinated passengers can now sail, although they will have to take a COVID-19 test within 72 hours of embarking. Impact of Removing Vaccination RequirementĪs part of the larger Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings company, Oceania got rid of its COVID-19 vaccine requirement earlier this week. Read on for some highlights from the conference onboard Marina. The bold-face lineup of names gave a good idea of where Oceania is now - and where the line is hoping to go with its Allura-class vessels in addition to Vista, a sister ship will be coming in 2025.Ĭruisers should expect Oceania's Vista - the line's next ship, debuting in April 2023 with 1,250 passengers - to have a few new culinary options (with some of them rolling out to the line's older ships too). Evolving and innovating to make sure that food and drink offerings are in line with what people want right now is part of what Oceania does, line president Howard Sherman said today in a press conference aboard Oceania's Marina.Ĭruise Critic is onboard Oceania's Marina in the Baltic, which featured a special executive forum with Sherman Franco Semeraro, senior vice president of hotel operations Alexis Quaretti, director of culinary operations Daniella Oancea ,corporate beverage manager Bearnard Carter, senior vice president and managing director and Tricia Wolf, vice president of field operations in North America. The small ship upscale cruise line, Oceania Cruises, has long been known as a sanctuary at sea for foodies who love classical food and wine legendary French chef Jacques Pepin has been Oceania's culinary ambassador for years.īut that doesn't mean the line is standing still.

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