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join me as I take you around and explore
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the reimagined reinvented the revamped
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Oceania insignia cruise ship
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I'm Gary Ben which this is another my
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tips for travelers I'm in my cabin on
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Oceania insignia the ship went through a
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massive big refit and revamp and I'm
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going to show you around some of the key
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highlights before we do that let me talk
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a little bit about the ship the Oceania
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insignia was originally built right back
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in 1998 for Renaissance cruises it
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became part of the fleet of Oceania in
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2003 it went through a massive refit at
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as for the Oceania next program insignia
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it's a small ship it holds just 698
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passengers on lower berths it has nine
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passenger decks so it really does
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operate in the small ship category so
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let's take a look at some of the key
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highlights starting with the dining
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options dining is a really big part of
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Oceania Cruises and on board insignia in
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spite of the fact that it's a small ship
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it actually has eight dining options so
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let's take a look at them first of all
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you have the grand dining room this is
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open for breakfast for lunch and dinner
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it's a magnificent room it's open see
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the dining you can sit at tables for two
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tables for one whatever you want
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whatever configuration you want big
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menus lots of amazing food in here one
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of the other popular restaurants is the
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terrace and this is a terrace cafe it's
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the buffet restaurant it's up on deck 9
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is a breakfast lunch and dinner it also
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has an outside seating area which is
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great if you're and great weather like I
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have been here in the Caribbean and in
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the evenings it'll often have themed
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nights or Mexican Italian and here you
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can wear casual gear even at night so if
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you're always shorts you can wear shorts
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up here in the evening ways you do have
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to get dressed up for the main dining
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room there are two specialty dining
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restaurants on board insignia the first
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of those is the Polo grill which is the
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steak house restaurant and magnificent
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steaks in here of course you know get
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seafood that they'll have Toscana which
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is the Italian restaurant and again two
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beautiful restaurants
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these are included within the fair so
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there's no charge for specialty dining
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other places that you can eat will you
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have the wave grill this is on the pool
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deck and it has early morning breakfast
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and at lunchtime it's very popular
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we can get things like hamburgers hot
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dogs that kind of stuff at lunchtime
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there's baristas which is just outside
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the main dining room this is a coffee
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shop most of the time and all these
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speciality coffees are here service very
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nice evie coffee and also in the
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evenings it does also serve drinks as
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well afternoon tea is included it's held
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every day around about four o'clock in
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the afternoon and that's how run up in
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horizons which is a big lounge up on
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deck 10 then of course the eighth option
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is room service room service included
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within the fair so a big range of dining
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options available onboard insignia the
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next thing I want to look at is the holy
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entertainment others not huge amounts of
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entertainment on insignia giving a small
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ship and there's not lots of formal
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entertainment but key entertainment is
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you have the insignia lounge which is
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where you'll have your enrichment
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lectures you'll have your welcome
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cocktail parties you might have some of
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the quizzes in here and it's where every
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evening you have either the production
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cast the singers dancers and band or a
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guest artist performing these are really
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popular shows and again perhaps because
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there's not huge amounts of
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entertainment overall things like the
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enrichment lectures and the production
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shows guest artists are really well
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attended in the Insignia lounge there's
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a casino it's not a massive big casino
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but it's pretty popular sitting on
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cruises are being an insignia before the
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casinos are really popular it's got
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tables and it's got the slot machines as
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the other key area which I've included
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in sandwich is bars because this is what
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a lot of people do in the evening is
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they socialize very beautiful bar one of
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the popular bars particularly before and
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after dinner is martinis which is right
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next to the casino and as you would
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expect it does serve incredible
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cocktails here The Pianist will normally
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be playing in here during various times
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up in the horizons lounge which is right
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up on deck 10 here again it's really
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popular place to meet after dinner
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before dinner and later in the evening
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after the show there'll be some dancing
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up here as well so a really popular
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sociable place to be linked to the
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lounge up here is a inside smoking
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lounge a small smoking RG is up here in
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horizons as well there are a couple of
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other bars around the place so out on
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the pool deck when it's normally
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swimming time you'll have a bar there
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you also have a bar in the Terrace Cafe
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as well so you know drinks when you're
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having your meals in terms of fitness
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and recreation there's probably three
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key things you have a spa which is
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always popular as it is on a cruise ship
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you have a fitness center and classes
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and it's a pretty big fitness center and
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then you also have a running and walking
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track up on deck 10 it always amazes me
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how popular is it's not a particularly
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big track but it's right around the top
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of the scene pool it's actually really
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great when you have a sea day or you're
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selling into port in the morning or a
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port in the evening really really
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popular running and walking track in
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terms of in Richmond obviously got the
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lectures that I mention but there's a
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couple other things there's a very
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beautiful space called the library and
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it really is one of the hidden places a
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lot of people don't really realize where
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it is up on deck 10 just near the two
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special two restaurants it's a sort of a
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u-shaped room has a library as the name
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would suggest packed full of books it's
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a really good spot to go to if you're
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looking for somewhere really quiet
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because it is a really secret hidden
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space also there's a card room which is
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always very popular on cruises where
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people go and play games and not
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surprisingly there'll be things like
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bridge organized in there there's a
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small internet cafe as well although
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with Wi-Fi around the ship most people
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do tend to use Wi-Fi on big longer
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voyages like the world voyage they have
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an area called artist loft which is then
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used for enrichment and various crafts
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and as the name would suggest painting
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kind of exercises or normal cruises it's
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just an area with tables where people
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will go and play games do things like
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that type of thing on Deck five just
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before my teen years you have another
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area where you have shop so you have
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sort of a jewelry workshop and a clothed
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merchandise shop service II that's
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something to entertain yourself and also
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what's really nice in this area is you
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then have often in the evening you'll
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have a string quartet playing classical
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music and it's quite a popular spot for
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people to hang out down on deck for you
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have done a really good sort of featured
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staircase you have guest services the
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destination services in this way you'll
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if on your a eternities like the
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Caribbean you'll have the sales advisor
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to help with sales win in the different
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port and you'll also have the concierge
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down here when it comes to accommodation
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on a senior there's a vast range you
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have inside cabins you have oceanview
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cabins but the bulk of cabins are what I
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was staying in which is a balcony cabin
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so I was actually in a concierge level
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cabin which is on deck 7 concierge
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really just means you get some extra
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benefits and perks in terms of you have
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a concierge you have priority and
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vocation to some locations some free
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laundry a few bits and pieces like that
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the cabins are on board because it's a
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small ship are relatively cozy I guess
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you could describe them in the revamped
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the de core has been significantly
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improved really really comfortable
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phenomenally comfortable beds nice
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little balcony area with nice furniture
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one of the big pluses is in the bathroom
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they've added glass doors to the shower
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in the revamp and the refit and this me
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is a really big plus and I do think it
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actually makes the bathroom feel a
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little bit more open I think the change
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to insignia through Oceania next is
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dramatic I think the ship has really
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been significant improved it does feel
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much more premium it does feel more
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luxurious just the quality and a look
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and the feeling of star I think has been
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dramatically improved from my
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experiences of cruising before the
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revamp if you want to find out more
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about her she only have other videos
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about Oceana there's lots of tips advice
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and of course loads of other videos
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about cruising so why don't you actually
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go and watch another one of those right
