Thanks so much for the warm welcome, Denise & Maria!
I am very positive about our upcoming Oceania cruise being great - hopefully most of the "kinks" will be worked out by then! I can't imagine Watters & del Rio (being the cruise industry veterans that they are supposed to be) not learning from their mistakes or short-comings.
Taking 7 people on a cruise like this is a huge monetary committment & I certainly expect AT LEAST as good as is promoted - and would hope for better! Oceania will have had experience in each of these ports by the time we get there, so everything should run fairly smoothly! If Frank doesn't disappoint me, I'll certainly be one of his best ambassadors! Our family trips are very precious to us.
I'm also thinking of getting back into the travel biz. I used to do outside sales for a Carlson Wagonlit agency, as I enjoy putting small groups together, but the agency owner had values & practices I didn't agree with; so I quit. Pleasant, ethical people are a must for me. Life is just too short for any other nonsense - unless it's FUN nonsense!
Thanks, again!