Oceania Vista
Oceania Vista launched the Vista-class in 2023 — the first new Oceania design in over a decade, built around culinary ambition and destination access
Oceania Vista debuted in May 2023 as the first ship of the Vista-class and the first entirely new vessel design Oceania had launched since Marina and Riviera over a decade earlier. At approximately 1,200 guests and 67,000 GRT, Vista is larger than the R-class ships but maintains the destination-first positioning that defines the line: smaller than almost every competitor in its price tier, with more port calls per itinerary, longer hours ashore, and a culinary program built around the places the ship visits. The Culinary Center, five included specialty restaurants, Aquamar Kitchen, and a redesigned spa round out the offering.
Vista''s design process absorbed what Oceania had learned from 20 years of operating the R-class ships and a decade of operating Marina and Riviera. The result is a ship that looks clearly like an Oceania vessel while introducing meaningful upgrades: expanded stateroom sizes relative to the R-class ships, a more coherent public space flow, Ember as a new dining concept, and Aquamar Kitchen — a dedicated healthy dining venue open through breakfast and lunch — that had been a smaller addition on earlier ships and gets a proper home on Vista.
Ember is the new specialty dining addition. An American brasserie concept, it covers the broad range of American culinary tradition — wood-fired preparations, regional ingredients, charcuterie and raw bar — with a kitchen approach that takes the category seriously. It joins Polo Grill, Toscana, Red Ginger, and Jacques Bistro as a fifth included specialty option. Five included restaurants on a 1,200-guest ship means meaningful availability without the reservation scramble that affects large-ship specialty dining.
The sustainability investments on Vista are genuine rather than cosmetic. The ship was built with an exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS), shore power capability (allowing the ship to plug into local electricity rather than running generators while in port), and engine systems that reduce fuel consumption on standard cruising speeds. These are not features guests notice directly; they are infrastructure decisions that reflect the direction of new ship construction in the 2020s.
Aquamar Spa + Vitality Center received expanded deck space on Vista compared to Marina and Riviera. The thermal suite (heated ceramic loungers, steam rooms, aromatherapy showers) is accessible to all guests at no daily surcharge. Aquamar Kitchen''s breakfast and lunch menu represents the culinary philosophy applied to wellness: dishes that are genuinely nutritious and genuinely appealing at the same time, rather than the compromise version.
Vista''s first sailing season confirmed what Oceania''s loyal guests had hoped: the Vista-class delivers the Oceania experience with more room, a more polished execution, and five included specialty restaurants rather than three or four. For guests choosing between Vista and Allura, the ships are so similar that itinerary should be the deciding factor. Both represent the line''s best current offering.