Oceania Cruises

I receive two university alumni publications. I am convinced these publications exist only to justify the selling of their mailing lists to companies like Oceana Cruises, who send me their catalogue every three months hoping I might sign on with them to tour the Caribbean, pass through the Panama Canal, avoid viral outbreaks, or god knows -- pirates!  An opera was made from one such incident. Does anyone remember the 1985 Achille Lauro highjacking? John Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer (1991)?

Pictured up top is the third of three pages detailing Oceania's "Suites & Stateroom" options. From most expensive to simply expensive, they are: "Vista," "Marina" and "Regatta, Insignia & Sirena." As you can see, I am including only the latter options, know most dramatically through their declining window space -- to the point where the window disappears completely (the viewless "Solo Oceanview Stateroom" and the "Inside Stateroom"). Prices are not included in the catalogue, but if a submersible tube can charge $200, 000 USD for a ten hour tour of the Titanic, one can only imagine what an Oceania cruise will set you back.