South Pacific - Australia Cruise Reviews

Our cruise was a retirement gift to ourselves after working for 40+ years in public service.

Our cruise provided a great opportunity to learn about Sydney and New Zealand as well as meet other passengers.

We had amazing time, the staff was so friendly and really went above and beyond to make our vacation amazing!

Loved this cruise. Ship is beautiful! Great Itinerary! Great crew!

As stated above, this cruise was very disappointing. Obviously Cunard cannot control the weather. But they are responsible for customer relations, which has fallen to new lows. Will not cruise with Cunard again until a significant improvement is guaranteed.

This was a relaxing 10 day Queensland cruise with beautiful scenery and the opportunity to interact with a ton of wildlife. The ship didn't feel full so it was easier to get an elevator or a seat in a common area. Guests and crew were respectful, patient, and friendly. We were really delayed leaving Brisbane, but the crew managed to make up all lost time. Overall, I would highly recommend this cruise, especially if you're okay with lots of sea days.

We had a great time on Ovation. The ship was beautiful and clean. Staff and crew were absolutely first rate. The only thing we were disappointed with was not being able to see the Sounds. Royal Caribbean could not help that and it was only for our safety.

The change in the itinerary made many plans including one that was most important, snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef impossible. While there is no way to predict bad weather, the times that we were in port made it impossible to rearrange our plans and there were no available packages to book through the cruiseline. There was a great deal of time lost in getting off the ship when the ports were tendered which cut into the time we had available to do things in port.

Told Capt we are now Azamara loyalists after 1 cruise ( amongst our 14 previous on HA, Cunard, RCL, Celebrety)

It was a nice trip. Weather was a bit disappointing, and the food in the main dining room was disappointing. Other than that. Excellent trip.

Once we got on board, we were very pleased for the entire trip. The extra days in Sydney after the cruise were very worthwhile.

I liked the cruise overall. It was relaxing and right level of activity that I expected.

This one-in-a-lifetime trip was well worth the long flight to get there.

IT WAS HORRIBLY RUN BY HOLLAND AT EVERY ARE FROM SERVICE TO EXCURSIONS TO BASIC INFORMATION . THEY WERE UNORGANIZED ,UNINFORMED -MANY DID NOT EVEN COMPREHEND BASIC ENGLISH AND NEEDED HELP FROM ANOTHER CREW MEMBER VERY UNDERSTAFFED SHIP AS WELL .

New Zealand's 10 ports were quickly boring. Enjoyed Australia much more, and the Pacific Islands are ever romantic. Better and shorter cruise with only 2 NZ ports and Dili vice Komodo.

This was a once in a lifetime voyage with the opportunity to see distant ports without having to fly to Australia or New Zealand

This was our first "long" cruise. We did learn that 30-45 day cruise would fit us better.

While we've done a Viking river cruise, this was our first Viking ocean cruise. Ships are lovely, and we enjoy the smaller size and lower number (about 900) of passengers. Food and service are excellent. Staff are well trained, friendly, and professional. The atmosphere is quiet, subdued, and somewhat intellectual with more focus on lectures/learning than entertainment. The average age of clientele is 70+ with few exceptions. No matter whether lecture, shore-talk, or vocal concert, passengers flock to the theater early with good seats a premium. Included tours (one at each stop) were generally disappointing bus rides around the city with the driver trying to also serve as tour-guide. Having only been on one previous Viking trip, we were unable to get access to the other tours that sold-out to more tenured Viking guests. This is the pecking order for booking excursions and specialty dining. I wouldn't rule out another Viking ocean voyage, but it was a mixed-bag for me.

It’s a great cruise though the weather wasn’t good but we did have a good time. Staffs are helping and nice. Unlucky we couldn’t visit few cities due to bad weather.

The ports were amazing! The best I've ever been too. Was upset that Tasmania Australia was cancelled prior to boarding and that Wellington, NZ was cancelled while we were on the ship. We basically had 4 sea days in a row, which is crazy. The ship is well designed and has great staff but the entertainment is up and down. The speciality restaurants were very good but the main buffet can be hit or miss. And the ship can be very boring for kids and teens, as they don't have a dedicated kid or teen club. Overall we enjoyed our trip and again, the ports were INCREDIBLE.