South Pacific - Australia Cruise Reviews

The internet package is stupidly expensive!!! This cruise was for older people 55+

We normally travel with Celebrity but decided to have a change of cruiseline. I think we picked the incorrect ship to try Princess out with. We found that many of the passengers were much older than our 60 years and the ship seemed to cater for that age group. One passenger who has done many Princess cruises said that this cruise was not the norm. Sad that we picked this one as we cannot compare apples with apples. However, I would like to do another cruise with Princess just to see if we had picked the wrong one!

Such an easy and comfortable way to see a new and very different and beautiful area of our world!

Princess. Stop treating gluten free people like second class citizens!!!!! We enjoy cookies, pastries, cakes, pies etc just like the rest of you. Princess offers delectable goodies at breakfast for glutinous passengers and only chocolate chip or plain muffins or pancakes (all from the same tasteless mix) and toast for its gf passengers

For our first time on a ship it was impressive and beautiful! It was a great way to be introduced to cruising.

We were on a 12 day cruise from Australia to New Zealand. The ports were amazing and there were quite a few excursions to choose from. In certain locations I don’t recommend an excursion: Sydney, Melbourne & Auckland. I do recommend taking advantage of seeing the wildlife.

Overall the cruise was good. We always enjoy ourselves.

Had an absolute ball, we have the complete brespect for our Captain as he kept us safe by extending our cruise and went out to sea to avoid bad weather. At no point did we feel scared or uncomfortable. The only thing I would change is if passengers need to be evacuated from there room they should be invited to stay in the dining room with access to tea & coffee so they aren’t just wandering around waiting to go back to their room. Every issue the Crew and Captain encountered they handled with professionalism. We have booked our next cruise already.

Had a very satisfying cruise a bit bumpey on the way got caught up in high waves and winds but ship and staff copt well very happy will do again

I was reluctant to try such a large ship but it was fantastic and there was still plenty of quiet places to be found or lots of things to do if you felt that way inclined. The captain kept us updated with any rough weather and was very reassuring. Everyone seemed very relaxed enjoying a wonderful time

We had a wonderful time everything meet our needs all ports where great and all our shore excursions where fantastic, we did book privately,as they are cheeper

We were lucky and had great weather which resulted in the perfect cruise. Meals were great, entertainment was great and we spent many hours lounging around the pools.

New Zealand is such a beautiful country and would love to go back again. ship, staff, food and entertainment was amazing. our 3rd RCI cruise on three different ships and all have their own uniqueness of layout, activities and entertainment. love it and will be cruising with them again

We enjoyed it. Only a few gripes and we're fussy. Ports of call were excellent but didn't like 3 sea days before disembarcation - but again that may be us as I know some people love sea days

Once we got word that my mother had been taken to the emergency department, the Princess staff was extremely helpful. They expedited our embarkation onto the ship so that we could take care of our phone communication while on the ship. Having to advocate for my mother over the phone in the lines wouldn't have been pretty! They were so kind. We were praying that she just had a UTI. In the end my mother had a brain bleed and was on her way to having a craniotomy performed. We had to leave our beautiful room and miss three days of rest at sea (sigh). This trip was planned many years ago, but off the ship we went. The ship was performing the Muster drill when we flew off the ship with suitcases in tow. The look of confusion on everyone's face was difficult to bear as tears streamed down my face. The next six months were followed with a severe brain infection, another surgery due to the infection, antibiotics, continuous seizures, maximum doses of anti-seizure medications, forced discharge from the hospital, uncaring doctors and so on. The way are elderly are treated in America is nauseating! There is no value placed on their lives and I cannot believe what is allowed! My mother has continued to slowly improve and we are hopeful she will start walking within the year. We have caretakers for her 24 hours a day. I am sorry for the rambling. I am thankful for Princess. My only advise would be to get insurance on every trip you book. We had the Princess Protection plan and received $2200.00 when we pain $2700.00. There are cheaper plans that cover way more items (look up: trip insurance dot com). I hope I can get over my PTSD from that trip and take another trip. I will try to stay closer to home next time. Safe travels and hopefully we will see you on the high seas!

We had a really good cruise and enjoyed our time onboard. It was our second cruise on this ship and it is starting to look a little tired.

A really lovely cruise with interesting ports of call, just a shame it didn't stop at Melbourne or have two Sydney days only downside was three sea days at the end but I'm not keen on sea days!!

We all have a fabulous criuse. Two of our friends have cruised a lot with different ships and they said they preferred Azamara . We have only cruised Celbrity so have nothing to compare with it.

The cruise was a great way to get snapshots but was very disappointed with length of time in ports and so many days at sea. The excursions were pretty poor my advice would be to do your own. The ship was clean. Food was great. Service in Ocean View and outside bars was slow.

A wonderful holiday - definitely one for the bucket list!