South Pacific - Australia Cruise Reviews

On this cruise, we saw glow worm caves, Hobbiton Village and the Shire, bubbling hot springs and mud baths, and many Maori sites. We saw wildlife, the Blue Mountains, went whale watching and saw whales and hundreds of dolphins. We zip-lined, Jet-boated, and 4 wheel off roaded on a sheep station. It was the best trip we have ever taken.

I would consider not using Norwegians Buy one Get one air credit. Reservations take to long to get, seat selection by them is sub par. You get the left over seats. If you upgrade to a better seat and include baggage fees the savings is minimum. If its a long flight check oput getting airfare on your own.

Great cruise. Fortunately, we had wonderful weather that made it even better.

We choose our cruises by the itineraries and ports of call, we will be returning to Holland

Would I do this cruise again? Absolutely! Would I pick the same room? No. I’d spend the extra money for a suite so I could be in the room at the same time as my husband…

WE both enjoyed the cruise, the ports of call and the people on ship and in the countries of New Zealand and Australia.

Weather was a factor at two ports. Would have liked some compensation for this, but I guess the cruise line has this happen all the time and it would be expensive to just send a apology.

Beautiful ports. Four sea days. Need better communication to prepare for Tasman Sea experience.

Excellent itinerary, great entertainment and fantastic entertainment! Excellent customer service on a well maintained ship. Inside cabin was spacious and nicely laid out! Buffet was excellent; good quality food and a wide variety.

First time on a Princess cruise. We’re impressed and will do another with them. They rate highly with us among cruise lines. We’ll worth the money!

We always love sailing with NCL no matter the itinerary. We think that we would have liked another port or two in Australia and skip a few in New Zealand, if the length of the cruise is the same. Otherwise, make the cruise longer with additional ports in Australia. As far as entertainment: there was too much repetition of the same performers.

The rain turned in to a Typhoon, runways were flooded and the 1st level of the airport was flooded with 3 feet of water. Airport was closed for 2 days and when I tried to rebook a flight - found out that from the Station Manager for Air New Zealand - all the people who were ticketed with a 2 for 1 Ticket from NCL - were expected to get their own ticket out somehow. On hold for 2 hours with Air New Zealand - when I said my record locator - P62ZQH - she hung up and said NCL would have to rebook themselves. Called , left message for agent. Called emergency number at , was connected to NCL whose agent informed me that " She couldn't stay on the phone with me. Her manager wouldn't like it while she tried to get in touch with Air New Zealand and get me rebooked. The call was recorded - listen to me begging for help and her hanging up on me. Hours standing in lines. I called the insurance and was told we were covered but there were no tickets available. Slept on the floor of the airport for 2 nights because all the hotels were full (cancelled Elton John concert), then I found a hotel but Air New Zealand had our luggage. No clean clothes. Stood in line the next day for 4 hours on day 4 and finally got booked on Air Tahiti Lui for the next day at 3:00pm but booking disappeared overnight - no record locator. Again in line to rebook and finally got out and home on February 1st - stop over in Tahiti. Poor customer service from , NCL and Air New Zealand. I will turn in the costs to insurance but EVERYONE who had a 2 for 1 ticket found ourselves locked out of any help from Air New Zealand. I heard NCL sent planes but didn't specify "for NCL Customers" so they were filled by Air New Zealand with other passengers. I want , NCL and Air New Zealand to make this right somehow. And "I'm sorry" is not enough.

The staff made the cruise enjoyable. Many going out of their way to make the cruise more enjoyable. We found out that the Tazmin Sea, between Australia and New Zealand, is one of the roughest in the world. Our crossing, even though cloudy and cool, was not bad. Apparently, the week before was much worse. Something a cruiser should be made aware of before booking this cruise. Overall we were a little disappointed by the experience. We heard so much mor positives about New Zealand.

Beware masks will be required throughout this cruise. Even though we went through all the protocols of producing vaccination records and a Covid test within 72 hours of our sail date we received an email from HAL the day before sailing that everyone on board would be required to wear masks throughout the cruise with the exception of drinking and dining. Not what we signed up for.

Nice experience , Coastal Kitchen dining was fabulous

This was a fabulous cruise. It's just too bad that the weather didn't cooperate more.

Its a big ship but didn't seem so big. We enjoyed relaxing by the pool and using our balcony. Very disappointed in not much offered for activities. I don't think bingo was offered more than twice and they don't tell you in advance how much it is. If you are looking for free activities that the ship offers that day has come and gone. Go early when attending trivia, We went 30 min early and still could not get a seat. If you wanted the next trivia or the activity following trivia good luck getting a seat, people rarely vacated.

Easily the best cruise experience ever, partly because I met a few officers (and many crew members) who made sure I thoroughly enjoyed the ship and its many amenities. Although some of the ports were industrial ports, shuttles were available to get us to the city center which offered interesting things to do.

We enjoyed all the places on this back to back cruise starting in Tahiti. The NCL staff was trained to perfection. My only negative comment is the photograph area. I felt the employee was not pleasant and appeared annoyed that we didn’t buy more pictures!

It was lovely!! Although.. I did not get the memo about the lack of ozone layer in New Zealand quite quickly enough, LOL