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Celebrity Solstice Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia
12 Night New Zealand (Auckland To Sydney)
Sail date: January 24, 2017
Ship: Celebrity Solstice
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 1633
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
This was an amazing trip. So many beautiful sights to see as well as one welll run ship. Although I never personally met the captain, his humor and leadership were evident from his daily posts As well as the wonderful crew. I have cruised many times before and this one was a notch above all others. We enjoyed our time on and off the ship. Visiting the shire where lord of the rings was filmed amazed all, the rough ride to the seal colony was worth every bump. We did the overnight excursion to Queenstown. I was a bit Leary of leaving the ship and missing the pass through dusky sound, but it was worth it. Our night in Queenstown was fabulous we traveled via an old steam encgine boat to a working farm. Where we we treated to yet another wonderful buffet with the beat foood. Slow cooked pork, lame chicken etc was amazing. We saw a sheep sheared and enjoyed seeing their sheep dogs inaction. We traveled into Milford sound on a day that rained 9.5 inches. This led to seeing rainbows on the water as well in the distant mountains By our last trip off the bus we were drenched and cold. The rain provided us with spectacular water falls that made it all worth it. A bit of an adventure waiting for the cruise ship to pick us back up, made for another adventure just getting back on in all the wind and rain. We were welcome with towels and hot chocolate. The food aboard the ship as well as off was excellent. This is a great trip and highly recommended.
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Ports of call
Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand