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Diamond Princess Cruise Review to Australasia

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 7
Helpful Votes: 47

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
Diamond Princess

New Zealand

Sail date: February 06, 2018

Ship: Diamond Princess

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Great cruise with good staff. Good layout of ship. Some stuck up passengers. Ship could do with some areas repainted. Internal pool area was used daily. Staff was very helpful.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Went smoothly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Wake View Bar

3 out of 5

Didn't use this as much as I should, could get windy some times.

Horizon Court

3 out of 5

Selection of food was better than expected. Seating at prime times was sometimes in short supply

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Calypso Reef And Pool

4 out of 5

Great area , lounges were in demand

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Atrium

3 out of 5

Great area, seating was sometimes an issue

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
No issues

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Little bit of maintaining needed

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

When do we go again

Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

4 out of 5

Melbourne, Australia

3 out of 5

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

4 out of 5

Cruise Fjordland National Park

4 out of 5

Tauranga, New Zealand

3 out of 5

Auckland, New Zealand

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Traveler Photos

Dress up night
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9 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

izrgreen    2 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to write a review

cruising2004    2 years ago

Thank you for sharing your experience

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Thanks for sharing your sharing your before Covid experience. Sadly there is nothing we (or the cruise lines) can do about snobby people!

dzajac711    2 years ago

This cruise was from Feb 2018. Not current. Australia is not open for cruising.

picalo    2 years ago

I'm glad to hear cruising is back... last I heard Australia was locked down tight.... so great review, good cruise

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for the review and sharing your experience

cruising2004    2 years ago