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Item: Emerald Princess
Rating: 4
Author: Cruiser41552465

Emerald Princess Cruise Review to U.S. - Pacific, Northwest

Cruiser41552465

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 59

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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New Zealand South Island

Sail date: January 10, 2017

Ship: Emerald Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: P328

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

We especially enjoyed New Zealand! The scenery unbelievable. The land tour done by Denise was great. What a great, caring hostess! We had been on this particular ship before so knew what to expect except to find a bunch of "tweens " on board for Holiday. Lots of kids!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Maybe too many times on the same ship but food was so-so as far as appeal .

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

We are not ready for rockers. Activities seemed to be geared that way

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Sub par entertainment this go round. Music WAY to LOUD! Not Party Poopers just TOO LOUD

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

With poor weather for 3 days kids had nothing to do!

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Cabin steward did his job. Kept cabin clean. Crawling into bed because of night stand was a pain

Ship tip

Be careful when selecting dates to avoid "Holidays"

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Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5

Cruise Fjordland National Park

5 out of 5

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

5 out of 5

Akaroa, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Picton, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Wellington, New Zealand

5 out of 5

3 Comments

MisterMet 7 years ago

We would love to visit NZ and AUS. on Emerald Princess. We had such a wonderful time on our Med. cruise in June 2015. LOVED it!

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geoffgillies 7 years ago

Yes . I was on the same cruise. The little pricks wouldn't get out of the spa. But it was a great cruise.

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gaddabout 7 years ago

yes. That was a big issue for us at Christmas on the Emerald. Hundreds of kids and it would seem the kids clubs weren't good enough as they were in the publuc areas All the cruise.....very unusual as far as our experience goes for holiday season. our 5th Christmas cruise.

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