Bad Choice
Emerald Princess Cruise Review to Australasia
Australia & New zealand
Sail date: February 13, 2017
Ship: Emerald Princess
Cabin type: Oceanview
Cabin number: E505
Traveled as: Large Group
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
The foods served in the Dining Room (Da Vinci) are salty making them not edible. More so for elderly where sodium intake must be kept to its minimum. To make matter worse, there isn't much choice of specialty dining available as compared to the Golden and Diamond ship. Otherwise, we could have opted for specialty dining to replace those served in Da Vinci and Michael Angelo. Unlike the Golden and Diamond ship, the Grill and Pizza served in the sun deck of the Emerald are tasteless.
The ports can be divided into essential and non essential. The essential ports being Port Chalmers, Akaroa and Tauranga. The rest are non essential.
This cruise, we have to skip Port Chalmers and Akaroa i.e. 2 out of 3 essential ports. While skipping the 2 essential ports are unavoidable due to fog, it would be good that an alternate ports be planned ahead rather just skipping the ports.
The saving grace for this experience being the good service crew. We appreciate their friendliness and hospitality. The embarkation and disembarkation were efficiently conducted. Kudos to the crew.
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Onboard Activities
Entertainment
Service and Staff
Ship Quality
Cabin / Stateroom
Ship tip
Look out for Specialty Dining. They are often best to substitute those serve in the Fine Dining Room and the Horizon.
Ports of call
Cruise Fjordland National Park
Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand