Ship, food good, grog a ripoff, Milford sound amazing ,
Embarkation
4 out of 5
The embarkation took quite a long time but considering the amount of people it ran fairly smoothly
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
4 out of 5
The main restaurants had lovely food every day.
The buffet was ok but not up to the restaurant quality.
Onboard Activities
4 out of 5
At our age the only activity was to walk
Entertainment
5 out of 5
This was outstanding with great singers and dancers
Service and Staff
5 out of 5
We could not fault the waiters and room steward who bent over backwards to help and did so in a very nice manner.
They always spoke and offered assistance all the time.
The ships officers were mostly non speaking and tended to look down on us poor peasants.
Ship Quality
4 out of 5
The ship was clean, getting old , and in need of a make up
Cabin / Stateroom
4 out of 5
The cabin was small and lacking a couch, the new mattresses were great but the pillows were way too soft.
Ship tip
Don't buy the coffee card online prior to boarding.
They charged me $46.80 for 15 coffees but when we were onboard the same card cost $36.00 for 15 coffees.
Absolute and utter rip off.
I have emailed the head office to explain why ?
Also online the beer was buy 4 bottles/cans and get 5 but onboard it was buy 5 and get 6
We did an excursion in a bus around the bay to a reception place high on a hill overlooking the sea.
They gave us a lovely morning tea and a sheep dog demonstration.
well worth the money
Our ship arrived first before sister ship but we were berthed behind it so the walk was very very long.
The rip off bus took us into city and the instead of dropping us off at our ship it dumped us off in front of other ship and made us walk again.
We were told technical trouble with ship and it could not maintain its cruising speed. Absolute lie, ship had no trouble, we were given $150.00 each compensation and heard stories about Auckland Port wanting to charge ship more so ship said we will bypass .
Psst... Try the light rail to southern cross, its fast, cheap, efficient and it leaves every few minutes...oh sorry, you have to walk a few metres to get to the station
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