Relaxing, enjoyable Cruise

Golden Princess Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 30

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Golden Princess

13 Night New Zealand (Melbourne Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 11, 2018

Ship: Golden Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: C249

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Fantastic, relaxing and enjoyable time. We will not hesitate in booking with Princess again

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Princess could not have made this any easier

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
From the Buffet to the burger stop, to the ice cream shop, to the pizza shop to re Specialty Restrauts, to the cafe, there was food for EVERYONE. Did not have anything not prepared correctly

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
The Sun Deck Bar was the place to be. The access to everything from this area was great. Sitting in the sun having drinks and meeting people or watching the big screen was fantastic. Being one of only 2 areas for smoking on the boat, you got to meet and talk to a lot of different people. It is only a small area for smoking but was looked after by some of the most attentive crew on the ship.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The big screen was the best. One small area that could be looked at was, while showing areas for the Discovery photos, a lot of people were asking "wonder where that place is"? I believe you would probably get a lot more enquires to these places if people knew where it was

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Could not fault any staff. Their attention to detail is fantastic. Just 2 small examples of this were, At breakfast one morning, a lady carrying two plates was about to go through a "automatic" door when a staff member saw her approach an hopped by the door to have it opened for her. Another little thing was, while docking at Melbourne, I noticed a staff member "dusting" down hand rails and ensuring everything was clean.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
It was great for us

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The last time we cruised we were talked into a Mini Suite which we found a waste. The size was fine and the bed and linen was superb.

Ship tip

Sit back, relax and be prepared to get spoiled

Ports of call

Melbourne, Australia

5 out of 5
Embark and Disembark was all. HOME

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

4 out of 5
We enjoyed all ports

Akaroa, New Zealand

4 out of 5
We enjoyed all ports

Wellington, New Zealand

4 out of 5
We enjoyed all ports

Gisborne, New Zealand

4 out of 5
We enjoyed all ports

Tauranga, New Zealand

4 out of 5
We enjoyed all ports

Auckland, New Zealand Did not visit port

Princess advise prior Cruise

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Flawless
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