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Item: Golden Princess
Rating: 4.4
Author: 121212

Golden Princess Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

121212

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

13 Night New Zealand (Melbourne Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 11, 2018

Ship: Golden Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: Plaza314

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Very good for the most part. Wait staff and chefs were very helpful and cheerful.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

We were told to go to the wrong floor and then figured out where our room was ourselves. It was hard to get bags and wheelchair into room. We found someone's dirty sock in our room and my sister was injured moving a small table because a heavy glass panel fell on her foot. When I called room steward for ice he was annoyed and said he was off duty.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Very good. Staff very helpful and friendly.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Room steward was terrible. Wait staff were great.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Ship was really shabby and there was not enough seating in centre.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Small. Bathroom was tiny. Room was very shabby. Was a good quiet room. View from window was unobstructed.

Ship tip

Get to shows very early. Take a book. Seats were all gone half an hour before most shows. The late show might have been much easier to get seats, but we didn't go to those because of early starts.

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