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Golden Princess Cruise Review

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Golden Princess

13 Night New Zealand (Melbourne Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 30, 2020

Ship: Golden Princess

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Stopped at most ports & the staff on the Golden Princess were friendly & helpful at all time

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy & fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Most of the food was magnificent, however some of the cakes were dry. I don't like egg, so any of the scuffles were yuck

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We only used the pool twice, as the weather was rough. The spa was great. Very relaxing.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Everyone we were in contact with were very polite & helpful.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
There are areas that could do with renovating, but the ship will be changing hands soon, so I can see why they wouldn't bother

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
There were things that could have been better cosmetically, however the cabin stewards made sure the rooms were clean & beds made twice a day. Each afternoon a chocolate placed on each pillow.

Ship tip

Stay calm & relax. All the staff will help & others will think they are the most important person, so just enjoy.

Ports of call

Napier, New Zealand

5 out of 5
We did an excursion to a Maori village. The guide was amazing. He had lots of information & stories to tell. The village gave us the chance to see & experience what a real village would have been like.

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

5 out of 5
We had a tour of the blue penguin sanctuary. Boy do seals smell.

Tauranga, New Zealand

5 out of 5
Was disappointing, as we were hoping to see geysers. There were mud pools & the guide did a goid job of explaining them. The Maori village was very disappointing after the previous experience.

Melbourne, Australia

5 out of 5

Auckland, New Zealand

5 out of 5
We did the America's Cup tour. We got to help on the yacht, as Well, as enjoy the scenery. Wish it could have lasted longer

Wellington, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Akaroa, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Cruise Fjordland National Park

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Had to wait an hour & a half for transport from port, otherwise well organised.
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