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Golden Princess Cruise Review to South Pacific

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 29

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Golden Princess

13 Night New Zealand (Melbourne Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 12, 2020

Ship: Golden Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: A239

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

This cruise was really enjoyable. It’s sad to think people continue to criticise the boat she is lovely with so much character. Modern is nice but dosnt have the warmth of the older ships.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Excellent and very quick

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food was really great but did find it was too much at sometimes. The crab Shack certainly do not need starters or Entrees, Main could be between 2 people. Overall great. Special Balcony dinner for our Anniversary could not fault a great experience. All restaurants were tops.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Fitness centre good. Cooking display fun. Spas and pools plenty of room

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Some good some mediocre. The Neil Diamond night was fabulous

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Every single person was so helpful and always a smile with them. We never encountered anybody who was not lovely to talk to or reluctant to help

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Love the ship. Love the timber and the warm feel of it.Somebody always cleaning. Hygiene was foremost in their minds

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Always kept clean. Beds so comfortable. Balcony private cannot be looked down on.

Ship tip

Stop looking for faults and enjoy. It’s what you make it. Some people just have to complain!

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Ports of call

Melbourne, Australia Did not visit port

Home port
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Cruise Fjordland National Park

5 out of 5
Fabulous scenery had a pod of dolphins give us a display
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Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

5 out of 5
Lovely city architecture beautiful. Did the train. Rugged scenery. A great day
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Akaroa, New Zealand

5 out of 5
Very pretty. Wine excursion great
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Wellington, New Zealand

4 out of 5
Did the storm coast excursion was great as rain eased up at times.
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Napier, New Zealand

3 out of 5
Yes excursion to little river wouldn’t bother with,sure there are better ones
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Tauranga, New Zealand

4 out of 5
Rotorua excursion very good.
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Auckland, New Zealand

5 out of 5
Wine trip again excellent learnt a lot of the history
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Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very quick and organised. Better to do it later as time getting off quicker as a lot have gone.

Traveler Photos

Still Fjordland Beautiful scenery
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5 Comments

princessjo65    4 years ago

She may be getting older, but she is beautiful. Love the warmth and character of the older ships.
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SandraLP    4 years ago

Totally agree. Loved it when I went on it.
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Doggydad196422    4 years ago

Exactly! The older ships have warmth and character
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williamjohns524    4 years ago

I agree that some of the older ships have a way of making you want less instead of more. Thanks for the the walk down memory lane.
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Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

As long as you loved it, that's what counts!!
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