First week was amazing

Item: Grand Princess
Rating: 4.4
Author: poohbearferg

Grand Princess Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

poohbearferg

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 53

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

13 Night New Zealand (Melbourne Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 04, 2022

Ship: Grand Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: D628

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

We would not go on another cruise longer than 7 days again. We caught covid onboard on day 8 and were confined to our quarters until disembarking. Total waste of a lot of money. Others around us coughing up their lungs and obviously not reported as still roaming freely. Everyone should be tested regularly and large antibacterial pumps should be in every cabin.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Terrible, we arrived at allotted time and boarded 3.5 hours later. Total debarcle

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Crown Grill, to die for. Overall dining rooms were lovely but not like they used to be. Staff is so overworked.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Nothing of interest

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Entertainment was pretty good, a good mix of Musicians and stage shows

Children's Programs

Travel was as a couple

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Always willing to please , couldn’t do enough for us.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Nicely maintained ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

First week was amazing

Ship tip

Take a huge pump bottle of antibacterial gel. Use it every time you leave and return. Wear a mask in elevators every time. Wear masks indoors.

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Ports of call

Melbourne, Australia

5 out of 5

Cruise Fjordland National Park

5 out of 5

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

5 out of 5

Lyttleton (Christchurch), New Zealand

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

We were supposed to disembark at 10:30 but because we caught covid on day 8 we weren’t allowed to leave the ship until 3:00 we weren’t offered and food or drink during this time.

6 Comments

poohbearferg 1 year ago

News update, we have a future cruise credit for the days we spent in isolation with covid. Thank you princess, now that takes the sting out.

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RetiredRay 1 year ago

Antibacterial will not help much with Covid which is a virus.

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poohbearferg 1 year ago

To date neither us or our two travel companions that also got covid have received any compensation.

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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javawoody 1 year ago

No one but you can be responsible for your health

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Hope you are feeling better.

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