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Majestic Princess Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 49

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Majestic Princess

12 Night Australia & New Zealand (Sydney To Auckland)

Sail date: December 15, 2019

Ship: Majestic Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: M103

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Overall very good. The staff are attentive but photos, as expected are expensive but to have to pay $20 USD just for the digital copy and nothing else is absurd. Shore excursion is extremely overpriced in some locations.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining rooms and Marketplace were very good. Pizzeria was average at best

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Pool, minigolf. Fitness Center looked very good although not used.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Theater shows was excellent.

Children's Programs

4 out of 5
Kids Club staff were outstanding.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Most of the staff were professional, friendly and hard working

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
The ship was big but not overcrowded. A little choppy on deck 6 and no running track I was aware of.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
The size was adequate however to access the balcony after turndown service it was difficult because the sofa bed blocked access to the door. Mini fridge was also completely blocked. Beds were comfortable, shower seemed a little larger than average and the views were great overlooking the bow. Felt a little rocking at night time, but was about the same no matter where you were.

Ship tip

Go to the show early to get a seat (30 minutes)

Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5
Expensive. No ship excursion.

Melbourne, Australia

4 out of 5
Shopping. Easy transit from ship to city. Tram. No ship excursion.

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

4 out of 5
Nice town. Should have longer in port. No ship excursion.

Cruise Fjordland National Park

4 out of 5
Great views even with bad weather (over 200 days of rain)

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

4 out of 5
Nice small town. Train ride (not through ship) was excellent. No ship excursion.

Akaroa, New Zealand

4 out of 5
Easy to get around this small town. Did a dolphin boat tour (not through ship). No ship excursion.

Tauranga, New Zealand

4 out of 5
Excellent beaches. Hot water pool was also good for the price. No ship excursion.

Auckland, New Zealand

5 out of 5
Nice city and a lot of options... including ferry ride to Takhene Island.No ship excursion.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Very good although bags were not taken down until breakfast. Little time to pack after being off the ship for the day.
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5 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

vconnor69    4 years ago

Going on majestic in September I recently went on ruby princess and it also had Australian dollars which I prefer as I only took cash went on a cruise before that on ovation of the seas and my debit card did not work plus it was US dollars luckily my mother had some US dollars left over I had to borrow some off her to pay my account so I will be using cash on majestic as well

millersaboard    4 years ago

Loved that ship... and yes definitely need to get to first show early 😊

Summerholiday    4 years ago

Quite strange ...They didn’t use US $$ on board this ship all costs shops, drinks etc where in aussie $$$$ We had a few short rain showers and rain one night ? So don’t know why u had rain and we didn’t... This review is BS... :-(((

15mustang    4 years ago

Pictures are always expensive everywhere.

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