delightful cruise except for some bad weather

Item: Majestic Princess
Rating: 4.7
Author: kaufman9

Majestic Princess Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

kaufman9

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 17

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

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13 Night Australia & New Zealand (Auckland To Sydney)

Sail date: January 29, 2023

Ship: Majestic Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Weather was a factor at two ports. Would have liked some compensation for this, but I guess the cruise line has this happen all the time and it would be expensive to just send a apology.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

was not fully cleaned when arrived but taken care of immediately.

Ports of call

Auckland, New Zealand

5 out of 5

arrival is always an issue with Princess - not sure why they can figure this all out. We had to scramble for info that we didn't know we needed. Just let us know and we'

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Tauranga, New Zealand

3 out of 5

not much to do here.

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Wellington, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Picton, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Wine tours.

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Lyttleton (Christchurch), New Zealand

5 out of 5

Exploring city was great.

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Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

5 out of 5

Charming city. Lots to explore.

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Cruise Fjordland National Park Did not visit port

Weather prevented us from visiting.

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Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

5 out of 5

Great port.

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Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5

Plenty to see here.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Almost perfect. Just walked off.

8 Comments

Ship2Shora 1 year ago

Thanks for the detes😎

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cruiseman2 1 year ago

Where's the ship able to dock? If the ship was not able to dock yes you should have gotten some money back from missing your port. But if the ship dog or anchored was tenders then no you weren't entitled to anything back. However on the bloggers Cruise they were saying that when they missed a port, that they had to go to guest services to get money back from the cruise line that it wasn't automatically refunded to you. That is the thing about norwegian. The passengers have to request it from Guest Services otherwise the cruise line keeps it for themselves due to the fact that they are so much in debt.

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willwork4cruz 1 year ago

You can usually look at reviews of ports and see ones that are often skipped due to weather. If you ever must visit a port, don't go there by cruise since any port can be missed. You can't be too upset for missing a port since we all know before we book that it is a possibility. That said, if I ever book a cruise to Antarctica and we have to skip it, I will be upset.

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mrwonderful 1 year ago

I only hope you are not serious about compensation it was an act of God ! Any cruise would be powerless to alter the circumstance in question.

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golfermike 1 year ago

Maybe you will get the port fee back? Thanks for the review.

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Interesting

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javawoody 1 year ago

Why would the cruise line compensate you for weather? Should you receive compensation for a sunburn?

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Wonderful itinerary. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

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Other reviews of this sailing

Great cruise around NZ

Good cruises, missed many desirable ports due to weather.