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Item: Norwegian Jewel
Rating: 4.8
Author: Deb2018

Norwegian Jewel Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

Deb2018

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5

12 Night Australia & New Zealand From Sydney (Sydney To Auckland)

Sail date: January 23, 2020

Ship: Norwegian Jewel

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10084

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

The best ports ever. Definitely a Bucket List item!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Super easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Did not eat in specialty dining. MDR food was great, great variety. And buffet was very good.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Love the gameshows, Bingo, nightly shows were awesome.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Stage shows were great!

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Room steward could have been better, but otherwise, everyone was great. Especially Yad-Z, the bartender at The Whiskey Bar!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

There were 3 adults and still comfortable.

Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

4 out of 5

Sydney was nice. Actually flew in a few days early so that we're could travel to Cairns to snorkel the Great Barrier Reef.

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Eden, Australia

5 out of 5

Loved this little town. The people there were so friendly

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Melbourne, Australia

4 out of 5

Big city, so not alot of time to see much. But did enjoy the Chinese New Year festivities while there. Also some really cool graffiti art on some side streets

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Burnie, Tasmania, Australia

5 out of 5

Loved this town as well. They actually greeted us with "Burnie" hat pins. Super nice people, very appreciative of us tourists.

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Cruise Milford Sound

5 out of 5

No stop, so no excursion, but so beautiful

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Cruise Doubtful Sound

5 out of 5

Same as Milford. No stop, but so much beauty

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Cruise Dusky Sound

5 out of 5

Same

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Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

5 out of 5

Great little port, really nice people

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Akaroa, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Beautiful little port. Went out on a sailboat with Ray. Got to see the Hector's dolphins

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Picton, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Really nice port

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Napier, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Tauranga, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Saw the glow worm caves! Amazing!

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Auckland, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Auckland was very nice. Loved all of New Zealand ❤

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Easy

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