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Ovation of the Seas Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

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4.9 out of 5
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Ovation of the Seas

14 Night New Zealand (Sydney Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 04, 2018

Ship: Ovation of the Seas

Cabin number: 6226

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Everything outstanding. Enjoyed everything EXCEPT food because of too much salt.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Was well organi

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Main dining rooms outstanding, service and food plates were excellent. Waiter Wu Rui table 608 and her assistant Yudi in restaurant SILK were outstandingly great. Windjamer outstanding in every aspect. Did not try specialty restaurants. Major problem was , TOO MUCH SALT in the FOOD everywhere. 100%

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Stage great and comfortable. Shows were just average, except PIxels was great.

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
N/A

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Hanna Johnson , host of Diamond club was outstanding,extremely helpful,can not say enough about her. Wu Rui waiter table 608 in SILK and her assistant Yudi were excellent. Savoni , attendant of room 6226 was outstanding.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Everything was in super shape,

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
was wonderful.

Ship tip

If you like a balcony, pay a little more to get unobstructed balcony. Be careful TOO MUCH SALT in the food everywhere.

Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5
excellent choices of ports. We did not do excursions.

Bay Of Islands, New Zealand

5 out of 5
Was great , took a ferry to Russell.

Auckland, New Zealand

5 out of 5
We took Hob On-Hob Off bus to everywhere, visited Sky Tour then a Ferry to Dovenport. Best Calamari ever in a restaurant near the ship port called Dr.Rudi

Tauranga, New Zealand

5 out of 5
We arranged for a private tour to Rotorua. and we attended a show by the Maori,s

Wellington, New Zealand

5 out of 5
Temp was 75 F but raining, took the free shuttle then walked to TE PAPA museum. We loved to try the cable cars but weather was not good.

Picton, New Zealand

5 out of 5
we took the free shuttle and visited Queen Charlotte Sound. We loved to go to Blenheim (center of Marlborough Sound) using the ferry or the train. but we did not.

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

5 out of 5
We took the Royal Caribb shuttle to the Octagon. Visited the Chocolate factory and the Dunedin Railroad Station. We did have time to visit Speight,s beer brewery.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
very excellent experience
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wgammon1    4 years ago

Glad you had a good cruise. Thanks for the great review.

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