30th Wedding Anniversary Cruise

Ovation of the Seas Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Ovation of the Seas

12 Night New Zealand (Sydney Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 02, 2018

Ship: Ovation of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7302

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

My husband and I enjoyed an amazing cruise and ports for our 30th! The ship is HUUUUGEEEE but it didn't feel overcrowded and we enjoyed whatever we planned on doing or attending. The biggest disappointment was the food in the dining room. It was just average and some dishes were actually bad or tasteless. we ended up eating at the buffet or restaurants but since you had to pay extra that was not desirable to us. We went on recent cruises with Holland America where the food was SO delicious at EVERY meal, that admittedly we were spoiled coming onto this cruise. The staff was wonderful and tried to accommodate any way they could...but some things were lost in translation and other times it was just plain old bad cooking and the chef isn't getting it...Well it wasn't worth ruining our vacation, but we went on travel adviser and found many reviews complaining about the food, so it IS an issue...

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5

Wellington, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Tauranga, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Auckland, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Bay Of Islands, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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