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Ovation of the Seas Cruise Review to South Pacific

malx1

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 50

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

9 Night South Pacific (Sydney Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 21, 2019

Ship: Ovation of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 10502

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Cruise was lovely but ship to big with 4700 odd people on board and trying to do things in port The smaller ships will do us up to Navigator size

Embarkation

3 out of 5

The Aussies on the wharf are useless But the Ovation crew are wonderful and Helpful

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

WE only ate in the Main dining room Service was poor (no tip) But food was good

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

North Star Wonderful View

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Room Steward was excellent (hence a tip) nBar staff in casino excellent

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Well cleaned a a wonderful view from forward windows which were kept clean with washers on the outside every couple of days

Ship tip

Ship is large there you do not interact with the crew as you do on a smaller boat We will stay in the smaller class ships more personal

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Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

3 out of 5

Roadworks everywhere

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Port Vila, Efate, Vanuatu

3 out of 5

Been there done that will not be back

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Mystery Island, Vanuatu Did not visit port

Sea was to rough to lower tenders

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Noumea, New Caledonia

3 out of 5

Did the hop on hop off Back on board after a couple of hours

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Did the early bird take own luggage plane to catch

3 Comments

cyndimom75 5 years ago

Yes, we are all very different! I’m actually concerned that this ship will seem small compared to the Oasis class of ships that we prefer! We have been on the largest and smallest in the RCCL fleet and found the service, food and personalization much better on the larger ships!

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TheSnoMan 5 years ago

We prefer smaller ships. They feel more personalized. When you get 4000+ plus people on board compromises must be made.

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alexnjimadelaide 5 years ago

We are all so very different. We were on Ovation last Oct & never noticed her size or the people. We totally loved all she had to offer. Our only dislike, was the way the MDR was spilt into 4 smaller restaurants. We much prefer the elegance of one large restaurant spread over a floor or two. Other than that, we thoroughly enjoyed our cruise. Thankfully there's a large assortment to choose from & everyone can find their right fit.

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