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Ovation of the Seas Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 46

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Ovation of the Seas

12 Night New Zealand (Sydney Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 29, 2020

Ship: Ovation of the Seas

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Lucky to have been able to cruise around NZ. ( coronavirus). Huge ship, whilst clean and maintained, could do a couple of simple updates to rise to the expectation.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Long lines but continued to move.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
I used Silk for my main dining. Egnelo was my waiter, funny man n great waiter :) Windjammer food was repetitive n cold but the waiters were very efficient. Drink... we had a soda package but still had to pay for water. Coke was flat.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
North Star. I was amazed at this. North Star n I fly were booked out before we even boarded, was lucky to wait for the North Star n get on.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Ventriloquist, Hypnosist and impressionist were great. Pixel was brilliant. Ovation band talented but rest could improve.

Children's Programs

I didn't have children on board nor in our group.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Guest Services. Egnelo in Silk was a highly professional n entertaining. Anwar our Room Steward was very pleasant n couldn't do enough for us.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
The ship was very clean n well maintained. The elevators were slow. Could have more location signs, I was constantly confused, where to go.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Bathroom could have been bigger. Needs bigger sheets on the bed. Anwar kept it very clean n constantly replacing Manchester.

Ship tip

Take a packed lunch to walk from one end to the other.

Ports of call

Sydney, Australia Did not visit port

Cruise Milford Sound

5 out of 5
Beautiful. Thanks to the Capt for waiting for weather to improve to get us in there.

Cruise Doubtful Sound

5 out of 5
Beautiful.

Cruise Dusky Sound

4 out of 5
I dont think we needed to do this port, much the same as the first 2 sounds.

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand Did not visit port

Weather. Disappointed but believe that if the Capt calls it off then he did so on professional knowledge.

Wellington, New Zealand

4 out of 5
Cable car was a waste of money n time. Zealandia was exceptional, well worth the visit.

Tauranga, New Zealand

2 out of 5
Beautiful place but the cultural experience was High School graded. Not worth the money.

Auckland, New Zealand

4 out of 5
It was pretty but didn't stay there. We went to Hobbiton which was very interesting.

Bay Of Islands, New Zealand

5 out of 5
Amazing. Hole in the rock n cruise around the port was made interesting by the guides knowledge of the place.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Whilst it was very easy for me, it worries me that the board of security was so lax.
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3 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review.

alexnjimadelaide    4 years ago

Ifly & North Star can be booked online before cruising & highly recommended. We never noticed the size of the ship when we were on her.

Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

Great review!!

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