OK but not great

Item: Ovation of the Seas
Rating: 3.4
Author: DazzA

Ovation of the Seas Cruise Review

DazzA

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

19 Night Transpacific (Honolulu To Sydney)

Sail date: October 09, 2022

Ship: Ovation of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10626

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Loved the itenary. Not a fan of the ship. Will stick to small ship cruising in the future.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Very easy. Got on about 45 minutes after we joined the queue

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Main dining room has the worst food I've ever had on a cruise ship. So bad I'm paying extra to use the specialty restaurants

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Bumper cars are fun. Trivias have been confusing and poorly run

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Entertainment has been good BUT with all the venues so close together on deck 4 and 5 sound tends to travel between venues just making noise. Especially in Izumis and Wonderland

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Hate the area around the venues on the main esplanade. When 2 or more venues have music it all overlaps and becomes little more than noise pollution

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Great size and plenty of storage. Right under the pool deck but it has not disturbed us at all. Good size balcony with clear glass walls

Ship tip

Use out door area at back of Windjammer. It's a nice place to eat when it's warm

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Moorea, French Polynesia

4 out of 5

Beautiful place but not a lot to do. We did the dolphin eco tour. Highly recimended

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Wellington, New Zealand

2 out of 5

Just another city. CBD is quite small cam be explored in a few hours. Some nice coffee shops if your over ship coffee

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Papeete, Tahiti

5 out of 5

Loved this port. Its so relaxed. Most things are expensive but it's a tourist port.

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Napier, New Zealand

4 out of 5

Beautiful little place. Port is a long way from town centre and you can't just walk off ship. Shuttle bus to town.

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Honolulu, Oahu

3 out of 5

Expensive but fun

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Cross International Dateline

2 out of 5

No big deal

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Disembarkation

2 out of 5

ABF delayed the process. Ships response was a joke. No one had information or seemed to care.

Traveler Photos

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