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Item: Ovation of the Seas
Rating: 3.5
Author: c25andeb

Ovation of the Seas Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

c25andeb

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 31

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5

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11 Night Australia & New Zealand (Sydney Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 29, 2022

Ship: Ovation of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 7711

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Not up to what we expected after having two Australia/New Zealand cruises cancelled over the past two yers.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Lines moved relatively well for being the first cruise out of Sydney on RCCL in quite a while

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Main dining room repeated the menu too often and had a lot of things we didn't care for. Jamie's Italian was a pleasant surprise, better than Chops.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

None of the above were used

Entertainment

1 out of 5

We sailed over a year ago on this same ship, they are still doing the same tired old shows and the Cruise Director still uses the same old jokes.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Waiters and cabin stewards were good

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

easy to navigate

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

we upgraded to a Balcony, good move on our part.

Ship tip

Don't expect too much, there have been a lot of cut backs in areas. I think they want you playing bingo or in the casino because there isn't much to do otherwise.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

4 out of 5

Cruise Milford Sound

3 out of 5

Cruise Doubtful Sound

3 out of 5

Cruise Dusky Sound

3 out of 5

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

4 out of 5

Wellington, New Zealand

4 out of 5

Napier, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Picton, New Zealand

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Walked off on our own with most of the ship.

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