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Item: Ovation of the Seas
Rating: 3.4
Author: FranB51

Ovation of the Seas Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

FranB51

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

11 Night New Zealand (Sydney Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 26, 2022

Ship: Ovation of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7664

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Wouldn't go on Ovation again. Very let down. Captain & CD never seen. Missed ports. Poor Shows.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

MDR good. Windjammer - food not always hot. Seating full. No help given

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

None. Weather not great for Solarium pool and very full

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Shows poor. 2 Magicians, juggler, comedian. No Headliner shows

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Stateroom guy very good, bar service good. CD - useless. Never saw him or the Captain around the ship

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Yes

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Accessible Balcony.

Ship tip

Dont get a Balcony overlooking Smokers area near Jamies - quite noisy

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Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

4 out of 5

Auckland, New Zealand

2 out of 5

Dirty, windy city. Not worth getting off ship if not doing a tour.

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Bay Of Islands, New Zealand

4 out of 5

Markets were interesting

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Tauranga, New Zealand

3 out of 5

Napier, New Zealand Did not visit port

Missed port

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Picton, New Zealand

3 out of 5

Small market.

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Wellington, New Zealand

3 out of 5

Ship shuttle had 2 stops. We stayed on for the 2nd stop as we were looking for the market. Bus driver said they weren't on any more but that wasnt right. So we'd wasted our time wandering around the shops that werent open.

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

4 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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bowlerbob 1 year ago

We found Auckland a lovely city.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your review

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PaulzyJC 1 year ago

Calling Auckland, NZ a dirty windy city is not very respectful of the nation. But I'm assuming you traveled from the US.

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