Ovation Christmas and New year’s cruise 2022

Item: Ovation of the Seas
Rating: 4
Author: David912

Ovation of the Seas Cruise Review

David912

Contributor Level: Third Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 26

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

12 Night New Zealand (Sydney Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 23, 2022

Ship: Ovation of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9122

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

The cruise started out as expected, good food and entertainment until we picked up that dreaded virus covid and we’re confined to our cabin, fortunately we had a balcony.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Easy about 1/w to board

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

We had the ultimate dining package so attended specialty restaurants for most meals. Chops is my favourite

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

With that said we found our cabin bathroom could have been a bit cleaner. Hair in the shower and I hate to say it, a skid mark in the toilet bowl.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Cruise Milford Sound

5 out of 5

Cruise Dusky Sound

5 out of 5

Cruise Doubtful Sound

5 out of 5

Napier, New Zealand

4 out of 5

Auckland, New Zealand

4 out of 5

Tauranga, New Zealand

4 out of 5

Lyttleton (Christchurch), New Zealand

4 out of 5

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

3 Comments

candee01 1 year ago

Just got off odyessey on December 30th. Whole family is still sick with covid. We are all vaccinated and boosted.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Sorry you became I’ll, thanks for the review

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise sorry you got sick

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Other reviews of this sailing

Good cruise but have been on better.

Destinations were incredible/Ship was horrible

A nice way to get a taste of New Zealand