Good introduction to southeast Australia as well as New Zealand

Item: Royal Princess
Rating: 4
Author: Steamfan

Royal Princess Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

Steamfan

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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13 Night Australia & New Zealand (Sydney To Auckland)

Sail date: February 18, 2024

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: A738

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 months ago

Review summary

The weather was largely fine, though the Tasman Sea crossing was rough. Despite the few negatives, we enjoyed our cruise overall. We were very fortunate to enjoy perfect weather during our Milford Sound cruising.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Only negative was the absence of several Premium wines that were our preference

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

The first Production show was fabulous but the rest were mediocre in comparison

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Certainly clean and well maintained but the cabins looked old and tired Layout is fine

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

The furnishings looked old and tired but was comfortable, clean and well looked after by our cabin steward

Ports of call

Melbourne, Australia

4 out of 5

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

5 out of 5

Cruise Fjordland National Park

5 out of 5

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

3 out of 5

One of our excursions was cancelled at the last minute for a bogus reason i.e. they said we wouldn't get back from our morning excursion in time to catch it, even though the cruise itinerary showed it would be OK. And in reality the afternoon tour bus was still dockside when we returned. Not good enough

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Wellington, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Tauranga, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Very slow due to immigration delays caused by the large number of people disembarking

9 Comments

mtkruzer 8 months ago

The Tasman Sea crossing was rough for us several years ago. I believe that’s quite common for that sea. It’s not very deep there.

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Gwbigdog 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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karlgrgurich 8 months ago

Glad you enjoyed

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HeavySeas 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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bndfromaz 8 months ago

Thank you for the review.

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Lounray 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

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cruising2004 8 months ago

Thank you for your review.

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javawoody 8 months ago

Appreciate the posting

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bubbles60 8 months ago

Glad you had a good trip. Bucket List cruise

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