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Sea Princess Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 46

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Sea Princess

14 Night New Zealand (Brisbane Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 23, 2020

Ship: Sea Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: A622

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

the cruise is great for over 70's, the ship looked very nice, buffet and restuarant were excellent. no sea sickness , very friendly crew , staff and passengers..

Embarkation

5 out of 5
much faster than other cruises i have been on

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
the food in the buffet was simply delicious, the variety was excellent , so tasty , the desserts were sooo yummy...i went on this ship mainly because of the food

Horizon Court

5 out of 5

well set out, excellent food

Wheelhouse Bar

5 out of 5

good atmosphere, excellent staff, more music needed.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
trivia and linedancing were the only things we found interesting. The shows in the theatre were so good, shame thay didnt have a movie theatre because movies under the stars werent very frequent . i did get a little bored but my husband was happy to relax

Riviera Pool

3 out of 5

nice to relax, shame there was only one maybe 2 days that the band played on deck, needed more holiday/party atmoshphere, i think people mostly slept on the deck

Entertainment

4 out of 5
the dancing was good but not alot of it for out tastes, mainly for crooners , not enough rock and roll . the older people had much more music than the babyboomers. they could go to two bars whee we only had one bar , the disco bar was good but no one went there.

Princess Theater

5 out of 5

sometimes couldnt get in because it was always full

Grand Plaza Atrium

5 out of 5

clean spacious , elegant

Children's Programs

there were not many children on board

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
the staff are soo soo helpful, nothing was an effort , thay love to please us..wonderful workers.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
all clean and there was never any dirty dishes laying around.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
clean and comfortable, good airconditioning, nice hot shower ..we needed a movie channel . i wish they had facilities we could borrow a movie and watch on tv when ithere wasnt much happening

Ship tip

you will love it

Ports of call

Brisbane, Australia

5 out of 5
effiecient staff easy access for wheelchairs, fast embarkment

Cruise Fjordland National Park

5 out of 5
a special place, amazing

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

5 out of 5
we hired a car and went to the castle and the railway station and walked up the big hill..was a good day

Akaroa, New Zealand

5 out of 5
such a pretty little place great holiday atmosphere , bustling , we went on a vintage car tour around the town

Wellington, New Zealand

4 out of 5
the biggest town , was nice too

Napier, New Zealand

5 out of 5
Napier, my favorite place, so pretty the locals were so good to us.

Tauranga, New Zealand

5 out of 5
took the local bus to a few shopping centres. was a good day at the irish pub

Auckland, New Zealand

5 out of 5
visited family, such a pretty port too, big city , very nice

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
it took 10 mins from the time we allocated to the time we walked out to the waiting portside bus
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3 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

javawoody    3 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Sounds like a wonderful cruise, glad you enjoyed.