Grand Australia Voyage

Volendam Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 58

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
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Volendam

94 Night Grand Australia & New Zealand Voyage (San Diego Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 03, 2024

Ship: Volendam

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1833

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

This was our first "long" cruise. We did learn that 30-45 day cruise would fit us better.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
The restaurant was very good, the buffet was usually the same menu as before

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Mostly the shows were pretty good

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
As always, the staff was wonderful

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
She's old and needs an overhaul but she was clean

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
This cabin was good except we had no air conditioning and were moved to another room, eventually.

Ports of call

San Diego, California

5 out of 5

Honolulu, Oahu

5 out of 5

Hilo, Hawaii

4 out of 5

Cross International Dateline

5 out of 5

Fanning Island, Kiribati

3 out of 5

Cross The Equator

5 out of 5

Pago Pago, American Samoa

3 out of 5
Too hot to enjoy this island

Apia, Samoa

3 out of 5
Too hot to enjoy this island

Suva, Fiji

5 out of 5

Lautoka, Fiji Islands

5 out of 5

Mystery Island, Vanuatu

4 out of 5

Lifou Isle, New Caledonia

4 out of 5

Noumea, New Caledonia

5 out of 5

Brisbane, Australia

5 out of 5

Townsville, Australia

5 out of 5

Cairns, Australia

5 out of 5

Darwin, Australia

5 out of 5
Darwin is a very nice town but too hot for me

Broome, Australia

4 out of 5

Fremantle (Perth), Australia

5 out of 5

Albany, Australia

4 out of 5

Port Lincoln, Australia

4 out of 5

PENNESHAW, KANGAROO ISLAND, AUSTRALIA

4 out of 5

Adelaide, Australia

5 out of 5

Melbourne, Australia

5 out of 5

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

5 out of 5

Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia

5 out of 5

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5

Cruise Milford Sound

1 out of 5
The main reason I took this cruise was to go to Milford sound, twice now, and missed it both times. Maybe they shoud schedule one more day sailing.

Timaru, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Akaroa, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Wellington, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Napier, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Tauranga, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Auckland, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Waitangi, Bay Of Islands, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Nuku'Alofa, Tonga Islands

4 out of 5

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

3 out of 5

BAHIA D OPUNOHA, MOOREA, FRENCH POLYNESIA

3 out of 5

Huahine, French Polynesia

3 out of 5

Papeete, Tahiti

4 out of 5

Fakarava, Tuamotu Archipelago

3 out of 5

Nuku Hiva, Marquesas

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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9 Comments

TwisterSister86     6 months ago

Thanks for sharing your overall fantastic experience! May everything about your next cruise be perfect.

dannydallas22     7 months ago

we did not go to Rarotonga - the captain was to afraid of the current . The ship was in poor condition besides a/c out in many rooms -they gave out many fans ,and a few of us needed to switch rooms. The room we had had noxious fumes and the front desk was called on this over 3 times . there was a fire in the engine room shortly after we experienced the fumes. The lido deck glass doors were shattered - i show this in my pictures . the ports were great and they should have made the Milford sound - it seems like they always skip it and Nuie

Gwbigdog     7 months ago

Thanks for sharing

ericbran     7 months ago

Thanks for sharing!!

ZATHROS     7 months ago

That's an awesome itinerary! Thanks for sharing.

Auntyboo     7 months ago

Wow, what a great itinerary. Thank you for sharing.

cruising2004     7 months ago

Wonderful itinerary! Thank you for your review.

karlgrgurich     7 months ago

Wow. That’s an incredible cruise! I know we couldn’t do one that long though

javawoody     7 months ago

Fantastic itinerary, thanks for sharing your experience

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