Pacific Pearl Review
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I have left it for a while to write this review, When we booked this trip around the Pacific Islands, we where looking to see a part of the world we had not been to . A couple of weeks before the cruise one of those places we wanted to go was cancelled , we where told nothing about the changes and no reason was given by P&O. Anyway we where a little disappointing but what good we do, Nothing.
When we arrived at the dock to check in, I have to say warfl 5 was not most welcoming place to be, But that is not P&O fault. It was painless checking in. we boarded within a 1hr of getting there. Once on board the ship, the staff where very friendly and a guitar player , playing some nice music. The ship itself I have to say look OK at first. We decided to straight to the cabin and drop off our hand luggage. When arriving there opened the door and thought this is OK a nice view out of our window , the cabin had plenty of room, but I did notice that the noise from the Air Con was a little loud, anyway decided to get something to eat,went up to The Plantation food court to have some lunch. It was just after 2pm, and they had started to close it down, which was a little strange. We did mange to get some food and a drink, but the food was pretty average. After lunch went and had a look around the ship. After looking around , my conclusion's where that this ship was old and falling apart. We went back to our cabin and unpacked, which is the best part of any cruise. Had a shower and went up on decks for the sail away at 4pm, The ship did not sail until 6pm, which was 2 hrs late. I would have loved to have Sydney harbor in daylight not at night. That night we decided to have dinner at the Slat Grill. That was just amazing.The trip had started and we where on our way. Overall the trip was great
Every port we went into had something special about it, Tendering was a little slow, I think one port I waited nearly 3 hrs to get off the ship. The venues on the ship where OK , but good have been better. We mainly stayed in the Mix Bar mainly because the two Barmen Joe and Tom where just great, plus the Entertainer Paul Roxy was fantastic. And the Oasis Bar to watch the wake of the ship go by.
Cabin Review
We where on Deck 9 cabin 9145, An Ocean-view Obstructed View cabin, The Cabin itself, looks old and a little rundown, but had plenty of room. Because of the Air Con ducks where above our cabin the noise in the cabin was really bad, It did effect my hearing, and I am still having problems with my hearing today, If you get this cabin , take some really good ear plugs with you.