Chose this cruise since it fit into schedule while in Australia to travel to New Zealand
Realized the ship is large and almost 5000 passengers but we wanted to go to New Zealand .
We tried it and will never sail again !
Too many long lines for everything !
We chose to eat in Specialty Resturants every evening and stayed away from Windjammer. Loved the food and staff in Specialty ...
This is our first cruise with Royal Caribbean, but our fourth cruise overall.
RC is really excellent in their embarkation and disembarkation procedures, and was much more efficient than the Princess Cruises we have been on.
We did not travel with children, but noticed a meeting place for youngsters, and pools reserved for children. I think there was an arcade (at extra cost) available ...
We travelled January 2019 12 night cruise deck 12 midship cabin.
Dining: Cafe Two70 (Aft) was excellent for speciality coffee and sweet treats and sitting looking out of the huge windows was amazing. The light Lunches here were tasty enjoyed piñatas and sandwiches.
We had a 8pm sitting for dinner and ate in ‘Chic’ great food and atmosphere. Wait staff were so attentive and friendly.
The ...
I had an assumption that all cruise`s were for old fat people, how wrong I was, my parents shouted my wife and 3 boys aged 4-8-11 and my brother and my two nieces. Absolutely blown away staff are some of the most beautiful people we have meet they remind me of the fijian`s, warm, humble, caring, genuine they were the highlight of the trip without a doubt.
The boat is almost as good its is ...
Initially we were enticed to sail on the Ovation at relatively short notice due to a great deal that was being offered on a Balcony Guarantee cabin only a few days before the sail date. For those new to RCI Australia, don't get sucked in by the sale 'countdown timer' on the RCI website when booking, I can guarantee that as soon as one sale finishes another begins so don't feel pressured to buy ...
Our son organised a group of 24 family and friends for this cruise. Twelve being first time cruisers.
We’ve completed over thirty cruises and this was up there with the six star cruise we did a few years ago. The staff, food, service was second to none. Everyone of our group had a fabulous time throughout the entire cruise, our Suite was lovely and clean everything we needed was catered ...
hi we just finished our 9 night cruise on Explorer Of The Seas and we had a great time. the main reason for having a great time was mainly due too the fact that we had a large group of 31 people with a mix of both adults and kids. some of us have cruised before, my family cruised on the carnival spirit 3 years ago so we could compare it to that cruise. so firstly we could not fault any of the ...
We chose our Cruise on Explorer of the Seas primarily because it fitted our criteria of being on a Cruise departing Sydney to Celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary, which ended up being the day of departure on the 15th of January 2019, it was a first time Cruise for my wife and I, and overall as an experience we had a great time, there were a few things about the whole experience that were a ...
I loved New Zealand, scenery was beautiful, that was the only good part of my trip.
This ship is old, smelly & tired looking. The water slides & climbing wall advertised were only open for an hour once a day on port days and an hour twice a day on sea days so it was near impossible to use these amenities unless you wanted to line up for a couple of hours for one go - not my idea of fun.
My ...
This was the only way we were going to experience New Zealand and the itinerary was excellent! We are now Diamond Class mostly from cruising with sister company Celebrity and it did make a difference with speedy boarding, our own lounge and free drinks added each day! If we had known that we would not have paid for the drinks package! However, there is continual pressure to up-sell to speciality ...