just wanted to provide some feed back from my perspective.
The first cruise we did was on P&O and we were thrilled to be going on our first ever totally child free holiday. After having 7 children now all grown up it was so nice to be away just the two of us.
The ship was ok but the air con in the room did not work and was not fixed. It was so bad the pillow chocolates melted. It was only ...
We wanted to experience a different cruise ship to the ones we had used in the past.
Unfortunately our experience at Auckland cruise terminal was unbelievable & we had thoughts of abandoning the cruise altogether.
It took 3 hours to board the ship & another hour to get our luggage. There did not seem to be any priority embarcation for Elite, Elite Plus, etc.
We have never experienced ...
We chose this cruise in order to visit relatives and see destinations we missed previously.
We were not disappointed as the tours we went on covered the South Island which was new to us. The position of our cabin was very good and although we were offered an upgrade we declined as this would have put us either bow or stern, not very steady if bad weather ensued. We thought the ship lacked the ...
We went for a 12 day holiday to NZ but after travelling on many other cruise lines we found the food was shocking and staff rude on Solstice. We were advised that this ship was superior to most of the other cruise lines. NOT SO!! I thought the ship itself was great with heated pools which was handy as it was so cold and also entertainment was good at night. But this was overshadowed by bad ...
We chose this cruise as we thought it would be a more relaxing way to travel to the North & South Islands of New Zealand. We picked up the ship at Auckland after a two night at the Rydges Hotel. A very nice city.
There were very large queues on embarkation & although we were advised it could take two hours before we got on board our queue moved quite quickly. The organisation did seem a bit ...
This cruise was most agreeable.
Meals were of high quality and variety. Particularly the pastries.Wines rather expensive.
Evening entertainment : not truly exciting except for the ship's own dancers and acrobats. We were awed by the orchestra : top notch !
The conferences about our destinations were informative and -sometimes - very funny.
The one thing all passengers complained about ...
We live in Auckland,so we did back to back cruises AK to Perth back to Sydney & flew home.One thing about Celebrity Is when you board there is a glass of champagne to welcome you,which really means you are on a holiday.On this 32 days of cruising we met a lot of really nice Americans [not often we can say that,they have mellowed,must be the Trump factor that they all apologised for] & some great ...
Wanted to see Australia and New Zealand. on reflection too much time at sea and weather mixed.
Hated lunch where the buffet was overcrowded and uncomfortable. Blue Restaurant not available for lunch. Too many gimmicks like Persian Garden. Captain was mainly silent and gave no commentary re wildlife at sea etc. Only saw him once walk around at Dinner. Our waiter in Blue Restaurant - Jimmy was ...
We chose the Celebrity Solstice for this first leg of our back to back cruise Auckland to Perth because we have previously sailed on the Celebrity Solstice and knew what to expect. We are giving this five star rating mainly because of the excellent service that was afforded to us by our room attendant, Raymundo, and the service staff in the specialty restaurant for Aqua Class guests, Blu, ...
Having never been to NZ before thought this would be an ideal opportunity to see a little of the country and really enjoyed what we experienced, all of the ports were really interesting.
As for the cruise on the whole it was good, the entertainment was mostly excellent apart for one night when a comedian to put it mildly did not go down very well and this resulted in a public apology the next ...