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Australia & New Zealand Le Soleal Australia & New Zealand Cruise Reviews

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Bush walk on one of the Islands.
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The beautiful Southern Ocean.
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Zodiac cruising!!
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Macquarie Island (I think ... may have been Enderby) with Elephant Seals, birds and penguins in the foreground.
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Excellent

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Hunter376
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

The voyage started in Sydney and called the various islands and anchorages a ship of only this size is capable of , with the Zodiacs on board ferrying passengers across to remote places in the region if tender service not an option , this worked quite wel We found the staff very capable and instructions both in French and English well presented and all explained in detail in most cases the day ...
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Sail Date: February 2016


Simply Disappointing

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Happyduo
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

As a long time cruiser having sailed on Holland America, Celebrity, P&O Australia, Royal Caribbean, Cunard, Silversea, Seabourn and lately Ponant, I have to say Ponant is way down the list in overall satisfaction, giving that is supposed to be up there with the best. I have never written a cruise review before, but after reading other cruisecritic reviews of the Le Soleal, decided to add my ...
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Sail Date: December 2015


LUXURY ?...... NOT!!

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KIWICRUZER
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Keen to try a Ponant cruise, we booked a 10 day Christmas cruise in December from Noumea to Akaroa. As seasoned cruisers, mostly with Seabourn and Silversea, we were expecting Ponant to deliver similar service, food and ambience that other small ships excel in. CHECK IN: Many pax had a 3-4 hour wait at the port as check in was at 5pm. It was a hot day, so bottled water would have been a ...
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Sail Date: December 2015


The worst cruise we have ever done...AVOID

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terrey hills
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

We have done about 25 cruises overall, and with Oceania, SilverSea, Seabourn, Crystal and APT. All top end luxury cruise lines. Ponant is priced at the same level but our cruise was unbelievably awful, FOOD...tasteless, the same every day...poor quality..boring, so I survived on watermelon and lettuce. SUITE..what a joke. They left the door open between two adjoining cabins and called it a ...
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Sail Date: December 2015


Very Disappointing

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Trhols2
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

This was supposed to be a 5 star cruise over Christmas. We had paid a premium price for this and were disappointed before we even got on the ship. Our tickets arrived 2 weeks before the cruise. When we checked them we found that the itinerary had been changed and no longer stopped at Norfolk Island. Stopping at Norfolk Island was the main reason that we booked this. Our Travel Agent checked with ...
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Sail Date: December 2015


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