This was our first cruise (me and my partner). So a lot of things were new to us. For example, we were completely unaware of the credit card hold. Both of our credit cards were blocked because of repeated holds (NAB) and we could not access it from NZ on our entire holiday, even though we both notified our banks we will be going on a cruise to NZ.

Embarkation was a bit confusing, since none of the staff seemed to know what a Resident Return Visa is and had to make me stand there so that they ask around. Disembarkation was smooth, no issues there.

The ship itself was nice, considering its our first cruise. The pools were nice and big, except there were kids in the no kids area the whole time. The bar staff everywhere was nice, as were the restaurant staff. Ours was a comedy cruise, so we had a lot of back to back shows. Except that they were on repeat, some of them were the same jokes twice a day. The overall activities on the boat was ok, there were rum tasting tours for a price, which my partner liked. And there were a lot of passenger engaging activities too which we enjoyed. The cabin was spacious, but the window was unclean from the outside and the toilet kept getting clogged. Read more