Auckland Cruise Reviews

We chose this cruise at the last minute as we were booked to go on a cruise around Asia, which was cancelled due to port restrictions in Singapore and Hong Kong. We had not travelled with Celebrity at all prior to ...

Sail Date March 2020

ELBLPeters

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

Disappointed from Day One

Seven Seas Voyager

South Pacific

We retired in the last year. This was supposed to be a trip of a lifetime - 2 months! Okay, we get it...the corona virus messed things up....but we knew something was wrong the first day. The daily errors got to ...

Sail Date January 2020

Msgoldenhair

3 Reviews Written

3 Helpful Votes

Well done Captain Alex and team...an excellent cruise

We flew from Sydney to Auckland via Air New Zealand and stayed three nights at the Sofitel property Grand Windsor in Queen St. We had breakfast included and there were plenty of restaurants and cafes nearby for ...

Sail Date March 2020

Rishigudka

12 Reviews Written

55 Helpful Votes

Brilliant Final cruise before coronavirus shut down!

We flew from London to Auckland via Emirates. Everything ran as per schedule and we arrived in New Zealand 3 days prior to the cruise. It took about an hour or so to go through immigration and customs before leaving ...

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Sail Date March 2020

flyingron

1 Review Written

4 Helpful Votes

Mostly good, some sad, and some ugly

Azamara Journey

Food was also above average in both Windows and Discoveries. I was unsure that Aqualina/Prime C was worth the extra money. We did splurge on the Valentine's Dinner in Aqualina, and that was incredible. I ...

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Sail Date February 2020

platypus33

1 Review Written

4 Helpful Votes

Just OK

We like New Zealand and decided that it would be a good way to go for a short cruise which started in Auckland and finished in Sydney. One of the selling points was that the ship was coming back to Sydney via Eden ...

Sail Date March 2020

TUCRUISE

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

A good cruise cut short

Overall i like the Viking ocean ships. Clean, crisp norweigian style. Food choices good. Room layout very good. But this review is about my view of the way Viking handled the itinerary debacle caused by the ...

Sail Date March 2020

whitbob

5 Reviews Written

18 Helpful Votes

New Zealand - Trip was Top Notch

We have sailed on 4 Celebrity ships all in Aquaclass, and enjoy the access to BLU as well as the Spa amenities. We chose Solstice for the itinerary, as New Zealand was on the bucket list. We stayed in Auckland, on ...

Sail Date February 2020

MAC0904

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

If the missed ports were the only problems.....

Regatta

Transpacific

I was worried that Oceania would ruin me for all other cruise lines. Oceania was my first luxury cruise. All previous cruises I had been on were main line cruise companies; Carnival, Celebrity, Norwegian, Princess ...

Sail Date February 2020

mlrrsingh

1 Review Written

Dream Holiday Onboard Explorrer Dream

Explorer Dream

As promised, here I come with my detailed review of the Explorer Dream. On 2 Feb, we boarded the cruise at Auckland. We thoroughly enjoyed right from the time we checked in our luggage. Contrary to my doubts that ...

Sail Date February 2020

carolina husker

7 Reviews Written

12 Helpful Votes

Modified South Pacific Cruise

Regatta

Transpacific

First time on Oceania. Picked the cruise for the itinerary. We had been to New Zealand and the South Pacific before and wanted to see a few more islands. Unfortunately, coronavirus concerns by the island ...

Sail Date February 2020

JohnnyBumpo

8 Reviews Written

53 Helpful Votes

Good boat, great cruise

Azamara Journey

This was our 4th Azamara cruise and our third on the Journey. In the past, we liked Azamara because of the small size of the boat, food and service. With 690 passengers, you never feel like you're being herded ...

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Sail Date February 2020

sc_parry

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

Average cruise, some good, some not so good

Overall: Average Cruise and the highlight was the day cruising the Sounds. The Sounds are spectacular and cruising was a great way to see a small portion of them. Dining: We never do up charge dining, we ...

Sail Date February 2020

MileHighBill

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Great NZ cruise

We did an Auckland to Sydney cruise on the Jewel from Feb 4th to 14th. We choose this cruise because of the number of stops in New Zealand. We favor Celebrity, but picked this for the itinerary. We had been on ...

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Sail Date February 2020

blokartphil

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Excellent Cruise

Explorer Dream

I was actually looking for a 12+ night cruise and I chose this cruise as it was going around New Zealand. I have travelled a fair bit of New Zealand by land and thought it would be nice to see some of the hard to ...

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Sail Date February 2020

marlowman

11 Reviews Written

34 Helpful Votes

Not bad for a good value solo cruise

First time on Jewel, this was cruise 60 for me. Been to New Zealand many times. Embarkation and disembarkation was long and delayed due to port authorities and health checks for the Coronavirus. Not fault of ...

Sail Date February 2020

veggieonboard

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Pumpkin, pasta and more pumpkin!

Azamara Journey

Background: 3 61-67 year olds, well travelled plenty of cruises under our belts with RCL, Celebrity, Azamara (10 years ago) and Oceania. 2 carnivores and 1 vegetarian. Picked the cruise mainly for the ports of ...

Sail Date February 2020

Rrb99

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Comparison to prior cruise experience

Incredible weather. Between riding buses and a rental car for six weeks from Cape Reinga to Wanaka in New Zealand, the only rain I had was for about an hour driving between Greymouth and Arthur's Pass. How ...

Sail Date February 2020

lyndarra

5 Reviews Written

34 Helpful Votes

A New Winner - HAL

Maasdam

My cruising backgound since 2012. Celebrity 6, HAL 4, RCI 3, Carnival 1, Princess 1, MSC 1. I titled this review "A New Winner" because HAL is my new favourite cruise line, previously Celebrity. It was a close ...

Sail Date February 2020

ekochman

1 Review Written

1 Helpful Vote

Improved tremendously by end of cruise

Viking is noted for being an above average cruise line. Unfortunately this particular cruise started out substandard for Viking. I made comments early on in our cruise and was really pleased with the quick feedback ...

Sail Date January 2020

Gropo

1 Review Written

1 Helpful Vote

Almost perfect

Auckland to Sydney. The only disappointment was the final day in Sydney being too short, and apparent confusion amongst Viking staff about water shuttles from wharf to attractions. Arrived Sydney at 1PM, and ...

Sail Date January 2020

sueh1

1 Review Written

1 Helpful Vote

Would NEVER ever recommend

Explorer Dream

Cruise was around NZ. Excellent shows however not much else to say anything good about.Although while i think about it, the shower was good and the bed comfortable. Here are just a few random issues, not every ...

Sail Date January 2020

dicknash

1 Review Written

Combining Auckland-Sydney and Sydney-Bali Cruises

Asia

We had been planning a trip to New Zealand and Australia for a long time. It involved a lot of research. During our land tour travels in Europe and Morocco we had met many Aussies and Kiwis and have kept in touch ...

Sail Date February 2019

SeasideLady

2 Reviews Written

7 Helpful Votes

Disappointed with Ponant

Le Laperouse