Brisbane Cruise Reviews

First cruise. Not too bad, but not outstanding. The absolute highlight onboard is the staff. All staff are extremely hard working, polite and professional. This is from the cleaners to the entertainers. People like the cruise director are fun and don't mind being silly to get a laugh from passengers. Being our first cruise, we were a little overwhelmed on boarding and there are no clear ...

The Encounter was once again a delight. Staff are wonderful and nothing is too much trouble. The cabin was nice, the food quite good, and the entertainment enjoyable. I will happily cruise on this ship again. The food in Dragon Lady, the Asian restaurant, was superb. Better even than the last time I was on this ship, and it was good then. The paid pizza restaurant was again ...

Chose this cruise to enjoy with first time cruising friends. Balcony room (4D) cabin port side aft. Extras Paid for 1, Wifi package 7 days. Was good enough and dropped out now and then. Should be free. 2, Drinks package. Recommended as drinks could have got costly. Sometimes staff seem to be on a go slow instruction and avoid eye contact and take a long time to serve. 3, Noumea - ...

We travelled with 2 others on the cruise, it's always better to have some friends to come along with you. We booked the GTY internal, but were given a virtual window, our friends booked a window and got given a balcony...lucky them. Been on Quantum a few times in last year, so knew what to expect and been to same islands many times, but love the islands. Our room was quiet and had a few ...

We chose the Luminosa for its convenient departure point of Brisbane, short duration, and excellent deal. We couldn't have stayed in an equivalent hotel and eaten as well as we did for the price we paid! We opted for a Spa suite, which, once you factored in the spa access fee, was pretty good value. The ship was almost full and we appreciated the peace and quiet of the spa almost every ...

Chosen as something different for family Xmas get together it was priced well for our whole family of 13 including 2 elderly parents. Having read the bad reviews pre booking, it was felt anything above that is a bonus and so pleased we ignored them.. right from ease of boarding, a wheel chair offered for a parent with some walking disability to get them through quickly. The rooms were clean, room ...

Just got back from the Island Hopper itinerary with Pacific Encounter out of Brisbane December 2023. Travelling as a family (husband, wife and 2 kids aged 2 and 4). Grandma also came along and stayed in the adjoining room, although not connected internally. Our only other cruise was earlier this same year on Royal's Quantum of the Seas. I know comparing the 2 is like comparing apples and ...

out of the 3 cruises I have done in my life, this was the best one, and in my mind, it got to do with who your with and the amount you want to do on a ship I travelled with my dad's partners family and it was amazing, and had a balcony cabin all to myself The Ship - Great The Food and Beverage - Great and plentiful (although, something I am finding with RC is that the soda machines like ...

We had a terrific time on this cruise. It was the smoothest sailing I’ve ever experienced. The food was excellent particularly in the Wonderland and Chops Grille restaurants, we weren’t going to dish out the extra dollars for these except on the first day the head waiter came over to us and said he’d do a deal being half price. So we asked at Wonderland if they could do us a deal and they did ...

A nice pleasant cruise without bad weather or problems. Been on ship about 4 times so knew what to expect with regards food and entertainment. Last time on was back in February 23, still has that strange show Starwater going, it's slow to start but does finish well, also Sequence and Lace main show still running, it's a great show, also Sonic Odessey show still running, it's good ...