Australia & New Zealand Cruise Reviews

Love cruising so had to see what the hype was about with VV. * Food at the restaurant - went to 5; 3 were exceptional; 1 was good; 1 was very average. Favourite - Pink Agave - both food and service staff were fantastic. Special mention to Molla and restaurant manager Jenny. Very attentive and eager to make the experience top class. Least favourite - Gumbae - we were at large table; not ...

13 Night Auckland to Auckland round trip in February 2024 travelling to Bay of Islands, Sydney, Milford Sound, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington and Tauranga. Occupied The Napoli Suite on Deck 14 (Rivera) being an S4 Penthouse. The ship was in excellent outside condition - very well maintained, with plenty of deck staff attending to cleaning and ensuring towels were removed from vacated chairs ...

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 ...

I chose an interior cabin. There should have been two travelling but I ended up solo. That was not a problem at all. I have travelled extensively by myself and carry a book everywhere. If I wanted a conversation, I could always find someone to talk with. If not, I read my book. Yes, the ship could do with an upgrade but it was kept spotlessly clean by the amazingly busy cleaning crew. My ...

Once you get used to the layout, it is an easy ship to move around. Despite the ship being nearly full, there were no crowds gathered, except for scarlet night, etc. The food was overall very good, but restaurant bookings were difficult to get if you couldn’t get used to the app quickly. There is not enough seats for everyone to eat at each of the restaurants. Prices for drinks, entertainment ...

We booked the cruise at the last minute and were so excited about going on a Virgin Voyages cruise after all we had seen in the media. Boarding was very long-winded, and thank goodness it didn't rain as we were on the pier over an hour waiting to board, and there was no shelter. This is a Port of Melbourne problem, not Virgin. Because we booked only a week out from departure we found that ...

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 ...

We chose this cruise as was in the tail end of the school holidays for us and it left from our hometown of Auckland and came back to Auckland. This was a joint cruise which already had people who had boarded in Sydney and who disembarked when we hit our second port of Sydney. Once there, another load of people embarked. The organisation of those of us in transit in Sydney was much better ...

We did a back to back cruise on Majestic Princess from 18th January to 10th February 2024. The first cruise was a 13 night cruise and sailed to Pacific Islands of Vanuatu, Fiji & New Caledonia. The second cruise sailed to Queensland. Both cruises started and ended in Sydney. We flew to Sydney from London Heathrow via Singapore with British Airways which was a very pleasant flight. We just ...

COVID UPTDATE: a friend traveling with us got Covid, Her symptoms appeared the 2nd day of the cruise, so she got in Ohio before got on cruise (3-5 day incubation period). Medical staff saw and put on meds to prevent needing hospitalization later, She has multiple risk factors to have a bad outcome if not on meds for Covid. She was put on 3 day isolation and 2 more days to mask then do ...