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Pacific Coastal Pacific Aria Pacific Coastal Cruise Reviews

4.0 / 5.0

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314 reviews

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2.6

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24 reviews

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Most helpful review

Ignore the complainers.

"First time cruisers, mid twenties. Slightly apprehensive after reading the reviews but we thought - we will make our own fun if all else fails. Essentially we wanted some drinks and sun - all in all we weren't..."Read More

mason87

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Age 30s

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Review for Pacific Aria to Pacific Coastal

marinaantonova

First Time Cruiser

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Age 10s

I personally enjoyed my cruise with my family very much! We spend 10 nights on the Pacific Aria and it was awesome! Cons: -We had to skip one of the islands (Kitava) as the weather of the sea was too strong for the wee boats to take us to the island. -If there are announcements about the activities throughout the day you can't really hear them from your cabin without opening your door (we ...

Sail Date: August 2019

Departure Port: Port Canaveral (Orlando)

Traveled with children

1 Helpful Vote

The Real Pacific Aria.

Review for Pacific Aria to Pacific Coastal

David.

First Time Cruiser

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Age 50s

Having downsized our large property after our children left home we’re now in a situation where we can spend money on traveling to the places that we have been dreaming about for years, the question was where to start first? Having done a reasonable amount of Australia when our children were growing up, we decided that a trip to our local House of Travel in Motueka to investigate cruising was the ...

Sail Date: July 2019

Departure Port: St. Thomas

13 Helpful Votes

You get what you pay for

Review for Pacific Aria to Pacific Coastal

richandkim

2-5 Cruises

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Age 50s

Aria looked, sounded, should have been great. P&O have have always been our go to cruise line. Alas, no more, Pantry food was simply disgusting, almost inedible in general and whoever heard of turnips for every meal as veges! I hit the wall 4 nights in where my body said no more. I simply couldn't eat any more bad food. The other restaurants were ok but helpings were small unless I paid for ...

Sail Date: March 2019

Departure Port: Port Canaveral (Orlando)

6 Helpful Votes

Don't listen to bad reviews!

Review for Pacific Aria to Pacific Coastal

Lady Ady

First Time Cruiser

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Age 50s

This is the first cruise for my husband and I, and we were not disappointed. From the moment we arrived at the port in Brisbane to when we had to disembark, everything was perfect. We were lucky with the weather until the last 2 days, but nobody can control that. We found all the crew friendly, helpful and professional, it couldn't have been better, they really have a big job to do, and ...

Sail Date: March 2018

Departure Port: Port Canaveral (Orlando)

10 Helpful Votes

A fun weekend getaway 3 night Comedy Cruise

Review for Pacific Aria to Pacific Coastal

Slinkymalinky

2-5 Cruises

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Age 50s

We travelled in a group of 4 couples on this short cruise from Brisbane and had a very good time. The main entertainment was several comedy shows, some rated PG which were (usually) ok for children, and some R rated for the adult themes and language. We preferred the PG rated shows, which showcased the quick minds of the comedians without the swearing. I think that the nature of the cruise ...

Sail Date: September 2017

Departure Port: Port Canaveral (Orlando)

Traveled with disabled person

9 Helpful Votes

Poor food quality but amazing entertainment

Review for Pacific Aria to Pacific Coastal

judytaylor

2-5 Cruises

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Age 50s

As we haven’t yet cruised (5th cruise) on the P & O Aria and it was leaving from Brisbane to a destination not visited before (Tonga) we decided to book an 18 night cruise. We were very satisfied with our room as it was very clean and comfortable. We like how the Staff in the Pantry dishes up your choices of foods, great infection control. Unfortunately the quality of the food provided in ...

Sail Date: August 2017

Departure Port: Port Canaveral (Orlando)

7 Helpful Votes

A total insult and a terrible waste of money

Review for Pacific Aria to Pacific Coastal

beverleyc

2-5 Cruises

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Age 80s

It was sold to us by our Cruise sales person as a one off cruise and ship had been refurbished that's a laugh nothing to do daytime and if you drank you would have to get drunk to enjoy yourself.Need more words OK may things I could write a book. Noise level at night in our cabin on the 9th level was so loud.Air Conditioning right through out the ship freezing cold and in our cabin no adjustment ...

Sail Date: August 2017

Departure Port: Port Canaveral (Orlando)

8 Helpful Votes

You have heard of the Love Boat, well this is the Bogan Boat!!

Review for Pacific Aria to Pacific Coastal

Harsh Critic

2-5 Cruises

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Age 50s

I am going to cut to the chase, the only reason any people would give this cruise a good review is that they have either never cruised before and therefor have nothing to compare this against or they have no standards themselves! It was second rate rubbish from start to finish. The food in The Pantry is appalling and I was served only one hot meal in 9 days!! Oh and do not waste your time ...

Sail Date: June 2017

Departure Port: Port Canaveral (Orlando)

20 Helpful Votes

P and..... NO!!!... NEVER AGAIN!!

Review for Pacific Aria to Pacific Coastal

Future landlubber

2-5 Cruises

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Age 50s

I have travelled with P&O before and therefore I had fairly low expectations as I know they are at the low end of the cruising spectrum. But we still had fun on our first P&O cruise and so when friends asked us to join them on another we decided to accompany them. I wish we hadn't gone!!.... P&O ignored the very public travel warnings advising all vessels.. including cruise ships NOT to ...

Sail Date: May 2017

Departure Port: Port Canaveral (Orlando)

17 Helpful Votes

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