I am a 60 year old male who travels solo. I booked this cruise from Seattle to Australia because it was close to where I live plus the itinerary was interesting and the cruise was still on COVID pricing. I was hesitant to go even up to the final day of embarkation because of all the negative reviews I read. I am so glad I went!!! I found the negative reviews were completely erroneous. If the ...
The boat was great and a different show every night. The main dining room food was excellent along with the service. The bar staff were friendly. All staff were very friendly. This was a great ship.
I wish they had larger dance floors, as the dance areas are quite small.
There were always deck chairs available, which was very nice.
The shows were all very good and every night there ...
I can't tell you how pleased we were with our transpacific voyage to Sydney on the Explorer of the Seas. Having done Silverseas, we were a little worried about a ship this size.
It was wonderful.The staff were incredible and everyone wore a smile and were so upbeat and positive all the time.
The food was very good and the maitre'd and our waiters (2) were exceptional. The entertainment on ...
Originally booked this cruise because of the price and because it offered a Transpacific destination. I can't say enough about the crew as they made this trip a once in a lifetime experience! The entire crew always had a smile for you no matter what! We would not hesitate to recommend this ship and this itinerary to anyone considering it! We plan to repeat it again in 2019.
We chose to have ...
This was a bucket list check mark. So easy to embark, Pier 91, it took about an hour for the whole process. We went through a questioning about our bottle of wine, but really had no problems. We did see people with 12 & 24 packs of Pepsi products. They serve Coke products on ship. We disagree with the expensive beverage packages and think they should allow people to bring their own on ...
The itinerary of this cruise was not to be believed. We saw the 49 day from Seattle to Sydney and then found they had an opportunity to extend the trip by combining a 5 day to Tasmania with a 13 day to New Zealand after reaching Sydney.
Embarkation in Seattle was a little confusing to us, as well as the NCL personnel. There were circumstances we later learned that were overblown that kept ...
Flew from Houston to Seattle. Transfer to ship was easy and fast. The embarkation was easy and fast. Room was ready for us to occupy. We had a Mini Suite that had some issues but we adapted to them. The ship was wonderful, clean and in good condition. Our first 7 sea days were relaxing. The Cruise Critic had a great meet and Greet meeting and we met many friends. Being Diamond members and having ...
Food especially in Chops was excellent. Ice show was very good but we prefer to dance rather than watch shows. So we really didn't watch many of the shows so can't comment other than on the ice show which was very good. This is the only area that the ship fell down on. First the dance floors especially at Dizzy's were too small. People ended up dancing on carpet which isn't the best surface. The ...
i worked 40 y ago as a motorman on a ship. so for me this trip was a good review of the feeling on sea.
this region "kamtschatka" was a dream a long time ago and that was the oportunity.
Excellent ship "L'Austral". excellent service and genious guides.
Very special was the viewing of the aurora borialis right the first night on board.
We saw orkas, humpbukwhales, seals and many many ...