Australia & New Zealand Cruises for the Disabled Cruise Reviews

My wife and I just completed a 14 day cruise from Auckland to Sydney on the Statendam. Here are our observations. (Note - two years ago we did a South America cruise with Celebrity, so I am using that as a comparison point.) DINING: HAL has an open dining feature on this boat. We liked this feature, it gave us a lot more flexibility. For us the food was over spicy, over salty, and pretentious. ...

Hi, 5th of Jan 2008 Just arrived home from Auckland after a wonderful 18 night trip...Yesterday we were in the Bay of Islands & complimentary shuttle busses laid on as with most ports. The rail on the Veranda deck was missing for 10 days and as we left most of the right top deck rail was also missing so be careful. The Chef's gala dinner last night where all the staff & entertainers ...

We flew from Los Angeles to Sydney on Qantas Airlines two days before departure to allow some recuperation time before boarding the Statendam. It also gave us time to reacquaint ourselves with Sydney since our last visit in December 1999. EMBARKATION We arrived at the ocean terminal about 11:00 AM. Our initial impression was one of complete disorganization. We had pre-registered to save time, ...

BACKGROUND We are a retired couple who, having experienced some medical problems and a bereavement or two lately, decided to take the plunge and take a cruise. After all, we're not going to live forever. I have previously taken a long voyage from Britain to Australia and we have both been frequent users of the Sydney/Melbourne to Devonport shipping service so neither of us were exactly novices ...