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Horrible experience. Terrible Cruise Director and schedule!!!!!!

Review for a Hawaii Cruise on Volendam

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Not so happy cruiser
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

We selected this cruise because of the itinerary and wanted to see the South Pacific! Three ports visited on a Sunday! NOTHING OPEN! Except a McDonalds in one port. Papeete was a two day stop and was closed for a national holiday Veterans Day. The excitement was watching the re-provisioning of the ship. Another port and a canceled port we cruised around the destination and looked at it from ...
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Sail Date: October 2023

Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom


Old Ship - Poor Public Areas/Entertainment/Service

Review for a Hawaii Cruise on Volendam

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tc5903
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

Selected this cruise to celebrate my wife's retirement. She wanted to sail to/through French Polynesia. First HA cruise. Despite the warnings about HA appealing to an older demographic (average age is 70), that has not been a problem at all. But after many cruises on Princess & Celebrity, the level of service particularly in the restaurant has been disappointing. The menu descriptions bear no ...
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Sail Date: October 2023


HAL shoots holes in bucket list

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Noordam

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JanMontauga
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

I am in the middle of a 67 day HAL cruise from the states all around Australia. This is a bucket list cruise, until HAL put holes in my bucket. No on-board passengers while sailing from the states were allowed to book any excursions in future ports of AU until we reached Sydney. Meanwhile close to 1500 passengers boarding in Sydney had been booking excursions from home, resulting in all good ...
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Sail Date: October 2022


Route actually travelled: 45 days round trip San Diego including 16 ports of call: 5 stops in Hawaii, 1 in Samoa, 2 in Fiji, 1 in Tonga, 1 in Cook Islands, and 6 in Polynesia.

Review for a Hawaii Cruise on Zuiderdam

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Harbor1492
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

1. Itinerary kept being changed before and during the voyage mainly due to islands with Covid-related issues such as lack of tourist infrastructure for two years. During the cruise, stormy weather also affected some scheduled ports, especially tendering operations. We were about 1,700 passengers, mostly from the US but a large group from Canada and a few from other countries. Due to the length ...
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Sail Date: October 2022

Cabin Type: Neptune Deluxe Verandah Suite


Regatta Nightmare

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Regatta

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FrancaB
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Wanted to visit hawaii and french polynesia. oceania cruise line arranged this wonderful itinerary prior to our cruise from san diego to tahiti, november 1 to 19, 2017. My husband and i are seasoned cruisers having 24 cruises under our belts, 2 with oceania. On this cruise the first 5 days across to honolulu we had no air conditioning or hot water. Safe not working. food which was, for ...
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Sail Date: November 2017

Cabin Type: Concierge Level Veranda Stateroom


First and last cruise with Oceania, very dissatisfied

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Regatta

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Traveling Ted
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

This cruise was to celebrate our 50th anniversary and we had always wanted to travel to Tahiti and French Polynesia, plus the stops in Hawaii were also of interest. We have been to Hawaii before and were looking forward to Maui as we have some favorite spots there we wanted to visit, plus had never been to Kauai. This was the unfortunate cruise that lost power and sat in Honolulu for ...
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Sail Date: November 2017

Cabin Type: Penthouse Suite


Unfortunate "inconvenience"

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Regatta

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maryannthomas49
First Time Cruiser • Age 80s

We chose this cruise because of the 8 ports scheduled and the area. Due to a power failure we were tugged back to Oahu in the middle of the night, no lights, no toilets, and we were evacuated to the 9th deck in our pajamas and jackets for 4 hours. We were stuck in Oahu for 3 days while the ship was "fixed". There was a fire on board during that time with no explanation given. 3 ports were ...
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Sail Date: November 2017

Cabin Type: Penthouse Suite


AWFUL VOYAGE

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Regatta

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socalftdoc
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We had cruised from san diego on a 19 day cruise to hawaii and tahiti. we stopped in honolulu for a day and left at 12 midnight. . approx. 2 to 3 in the morning ; i found the room to be very stuffy.. Soon afterward the captain got on the pa to inform us they had lost all power on the ship and ship was dead in the water.. worse than that the aux. Power would not go on ... Therefore the captain ...
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Sail Date: November 2017

Cabin Type: Concierge Level Veranda Stateroom


Unfair compensation to passengers for ship breakdown

Review for a World Cruise Cruise on Regatta

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Mauriceriordan
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

The ship broke down after leaving Honolulu, had to be towed by tugs back to port. Stuck in Honolulu for three days. Missed 40% of ports of call on the San Diego to Papeete Cruise. Feelings of insecurity, uncertainty and disappointment. Oceania offered $500 shipboard credit on cruise in 2018/19 as compensation and that's all. No respect or empathy for passengers. Trying to benefit from passenger ...
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Sail Date: November 2017

Cabin Type: Penthouse Suite


Somewhat disappointed

Review for a Transpacific Cruise on Noordam

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cb10
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Having been on a number of cruises with Holland and having over 50 cruises of varying lengths we chose this one for the itinerary. While the entire trip was above average there were things like no hot water in our suite for the first week, long dinners (2.5 hrs at times) due to insufficient or lazy waitstaff, desk personnel who couldn't or wouldn't take responsibility and help, and a cruise ...
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Sail Date: September 2016

Cabin Type: Superior Verandah Suite


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