4 Nights Airlie Beach Cruise Cruise

Best family holiday

Great family vacation. Traveled with partner, children and grandchildren.Food good, great meal at Jamies especially, Windjammer, main dining and Solarium. Large selection of food choices in the Windjammer and plenty of it. Never any problems getting a table for four. Main dining room had a limited menu selection but every dish I tried was excellent. Wait staff went out of their way to make the dining experience even more enjoyable and ensuring that our 6 year old granddaughter got extra attention. Shows were fabulous again no problems with getting a seat for all of us to sit together. There were a lot of people on the ship. a large number of teenagers and younger children, but with all the facilities available the ship didn’t feel crowded. Lovely clean ship, great friendly crew, excellent balcony cabin and wonderful cabin attendant. Nothing was too much trouble for him. Will be back onboard in March.

Fabulous, relaxing experience.

Overall an excellent experience. The service at Windjammer was very good, but the experience is still underwhelming and one we tried to avoid. The main dining room was efficient, food good and staff very attentive. The Pizza cafe, Sorrentos, needs to be a bit more flexible in its toppings, on Virgin cruises you can get a wide variety of pizzas and ask for different toppings and they oblige. Entertainment was of a high standard and the ship dancers and singers were fantastic. Sorting people for their ship excursions was still a work in progress, with some milling around of passengers in the theatre trying to jump the gun. Ports of call were very good but there really needs to be a better option at Saigon to get people to the local areas, even a cheap shuttle to Vung Tau town close to where the ship docked, similar to how a paid shuttle was provided at Jeju island to Seogwipo townsite.

Alaska the last frontier

The weather wasn’t the best but we made the best of it. Food was fantastic. The crew was really friendly and accommodating. Shows were spectacular. We went to the Mendenhal Glacier and it was awesome. We saw humpback whales, orcas, otters and seals from our ship. We love cruising. I would go year round if I could afford it. It is very relaxing. It can be very busy if you want it to be. I’m 66 and don’t really do the late night parties and dancing. Love the sunsets and sunrises. This was our second Alaska cruise so we chose to just stroll around the ports we had been to before. We took pictures and shopped in the stores. The scenery is just beautiful and I could sit there and stare at it all day. Eagles and waterfalls. What more can you ask for. One of the most beautiful places I’ve been too. We were hoping to see the northern lights but it was too cloudy. Maybe next time.