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Last updated 29th December 2017

The Ship

Click the white buttons above for our NZ Christmas Cruise

Our Cabin

16 Passenger decks

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Ship Bow (front) enlarged

Ship Aft (bum) enlarged

Ship Tour Website

Draught: 8.5 metres (28 ft) and 50 metres tall

June 20, 2015 – Floating out of part of Ovation of the Seas at Meyer Werft, Papenburg

And we thought this ship was big at 169,000 tons but biggest is 228,000 tons and 6,780 maximum passengers (Ovation 4905 passengers max)

Spyglass Hill (30 metres high) to approximately same scale as Ovation (50 Metres)

The azipods are used to pull the ship through the water. They can rotate 360 degrees allowing the ship to manoeuvre in any direction.

Interesting comparison below of this ship and the Sea Princess, Princess clearly won even though it is 20 years older.

Christmas Cruise Home    The Ship    Sydney to Auckland    Auckland to Port Chalmers   Port Chalmers to Sydney  

Captains Talk below

Pictures around the ship


Factor

Royal Caribbean

Princess


Results (average score)

6.2

7.86

1

Air conditioning controls (RC need card inserted and balcony closed)

9

8

2

Announcements (easy to hear)

3

9

3

Balcony

8

6

4

Bed

5

8.5

5

Coffee shop coffee

3

8

6

Creme Brulee

6

10

7

Crew happiness

8

10

8

Crew willingness to help

8

10

9

Food generally

7

10

10

Food get what you order only

2

10

11

Food service breakfast

6

9

12

Food service dinner

7

9

13

Food menu variety

6

9

14

Food service willingness to vary menu

6

10

15

Food Fresh bread rolls with meals (Princess were baked fresh)

3

10

16

Fridge (locked RC)

5

8

17

Getting around

8

6

18

Internet access (RC no free)

5

8

19

Internet access speed

5

5

20

Kettle (no coffee Tea only) Princess free room service

7

0

21

Kids Behaviour

4

9

22

Pillows

7

9

23

Power outlets

9

8

24

Quietness

7

7

25

Room (accessible compared standard)

10

5

26

Room movies ($US12 per movie on RC)

0

8

27

Room service free

7

10

28

Room TV

9

6

29

Room TV movies (RC $12 per movie, Princess free)

2

10

30

Safe

10

10

31

Shower access

9

4

32

Shower seat

2

8

33

Shower water pressure

5

10

34

Shower hand held

10

0

35

Shows

7

9

36

Storage hangers

6

8

37

Storage areas

7

9

38

Tenders

9

7

39

Washing (laundry)

2

10

40

Wheelchair access

9

4