18 Nights Sydney to Honolulu Cruise on Ovation of The Seas Depart 13 Apr - 2 Persons Interior $2400 @ Royal Carribean Cruises

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Dealking on 18/02/2024 - 15:32 royalcaribbean.com (7996 clicks)
Last edited 25/02/2024 - 00:00 by 2 other users

I always thought Royal Carribean was one of the high end cruises and especially the ovation if the seas was one of their best ships in Oz.
Here’s the deal
Departure : Sydney
Itenary : 18 nights - transpacific
ONE-WAY FROM: Sydney, Australia to Oahu (Honolulu), Hawaii
VISITING: Sydney, AustraliaAuckland, New ZealandInternational Dateline, Raiatea, French PolynesiaPapeete, TahitiMoorea, French PolynesiaOahu (Honolulu), Hawaii
Departure Date: 13-Apr
Ship: Ovation of the seas
Price: $1199 pp twin share interior cabin.

This one comes to $1200 pp for 18 nights which is $67 per night. I know it’s a one way cruise which ends in Hawaii but even better if someone wants to spend a couple days in Hawaii before coming back. Plus it covers most of the NSW school holidays departure date 13-Apr I reckon this is as good as it gets.

Hope this helps some of us.

As always, enjoy !

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  AFOS on 19/02/2024 - 11:04

  +2

  It is cheap for a reason. This is repositioning cruise when a company needs to move the ship to a different location. They are always cheaper. Tahiti itinerary is definitely an upside as there are not many mainstream cruises to that area.

  Apart from already mentioned return airfares one need to factor in length of the cruise. 20 - 21 nights (including return flights) are equal to 3 weeks of annual leave. If you have forced leave during Christmas time, this cruise will effectively use all annual leave you accrued for the whole year. Given that you are at sea for most of the days with limited activities available, this can hardly qualify as a good holiday. It is definitely cheap, if you think about cash. However, your time also has value…

  I would recommend it to people who have plenty of leave and who would like to see Tahiti.

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  deandownunder on 19/02/2024 - 11:16

  +2

  We have done this cruise pre COVID and it was good. Post COVID and I couldn't think of anything worse than being locked up in an inside cabin with kids if someone caught COVID or some other ugly cruise disease. Cruising is definitely not what it used to be that's why all the cheap fares.

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    Jimothy Wongingtons on 19/02/2024 - 11:54

    +1

    i often think if i ever had the time to actually go on the cruise, with my luck it would be one of those horror story ones where like majority of the passengers suddenly gets food poisoning, or the plumbing system stops working, or they run out of red meat, or the ship is haunted by a vengeful spirit and must collect 666 human souls or something .

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      CodeXD on 19/02/2024 - 11:56

      +3

      Can you please let me know if you ever decide to book a cruise so I can avoid it.

      Thank you.

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        try2bhelpful on 19/02/2024 - 11:58

        +2

        When we are travelling we tend to coincide with major disasters. We were in America when 911 happened. I’ve come to the conclusion crap happens and you deal with it.

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          Jimothy Wongingtons on 19/02/2024 - 12:08

          @try2bhelpful:

          in america when 911 happened

          were you nearing end of the trip or just started?
          were you old enough at the time to really even consider/understand all the ramifications?
          did you instantly think damn we need to get out of this country?
          did you feel uneasy flying back?

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            try2bhelpful on 19/02/2024 - 12:22

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            @Jimothy Wongingtons: The man was working there temporarily so we arrived in August and left in December.

            Actually my main concern was what America was intending to do about it, how big would this get. However, I did get nervous in shopping malls because I thought they might be soft targets to disrupt the economy.

            It wasn’t really a consideration to get out. Initially you couldn’t leave because they grounded the flights. We did do a detour to Europe in November which was painful going through airports. The plane that crashed in Queens happened during that period.

            When we left in December the queue at Thomas Bradley terminal in LA went all the way through and up the footpath on both sides. It was bonkers because they had airline people running up and down the lines hauling people out and pushing them through security to get planes in the air. It was less secure than normal.

            I watch a lot of the Air Crash Investigator shows. What these shows indicate to me is there are a lot of flights and the odds yours is going to hit issues is very small.

            The real kicker for me was we had taken my mother up the twin towers roughly twelve months earlier than that. We’d seen the view from the top. These people would’ve seen safety but couldn’t reach it.

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              Jimothy Wongingtons on 19/02/2024 - 12:26

              @try2bhelpful:

              e odds yours is going to hit issues is very small.

              Haha yeah I remember flying tiger air around 2017 and the whole plane was shaking/vibrating at take off (and at landing)…the whole plane of passengers were kind of nervously laughing and looking around for signs to be extra worried..meanwhile I was sitting there like you know.. i accept if this is how it goes out what can I do right?

              The real kicker for me was we had taken my mother up the twin towers roughly twelve months earlier than that. We’d seen the view from the top. These people would’ve seen safety but couldn’t reach it.

              Would have been extra surreal hey. I like reading the random stories on reddit about accounts of people who worked in the tower that for whatever reason, something caused them to be late/sick/detour etc so missed being at the tower they nearly usually always at for work.

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                try2bhelpful on 19/02/2024 - 13:07

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                @Jimothy Wongingtons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Iw-1bOQNIA

                This is the best documentary I’ve seen on 911. Two French brothers decided to make a documentary following around a rookie fireman. They got the footage of the first plane hitting the first building because they were out looking at gas leaks and swung the camera up as they heard the noise of the plane. The footage, and the story, is incredible.

                There are a couple of glitches but really worth a look.

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                  Jimothy Wongingtons on 19/02/2024 - 13:19

                  @try2bhelpful: damn! had a quick flick through, powerful stuff.

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                    try2bhelpful on 19/02/2024 - 15:19

                    @Jimothy Wongingtons: Worth watching in full. Not just what happened but the emotions involved.

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                      Jimothy Wongingtons on 19/02/2024 - 15:38

                      @try2bhelpful: all these years and ive never actually seen footage of the planes hitting the towers , only seen stills.
                      it seems..so surreal?

                      like imagine standing at street level even and watching …wouldnt even have time to process and react to what you just saw surely.

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                        try2bhelpful on 19/02/2024 - 17:32

                        +1

                        @Jimothy Wongingtons: A friend of my brother’s turned on the TV and thought. “That’s a crap movie”.

                        We were in Atlanta when it happened, so fortunately we were a long way from the action but everyone was on edge. The TV churn was phenomenal so I couldn’t work out what was happening in real time. Afterwards there were “we are united” signs and flags everywhere. Anyone who thinks America has freedom of speech is an idiot. Agree with us or STFU.

                        However, we had been in the Twin Towers a couple of times, even on the roof. There was an outlet store in the shadow of them we bought some clothing from. There was a half price tix place in the atrium for Broadway shows that wasn’t as crowded as those elsewhere. It is hard to encompass the big picture but the lost small things are relatable.

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    Ramrunner on 19/02/2024 - 13:09

    +3

    3 of our party of 8 caught COVID in the last 3 days of the cruise we did in January. Apart from some excessive heat/sweating and one with a bit of brain fog/headache they were fine. Didn't know they had COVID till they got home and did a RAT of course.

    There's no such thing as anyone checking temperatures or getting locked up in rooms any more guys. It's not 2020.

    And having been on 6 or more cruises by now, and never getting gastro, I can tell you there's less chance than if you go to Bali, where I've only escaped gastro on one occasion.

    Also these are not ugly cruise diseases. They are everyday diseases that simply have more chance to spread if people don't sanitize like you get reminded to do everywhere on the ship.

    Most holidays my brother goes on for example are fine, but he catches something on the flight back. Simple result of more people closer together.

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  jrvb42 on 19/02/2024 - 14:30

  Thanks OP, brilliant deal. Sad my calendar is full so can't take advantage, but keep 'em coming! Much appreciated - deals like this harder to find than hens teeth IMHO.

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  pork chop on 20/02/2024 - 21:13

  Does the mini fridge in the stateroom big enough to hold a 750ml bottle of wine on its side?

  We are taking a cruise to NZ next month and I read we can bring 2 bottles of wine per stateroom. No corkage fee if we consume in our room.

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    eddie eagle on 20/02/2024 - 23:47

    +3

    don't bother with wine in your wine bottles. slide off foil in one piece, Push the cork in, empty contents into a carafe to drink before the cruise, remove the cork it with cooking twine and a knot behind it. Then add rum, bourbon vodka cointreau, or whatever, replace cork and foil smoothing it out with pressure from the side of a book to have two bottles of spirits. Take a bottle each in your carry on per couple and put one bottle each in your suitcases that get delivered to your room. So you end up with 4 bottles of spirits, for the allowed 2 bottles of wine per cabin. This worked for us on Ovation. No way for them to add up bottles between carry on and checked in bags. Need bottles with cork, and that foil can slide off and put back on. Dark coloured glass if want dark spirits.

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      mickrb30 on 26/03/2024 - 00:27

      great idea, have the check in staff check the the bottles when checking in ?

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  Fat Horny Ghost on 08/03/2024 - 08:39

  Anyone know how much each are the shore excursions items? Is it better we book activities/excursions seperately during the port stops?

  I can't find exact breakdown of free vs. paid benefits and inclusions and their costs.

  Also once reached Hawaii is there a mandarin speaking packged tour 7 or 10 days long that can be recommended?

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    Ramrunner on 13/03/2024 - 11:42

    You can do either.

    Booked through the ship is pretty much always more expensive BUT

    You are covered by the ship insurance
    If something goes awry (as happened to another group on our cruise) such as the coach broke down, there's backups in place so your tour is not ruined AND they will potentially hold departure if you are late. On a private tour if you're not back in time the ship is gone.

    We tend to go by the addage if it's a short excursion you want to do and there's plenty of time for departure, and you're in a reasonably organised country - we book privately but mostly we book through the ship and wear the cost. Don't forget it's a memory you'll always have so if skimping can ruin it then don't.

    For example in New Zealand we booked the Hobbiton tour privately as my cousin lives there and organised it all for us. Was about half price.

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