Celebrity v. Princess

[kris77]

My apologies if anyone has asked/answered this already. I'm looking at a cruise for Australia and New Zealand, and so far, I like the itinerary that Celebrity offers. At one point, though, Princess had excursions to Queenstown. I don't know if that's the case anymore though. Does anyone know if Celebrity does this, too?

[Trend]

We are booked with my son who is in Australia for Med. school, for the Dec. 12 2011 cruise. I have been on 18 cruises and use a cruise specialist agent and our choice was the Century a smaller ship that does it right.

My son showed his Kiwi friends the itinerary and they thought it touch get spots to give you a feel.

Hope this helps we have been on many Celebrity ships and are about to go on the Expedition to Galapogos.:)

[moyaroo]

When we were on Celebrity in Nov 2008 they did the overnight excursion to Queenstown. It is very pricy @$1300-1400 US per person but everyone who did it was happy that they went. I am going on my own this time and the flight from Auckland and rental car over to Dunedin as well as 3 nights hotel in Queenstown will be less so . . . $ ahead and more time to see. As usual cruise line shore ex is a pricey way to see the world.

[The_Big_M]

Although I agree it was pricey, I think your price was probably the price for 2, or converted to NZD, as it was around US$650/person. It was an overnight passthrough trip to/from Dunedin and Milford Sound (depending which way you went) so a bit more than a typical excursion though.

[moyaroo]

IIRC it was the !300 USD per person. (2 full days tours plus a hotel and some meals ain't cheap when the cruise line is charging)

[moyaroo]

OOPS, a little online checking and it seems that my memory was in error ::GASP:: Score on for The Big M.