A touch of luxury .. Le Soleal in Auckland today 22 Jan

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Ponant's le Soleal is on NZ for a series of cruises. 132 staterooms , 224 passengers and 139 crew. A very sleek and elegant ship.

 

 

 

 

[Docker123]

The great pictures brought to mind Le Boreal and it's fire.

 

I found this article with photos of it being taken back to Europe for repairs.

 

http://gcaptain.com/2016/01/20/photos-broken-down-le-boreal-gets-lift-back-to-europe/#.VqFMCWthiSM

[clairebearinaus]

Oh I saw a doco about this ship recently and it looked amazing, so I looked up the online reviews. They were surprisingly bad, on the whole people thought the experience didn't justify the price. It's a shame, because as you say it's a lovely looking ship.

[GUT2407]

Mmmmmm that looks noice.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Oh I saw a doco about this ship recently and it looked amazing, so I looked up the online reviews. They were surprisingly bad, on the whole people thought the experience didn't justify the price. It's a shame, because as you say it's a lovely looking ship.

 

Yes ...it is a shame . We will just have to get rid of all those bean counters and go back to the days when staff actually underwent...(shock horror :eek:) a training progamme. Some of the reviews could have been from on board Pacific Eden and Aria.:eek:

 

 

[MicCanberra]

Thanks David, very nice.

I suppose people are paying a lot of money and for that they expect more of everything else.

[NSWP]

$1000 a night job on that ship, she goes all over the world carrying the well heeled. Any of you mob out there been on it? LOL. I actually saw it berthed at Ushiaia, Argentina, in March 2014, when we were on Golden Princess, BA to LA.

Edited January 22, 2016 by NSWP

[gogo65]

We are going on the sister ship Le Boreal in January next year to Antarctica.

I'm pretty easy going and don't feel like we are entitled to more service because it's expensive. We are paying the money for the experience, yes it is over $1000pp/night but it will be worth it. We have a beautiful ship, we will be fed and alcohol is included and it's taking me to one of the most remote places in the world:)

[Big Gee NZ]

We watched her sail out of Tauranga Harbour last night. Nice looking ship but was somewhat dwarfed by Celebrity Solstice !

[KIWICRUZER]

Just got off the ship,, read the reviews

 

http://click.email.cruisecritic.com/?qs=7504b9f6c5d41b714f6188dd45747c913c5e1247e2418c52cf0786e79b8c56a490309f9ba490faac1667c1914a96fc08

[Aus Traveller]

Just got off the ship,, read the reviews

 

http://click.email.cruisecritic.com/?qs=7504b9f6c5d41b714f6188dd45747c913c5e1247e2418c52cf0786e79b8c56a490309f9ba490faac1667c1914a96fc08

Wow! The review is worth reading. :(

[MicCanberra]

Just got off the ship,, read the reviews

 

http://click.email.cruisecritic.com/?qs=7504b9f6c5d41b714f6188dd45747c913c5e1247e2418c52cf0786e79b8c56a490309f9ba490faac1667c1914a96fc08

 

Cheers, thanks for sharing.:D

[NSWP]

Just got off the ship,, read the reviews

 

http://click.email.cruisecritic.com/?qs=7504b9f6c5d41b714f6188dd45747c913c5e1247e2418c52cf0786e79b8c56a490309f9ba490faac1667c1914a96fc08

Very sorry to hear of your nightmare. Pretty weak that Pontant have not replied.

 

The cruise line need a real kick up the backside and you gave it to them, well done.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Sorry to hear of your experiences . Do you think it was a result of Ponants attitude or do you think it was because of it being French ?

I have heard of similar stories on the Paul Gauguin in Tahiti. If you are not French , they don't want to know you .

 

 

[MicCanberra]

Yes, a shame for both the accident and also the subsequent treatment by Ponant.:(

[cruisefan2012]

In 2015 I sailed on P&O Britannia to the Baltics (fabulous!!)

 

I saw this ship docked in Tallinn - Its a beautiful looking ship

[jmps]

We saw it in Copenhagen in 2015 during a Baltic cruise as well. Stunning design.