Tauranga

The cruise ship boarding was delayed for two hours for some unknow reason. After I finished checking in and they gave me by room key and was about one minute from boarding the ship, a staff member goes by the way here is a letter from the captain. The letter stated that the previous cruise had an out break of passengers coming down with a stomach bug and I could cancel my cruise for a full refund if I wanted to. Talk about waiting until the last minute to tell me about it. I talked to one of the staff members and he felt that about ten percent of the passengers came down with the stomach bug. On this cruise I have never seen such large efforts to keep passengers from getting sick. At the buffet a staff member has to service you and if you want ketchup, you have to have a staff member squeeze it out of a bottle onto you plate.Read more