Cruise and Maritime Voyages

There were 10 of us boarding from Adelaide for a 2 nights new years eve cruise. This was my first cruise and i can assure you would not go or recommend this company. Boat very old and tired looking. The food first night was amazing service excellent. After that everything went downhill from there. We had breakfast next morning some of the food was edible others not. Nothing was hot either warm or cold. Our lunch was horrible one of our group left the table after no service for at least 20mins. The only decent thing was dessert and bread and but...Read more

I have just completed a cruise on the Vascoe De Gama traveling from Adelaide to Tasmania, (hobart and burnie) Phillip Island, Melb, Portland back to Adelaide .10 days of boredom,The ship having been partly refurnished smelt of paint in a lot of areas, my cabin for two of us was reasonable but old, bathroom was ok except it had a bath (very difficult for a person with hip and knee replacements) to get in and out off, the towels were very scratchy and not snow white, there was no fridge in cabin either. Now the FOOD ! what a disgrace, tasteless, ...Read more

We just completed a cruise on CMV (Vasco da Gama) from Sydney to Adelaide. Ship was old and had been partially refurbished (nor the furniture in our cabin).
Ship was reasonable size and did not have hoards of children on board.
Food basically OK, customer service only reasonable and not always honest, staff friendly and hardworking, value for money OK....
BUT the real sting is for medical care on board. An acquaintance got food poisoning on board and was in the medical centre for 2 days. Was hit with a bill for over $5000!!!! $2000 was for a s...Read more

My parents were on their second Astor cruise sailing from the UK to Fremantle last year, when my father became seriously ill. Medical staff on board the ship were not able to diagnose pneumonia and therefore did not treat my Dad with antibiotics. As his condition deteriorated a decision was made to offload my parents in a country far from home for hospital treatment. Fortunately, my father made a full recovery after being correctly diagnosed and treated in that hospital. But it was a traumatic experience and distressing time for my family. My p...Read more

We have just returned from the best cruise ever on the ASTOR every thing was great from boarding to getting off
The crew were a delight each day from the captain who you would see almost every day to our cabin steward he was bright and bubbly each morning calling us by our name ‘s the show’s were top quality we never missed any of them which was a first for us. The cruise director the best we’ve had, Bar staff very good service and friendly bunch would let us know when they took their break
A must was afternoon tea really good spread, down ...Read more

This Ship is a small 500 to 600 passengers, so dont expect mega-liner inside,its comfortable and clean,no casino only deck games, pool and bars and small entertainment lounge, no laundry for passengers to use but there is a ironing room if you can wash your cloths in you r bathroom sink. We have just done a half world cruise on her, its our second time doing the half world cruise this time west bound. Food was much better than last time we were on board and chef was ok but not super great it was i would say about 3 star, The entertainment was ...Read more