Neat and Clean, though we wiped it down with disinfectant wipes upon arrival (just in case).

Very Good opportunity to see some local sites, take a swim, and explore a little on foot. Tour guide made it a very entertaining experience.

Lifou

Very good volume of fish and variety of species to view underwater. Feeding fish during snorkelling was also provided and though unexpected, was a good way to bring in the fish for photos etc. Took a little to long to get to the dive point, considering it was so close to the ship.

Port Vila

This is an A-Grade S*%t-Hole destination, but a good opportunity to explore the bombed out buildings and surrounding neighbourhoods on foot. To be fair to Noumea though, our ship was in port during a public holiday so almost all of the township was closed and empty of locals, even for a tourist destination which seemed a bit odd. We had a nice spa with drinks on the ship whilst it was in port here, so we also got to see the place lite up at night from the comfort of the ships Oasis deck spa.

Noumea

No excursion undertaken from our departure destination Brisbane, though very smooth and timely on-boarding and off-boarding whilst at Port.

Brisbane

My experience with the beverage service and value for money with the Premium Drinks Package was realised very early on, as if I had paid individually for drink consumption I would have paid more overall, though I believe I would not have drank as much as I did.I found the Premium Beverage Package ($79 per person/per day) drinks package to be great value for money, especially if you adopt the approach  "I am on holiday's, so I know my drinking habits will be different to what they are back home, during the working week" etc.

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