点评:A 16 day trip with Coral to the Philippines was our first trip with Coral. We have done over 500 days with other expedition companies, so have much to compare
To me there were a number of good points offset by a number of bad points. Overall I do not think I would travel by Coral again
Good points are
- I chose this cruise because of the route. Few cruises go to the Philippines - thought I understand Coral are not returning in the future
- the Coral Geographer is a nice ship to travel on. It is spacious and modern
- the means of getting ashore, sort of landing craft that take about 50 guests was better to me than zodiacs, in being a fast and efficient way of getting guests ashore
Bad points are
- the food was of poor quality. Often cold from being pre cooked too far in advance. And dried out from being held in Bain Marie’s
- they ran out of a lot of things like fresh fruit. We were served tinned peach and pineapple. Croissants disappeared after a few days, as did a lot of baked items. No apology was ever given
- you had to get to the dining room well before the scheduled time to avoid the better things being already eaten
- eating is all done at communal tables, no option to eat with your partner alone. The dining room was too cold, and outside was too noisy from ships engines
- the number of sea days was surreptitiously
increased from two to four. Nothing to do with weather as done before we started
- I did not find the expedition leader to be either a leader, nor sympathetic. . And there was little interaction with any expedition staff bar one
There were a lot of unhappy bunnies on board, including me
翻译:这次为期16天的菲律宾之旅是Coral公司的首次行程。我们之前参加过其他探险公司的500多天行程,所以有很多可以比较的经验。
对我来说,这次旅行的优点和缺点并存。总的来说,我并不打算再次选择Coral公司的行程。
优点包括:
- 我选择这条航线是因为它的特色。很少有邮轮会去菲律宾——虽然我知道Coral公司未来不会再去那里了。
- Coral Geographer号是一艘很不错的船。它宽敞又现代化。
- 我觉得他们提供的登陆艇比橡皮艇更好,可以快速高效地把乘客送到岸上,而且这种登陆艇大约能容纳50名乘客。
缺点包括:
- 食物质量很差。经常因为提前做好太久而凉了。而且因为放在保温柜里,食物都干巴巴的。
- 他们经常缺货,比如新鲜水果。我们只能吃到罐装桃子和菠萝。羊角面包几天后就消失了,很多烘焙食品也一样。他们从未道歉。
——你必须在预定时间前很早就到餐厅,以免被别人吃掉。
——所有餐点都是在公用餐桌上吃的,没有和伴侣单独用餐的选择。餐厅太冷,外面船的引擎声又太大。
——海上航行天数被偷偷地从两天增加到了四天。这与天气无关,因为出发前就已经安排好了。
——我觉得探险队长既不像个领导者,也不体贴。除了一个队员之外,我几乎没和其他探险队员交流。
船上有很多不开心的人,包括我。