点评:We booked a New Year's Eve Cruise to see the Sydney fireworks with 3 other couples at a cost of AUD $1617 per couple which was to include 5 course buffet and unlimited drinks.. Starting with the positive, the food was excellent and plentiful. However, although drinks were technically unlimited this was restricted by the fact that there was only one member of bar staff for most of the evening, resulting in long queues. Also, later on in the evening they restricted us to one drink per person at the bar, so that I couldn't even get my wife's drink and she had to come down from our seats on the top deck via narrow steps to the bar on the lower deck to queue again and get her own drink, which seemed bizarre.
However we didn't let that spoil the evening, but what followed most certainly did. At 15 mins to midnight, the captain positioned the boat perfectly sideways on for us to enjoy the fireworks and view of Sydney Harbour Bridge. Then at 5 mins to midnight, for reasons known only to him he decided to turn the boat 90 degrees so forward facing the bridge. This meant that 80% of the passengers who were on the rear deck had no view of the bridge whatsoever. Sure, we could see some of the fireworks in the sky but as everyone knows, the iconic part of this display is the fireworks launched from the bridge and various light shows and messages displayed. I had been before and told my friends what an experience it was and felt really let down when we needlessly missed so much of it.
I believe that Vagabond should explain what happened and offer at least a partial refund to passengers who paid an awful lot of money !
翻译:我们预订了一艘跨年游轮,和另外三对夫妇一起观看悉尼的烟火,每对夫妇的费用为1617澳元,包含五道菜的自助餐和无限畅饮。先说说好的方面,食物非常美味且量足。然而,虽然理论上是无限畅饮,但由于当晚大部分时间只有一位酒吧服务员,导致排队时间过长。而且,到了晚上晚些时候,酒吧限制每人只能点一杯酒,所以我连我妻子的酒都拿不到,她不得不从顶层甲板的座位上沿着狭窄的台阶走到下层甲板的酒吧,再次排队才能拿到自己的酒,这感觉很奇怪。
不过,我们并没有让这些不愉快的事情影响到我们的夜晚,但接下来的事情却彻底毁了这一切。午夜前15分钟,船长将船调整到最佳位置,让我们能够完美地欣赏烟火和悉尼海港大桥的景色。午夜前五分钟,不知何故,他突然决定将船头转向90度,正对着驾驶台。这意味着后甲板上80%的乘客完全看不到驾驶台。当然,我们能看到一些烟花,但众所周知,这场烟花表演的精髓在于从驾驶台燃放的烟花以及各种灯光秀和信息展示。我之前来过,也跟朋友们说过这是一次多么精彩的体验,所以这次我们白白错过了这么多精彩的表演,真的非常失望。
我认为Vagabond公司应该解释清楚到底发生了什么,并至少给那些支付了高昂票价的乘客部分退款!