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Captain Cook Cruises/Sydney Harbour Cruises/What's On In Sydney/Christmas Day
CHRISTMAS DAY - WEDNESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2019
Join our family for Christmas Day, Christmas Lunch, Summer in Sydney and a spectacular cruise onboard Sydney 2000. Take in the sights from the expansive open observation deck and enjoy the feast on one of three restaurant decks. Great range of options for families, singles and travellers. Download flyer
Xmas Sky Deck Lunch
- Cruise aboard MV Sydney 2000
- Upper Sky Deck individual table seating
- 5-course premium menu
- Superior wines, beers, spirits & soft drinks
Xmas Club Deck Lunch
- Cruise aboard MV Sydney 2000
- Club Deck individual table seating
- Buffet feast featuring traditional Christmas favourites & seafood
- Superior wines, beers, spirits & soft drinks
Xmas Show Deck Lunch
- Cruise aboard MV Sydney 2000
- Show Deck individual table seating
- Christmas buffet feast featuring traditional favourites & seafood
- Standard bar package of house wines, beers & soft drinks
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Reviews
Service: Christmas with the Captain n crew is such an amazing way to spend an often stressful time. But not when relaxing with this gang n other travellers. Lunch, drinks, fantastic company, wonderful views: excellent. Catching up with ol' friends n making new ones. Everyone is up for a fun time n that's what you find...
Product: Value plus that bit extra
Review for Christmas Sky Deck Lunch
Service: Great service from the friendly staff and a lovely leisurely journey around beautiful Sydney Harbour.
Product: For the most part the food was very good but the desserts were very disappointing.
Review for Christmas Sky Deck Lunch
Service: No better way to do Xmas lunch. Ample food. Great variety and choices. No shortage of drinks and eats. Marvelous day
Product: Great choice of foods. Plenty of food and drink available. Wonderful way to do xmas lunch with friends and family. Totally stress free and marvelous food.
Review for Christmas Show Deck Lunch
Service: Food and service was lovely
Our main meal was a tad slow coming out but delicious once it arrived
We think a delay happened in kitchen? A guess. Other tables had theirs promptly from what we could see
Product: Pretty good value meal for Christmas Day lunch
Review for Christmas Sky Deck Lunch
Service: The decoration and food was excellent. The service staff were lovely, helpful and courteous. Having a table number organised with a list at the door was very efficient.
The one thing we were not so impressed with was standing in line for over an hour in the heat. We were requested in the booking letter to arrive and hour early for boarding but boarding was late as your were not ready on time. This is too much to expect of elderly or disabled people. Next time we would arrive more to the time of sailing to avoid this.
Product: The purchase over the internet worked fine.
Review for Christmas Show Deck Lunch
Main course had a good spread but dessert had little choice. The venue was overcrowded. Harbour cruise was too short .
Review by Anonyomous
Response from Captain Cook Cruises:
Dear customer,
Thank you for the review of your experience of your Cruise. Our aim is always to provide an extensive variety of options maintaining the highest standards of quality, so we are disappointed you felt this was not the case on this occasion. We can assure you that we have a maximum capacity for all of our vessels, which is adheres to all safety regulations. Our cruise times are listed on our website for complete transparency for our customers and we follow this as closely as possible. Thank you once again for your feedback.
Kind Regards,
Head of Customer Service
Captain Cook Cruises
Review for Christmas Show Deck Lunch
Did the Xmas day lunch cruise with family. The service was excellent. Thoroughly enjoyable day.
Review by AnonyomousReview for Christmas Club Deck Lunch
Well organised cruise celebrating Christmas Day- especially with the large number of people. The staff were very friendly and helpful, especially with our son in a wheelchair!
The buffet lunch was delicious, well organised and ample!
We would love to do this cruise again. Well done! Thank you!!
Review for Christmas Show Deck Lunch
Service: My partner arrived for a short holiday to Australia and thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the cruise once we were boarded.
Only point, was during the queuing, the day was extremely hot, so perhaps some cold water distributed to the waiting crowds would have been appreciated.
Product: So much food on offer and all very fresh.
Review for Christmas Club Deck Lunch
The services was good, the food good but I’ve been on the Showboat Cruise years ago and was much better, the entertainment was to repetitious and the singers voice not pleasant penetrating, the girls on stage put in 100 per cent and costumes lovely, so overall I give it 65per cent, needs improvement.
Review by Anonyomous
Response from Captain Cook Cruises:
Dear customer,
Thank you for the review of your experience of your Cruise. We continually monitor all aspects of the production chain including receipt, storage, distribution, cooking and presentation to ensure a top quality and consistent product is presented to our guests, so we’re disappointed that you felt this wasn’t to your standards on this occasion. Our entertainment is designed to provide an entertaining background to the conversations and ambience of this fine dining experience. However, please be assured we have forwarded your comments onto our entertainment manager. As you know we do strive to deliver world best practice customer service from booking all the way through to the end product – so your review for this is very satisfying to receive. Your comments are very much appreciated by all our hospitality and catering staff and a copy of your email has been forwarded onto their department managers. We are sure they will value the positive feedback too.
Thank you once again for your feedback.
Kind Regards,
Head of Customer Service
Captain Cook Cruises
Review for Christmas Sky Deck Lunch
Highly recommend this cruise. Staff were very efficient. Plenty to eat and drink
Review by AnonyomousReview for Christmas Show Deck Lunch
Service: Excellent service and food. Really good atmosphere and views.
Bit expensive, but you get what you pay for.
Product: Easy to select options and buy.
Missed out on the biggest sale, though! Lower price alerts/ability to switch might have been nice.
Review for Christmas Club Deck Lunch
Service: It was so well organised, everything ran like clockwork. All the staff gave outstanding service and were so friendly. We enjoyed the food and drinks. There were many different dishes to choose from, something for everyone! We liked being able to purchase our photos as a momento of our day. And of course, there was the cruise itself on Sydney Harbour which was sensational! Thankyou to everyone involved.
Product: Excelllent value for money - food, drinks and a cruise.
Review for Christmas Show Deck Lunch
Service: Good service. Courteous servers.
Product: Good price for experience.
Review for Christmas Show Deck Lunch
Service: Service was excellent. Always coming around to see if we needed anything.
Product: Beautiful food & lots of it.
Review for Christmas Club Deck Lunch
Service: Yes I would recommend the service
Product: The service and meal was very good
Review for Christmas Club Deck Lunch
Service: Absolutely fantastic and will see you all next year
Product: The best Christmas lunch we have ever had
Review for Christmas Club Deck Lunch
Service: Service excellent had a lovely time. Only negative, no shade when waiting to board and this took a while.
Product: Had a great time and service was good.
Review for Christmas Sky Deck Lunch
It was just a great way to spend Xmas lunch, service was top class.
Review by AnonyomousReview for Christmas Sky Deck Lunch
Service: The staff were pleasant and friendly
Product: The starff were lovely. The food was very average. The deserts were shocking. The cheese selection was poor. I type of cheese and one type of cracker. For 300 dollars a person I expected more
Response from Captain Cook Cruises:
Dear customer,
Thank you for the review of your experience of your Cruise. We continually monitor all aspects of the production chain including receipt, storage, distribution, cooking and presentation to ensure a top quality and consistent product is presented to our guests, so we’re disappointed that you felt this wasn’t to your standards on this occasion. As you know we do strive to deliver world best practice customer service from booking all the way through to the end product – so your review for this is very satisfying to receive. Your comments are very much appreciated by all our hospitality and catering staff and a copy of your email has been forwarded onto their department managers. We are sure they will value the positive feedback too.
Thank you once again for your feedback.
Kind Regards,
Head of Customer Service
Captain Cook Cruises
Review for Christmas Club Deck Lunch
Service: IT WAS PERFECT, EVERYTHING WAS GREAT, IT COULD NOT POSSIBLY GET ANY BETTER !
THANK YOU CAPTAIN COOK XMAS LUNCH CRUISE
Except," HUTTON" is our surname, you should have the booking as "Jim Hutton", or we are Mr & Mrs Hutton
Product: Fast and efficient service, pleasant staff, not an offshore call centre, hooray!
Review for Christmas Sky Deck Lunch
Service: The boarding procedure needs refining
Product: Service, food and space good, a little pricey.
Review for Christmas Club Deck Lunch
Service: Spectacular Cruise. Food, service , drinks and day were perfect!
Product: Excellent Experience Enjoyed the day
Review for Christmas Sky Deck Lunch
Service: we had booked on the Captain Cook Cruises for both Christmas Day Lunch and the start of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race before we were advised my husband had been diagnosed with cancer for the 2nd time in 2018 and the third time in 4 years. These cruises were 'just what the doctored order' if you pardon the pun and we were absolutely thrilled with the service and the food. We are hoping to be able to do so again this year, God willing.
Product: The food and service were amazing and the staff were fabulous on both this cruise and the Christmas Lunch cruise. can't wait to book again, hopefully, and God willing, at the end of this year
Review for Christmas Club Deck Lunch
We went out on Captain Cook Cruises on Sydney Harbour Cruise on Christmas Day 2018. The crew, meal and overall experience was amazing and we have nothing but praise for the trip.
Review by AnonyomousReview for Christmas Show Deck Lunch
Service: Great service. Staff excellent. Food fantastic.
Product: Good value for money on Christmas Day.
Review for Christmas Club Deck Lunch
The whole experience of the Christmas lunch, the harbour cruise, the service, and, of course, the view, was exquisite. We had done the cruise before, but this time we were on the top floor, at the front. Calm day made for smooth travel. Service was friendly, quick, and yet on over-bearing. The fixed menu was fine and we enjoyed was we chose. The ability to go outside to the front of the ship was great too. All round, very enjoyable and memorable.
Review by AnonyomousReview for Christmas Sky Deck Lunch
Great food excellent service, top day, great views of Sydney Harbour
Review by AnonyomousReview for Christmas Club Deck Lunch
Service: As always, and I have been doing this cruise for at least four years, the service was excellent, the food was good and the toilets were kept clean. I recommended the food to another guest and they agreed with me. Some lof the staff recognised me from previous years which always makes one feel special
Product: As always excellent experience as witnessed by fact I keep returning
Review for Christmas Club Deck Lunch
Service: It was a great experience but the fruit replacement GF option was a bit poor. I like fruit but it seemed like make do effort. Otherwise the food was good and the wine was good.
We will definitely do it again.
Product: Please see above comments
Review for Christmas Sky Deck Lunch



