Atlas Ocean Voyages - World Voyager Reviews

Amazing trip to the end of the world! Itinerary was inclusive of all I hoped for including landings and zodiac cruises. Saw plenty of local wildlife and massive icebergs. Excellent and attentive staff, knowledgeable and passionate guides, first class food, great value for an Antarctic expedition cruise.

This was an amazing adventure to actually see Antarctica, land on the Continent and experience some of the wildlife. The staff on Atlas, in all areas were amazing. The zodiac tours and shore excursions were fun and exciting. Had a lot of fun with the entertainment by the staff. The ship was clean and well kept at all times, plenty of food and beverage available. Job well done to the Captain and his crew on the bridge. The only negative was with Fly Bondi, not an airline to recommend. Flight delays to/from Ushuaia, lack of staff communication, old planes. onboard food was bad. Would like to thank Eric Bell for all of his help with planning this trip, he was great to work with.

Great time

We’re very enjoy the trip, the staff on the cruise are friendly and professional.

Breathtaking in all aspects! The magnificent Nature in its best! Surrounded by friendly people, led by professional and devoted guides, made comfortable by caring and kind ship crew!

There were not many expeditions and attractions as expected. It was worth landings at Westpoint but disappointedly no expedition was seen being organized at Port Stanley for birds/penguins. Grytviken and St Andrew's Bay were also good but not Right Whale Bay it was a waste of time. We had lost two days pondering at sea for Elephant Island and Penguin Island. The weather seemed good while at Penguin Island but don't understand why the captain dared not to allow the landing; we had seen there were other travelers hiking to the hill top. The last attraction was at Charcot Bay; disappointedly only a morning zodiac and no landings at other places of Antarctica peninsula at all. In general, I would say only 50% expectation was met. In terms of catering, housekeeping and restaurant service, they were good. For entertainment, bored and no fun at all.

it was a fantastic trip and i would definitely recommend atlas and will be traveling with them again.

Met every expectation to the max! Would recommend to anyone who wishes to visit the White Continent, Atlas would be a excellent place to start your journey.

Our cruise to Antarctica on the Atlas World Voyager was fantastic. I would highly recommend to anyone that is wanting to see Antarctica. The boat is fantastic. Food is very good. The employees were outstanding. We had 160 on board and 145 employees. The expedition team did a great job educating and showing us the wildlife. The weather was not in our favor (only had 2 sunshiny days); however the captain was able to navigate around to ensure we were able to enjoy our cruise. I felt like we saw everything we would of seen even with the weather conditions. I would encourage you to complete the polar plunge if you are going to go.

My expedition to Antarctica with Atlas was absolutely brilliant! The Drake, the landscapes, the wildlife, the kayaking, the polar plunge, etc. all far exceeded my expectations. I'd highly recommend to anyone with an adventurous spirit and an outdoorsy bent. Loved it!!

Wonderful trip. I took this trip over so many others I viewed because it flew over the Drake passage. After talking to friends who took total cruises and said everyone spent the first three days in their cabin due to sea sickness I jumped at this trip. Five days cruising is more than enough to see three different types of penguins , seals, whale and ice sculptures.

A truly fabulous trip! the ship surpassed expectations. Staff was amazing. Shore excursions were not good. Not always as advertised.

The voyage was very nice in general. The land excursions, at least some of them, turned out to be extremely poor. Specifically: Seville, Spain; Safi, Morocco and Tenerife, Canaries. Strongly suggest to reconsider your contractor who are responsible for this activities.

1. No library 2. No game room/ tables 3. No fruit basket starting the day. 4. No ice buckets in the room. 5. Mini bar was not stocked 6. Room was not always cleaned 7. No full length mirror 8. Food was not equal to the Windstar experience. 9. No cocktail hour 10. Spa was very difficult to get a time.

We were quite dissatisfied. The reasons include very poor instructions as to how to access the ship in London, falsely being told we could not drop our bags earlier in the day (to relieve the burden of schlepping them around the city)) earlier than the boarding time, a bogus day "at sea" between England and Honfleur when we could have arrived in Honfleur in the morning after leaving London (this doubtlessly eliminated the possibility of stopping in LaRochelle on the way around France), insufficient time allocated to Bordeaux. etc.

Overall a great cruise. The World Voyager is a beautiful ship. Loved the dome room for music and dancing...and the atlas lounge was a great spot to read or sit with friends. Food was fabulous (an Epicurian Tour) and our stateroom (veranda) on the 5th deck was wonderful with one issue of being in the bow...during rough seas the stabilizer would hit with a loud clang on every big wave. People in the middle and rear cabins did not hear a thing, but in the front is was really loud and lasted all night so I couldnt get to sleep at all that night. The rolling doesn't bother me (a lot of people did get seasick) but i just couldnt sleep thru the clanging. The next day and night the seas were rolling a lot too, but not enough for the stabilizer to hit, just a nice rolling ocean and I was able to sleep like a baby. When booking you might want to take that into consideration... I really enjoyed the itinerary which included some wonderful visits to lesser know places and some medieval walled cities. Honfleur, St Malo ,St.Emillio were very interesting and Jean de Luz in the Basque region of France were particularly favorite stops . We were disappointed that the Guernsey stop was cancelled due to rough seas. We did rock and roll thru the English channel! The rough seas also messed up our planned stop at Bordeaux ... we arrived late and had to leave early ...so we were unable to explore Bordeaux. We disembarked in Bilbao while some passengers continued on to Lisbon. We stayed in Bilbao 1 night so we could visit the Guggenheim Museum before heading home. This was our first Atlas Cruise, having done 3 Viking River cruises and also one of their smaller ship ocean cruises but larger than World Voyager at around 800 passengers. While there are things that Viking does better, I do understand that Atlas is a new company and probably still has a slight learning curve. The staff was nice and the size of the crowd was just right. The shore excursions were really pricey, so I think Viking beats Atlas in that arena. ....Mostly because Viking always has one included port visit at every stop that is no extra cost.. Viking tours are all top notch and the included excursion is usually scheduled in the mornings, allowing you time to schedule any extra tours you might like to go on after the included one. So there is a bit of room for improvement on Atlas in that area. All and all an enjoyable trip!

Atlas needs work with their home office, giving the impression that they are not quite ready for prime time. Before departure we called several times with questions about excursions and general information, and were given either non-answers or incorrect answers. Once on board, the cruise was great and the staff could not have been more helpful. As an important note, internet on board was awful. Data usage was limited and connections so slow as to be inadequate. This is not something new - other cruises can do it, and the internet is now a vital part of life.

This is a great small ship. Good food, and quite a variety. Good service in the dining room and from housekeeping. Learned a lot about the Beatles on the visit to Liverpool. And had an informative tour of the museum in Skibbereen which gave the awful history of the potato famine. It is a well done museum about a terrible historic event.

Atlas Ocean Voyages far exceeded our expectations. From the ship to the crew, all top notch. Food at all meals excellent. We’re looking forward to another Atlas trip in the future!

Cancelled trip destinations are unavoidable in bad weather, but on board activities beyond lounges with drink are few where weather limits on board a vessel with minimal fitness resources. A spa is nice, but passive. A fitness studio with 25% of powered equipment out of commission is not at all good and no place for exercise is possible in high winds if outside walks are not accessible in a safe manner. The same applies for pool and for much of anything else. One is limited to stairs or to walking hallways to burn calories if one wants to remain fit. Many people are less interested in working out, but some provision should be managed at least for a limited availability of resources for those stuck onboard while 'out at sea'.

We really loved this cruise. It exceded our expectations.