Does Doris Cruise have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

How much does it cost to stay at Doris Cruise?

As of Nov 2, 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Doris Cruise on Nov 23, 2025 start from $251.33, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Is Doris Cruise pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Doris Cruise?

Check-in start time: noon; Check-in end time: 12:30 PM. Late check-in is available from 12:30 PM–4:00 PM for a fee.

Does Doris Cruise provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle.

Where is Doris Cruise located?

This vessel pulls anchor and sets sail from Ha Long for at least part of your stay.

Doris Cruise Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kyle, New Braunfels

Feb 28, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The staff were amazing

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tony

Dec 28, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Very friendly and attentive staff. Great way to experience ha long bay.

10/10 Excellent

Debra

Sep 30, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

It was truly amazing….from beginning to end. The views, room, service, food and scenery were exceptional!

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Cristopher

Feb 29, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Disliked: Room comfort

The experience 100% worth it , the room may need improvement, specially with the smell

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

David

Apr 22, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Honeymoon suite was incredible, huge and beautiful, very large outdoor private terrace (though semi overlooked by next door). Great experience, though would have liked more time cruising (we had a 45 minute tender boat transfer) and as all these cruises, tried to pack too much activity into a short time and sadly even Lan Ha Bay was busy with lots of rubbish in the water. Food was good including lots of vegetarian options. Overall very good.

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Tuan

May 16, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

We booked an executive suite and got upgraded to a honeymoon suite. That was nice of them. However, for the price we paid the food was lacking as was the cruise itself. The ship just sailed to a certain point and anchored for the rest of the night and the following morning. We did not get to see much of Halong Bay as well as Lan Ha Bay. It seemed they paid more attention to the excursions such as kayaking. I wish that the cruise should provide more exploring of the bay

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Apr 17, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Cruise

We had the triple room in the very front of the ship. You get less space because of additional bed and you get woken up early as soon as they lift the anchor at 5 45 am. The ship does not cruise between 5 pm and 6 am so if youre doing only 1 night you end up with 4 hours navigating over 24 hours. The bay is polluted and overcrowded by ships. We were happy we only stayed 1 night.

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rose

Jan 8, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

I'm so glad that we spent 2 nights on Doris Cruise (1 night would feel rushed). The food was excellent and the staff worked hard to meet the various dietary needs of guests. Breakfast and dinner were served as a buffet and lunch was a set menu but both were great and there was plenty of food and many vegetarian options. The rooms and bathrooms were in great condition and we had everything we needed... comfortable bed, nice linens, lots of hot water, and a private balcony with the best view. The jacuzzi is lovely and a nice temperature, not too hot, so it was pleasant for kids and families to spend time. We went with our 7 month old baby and we decided not to do the day trip, but on the boat they made sure we had everything we needed. The staff were very kind and made sure that we had a wonderful trip. The only thing that could be better is the price of drinks. Sometimes there was juice served at the buffet but we had to pay for all other drinks, even water, and the bill adds up quickly for that over 3 days.

8/10 Good

Alan

Oct 22, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Cruise was ok though the choice of food poor considering we told them I don't like seafood. There was NO entertainment we could hear the other cruises with karaoke and we had nothing on the 2nd night the crew had packed up by 8pm and we asked them to put the chair covers back so we could sit up top which they did. We felt like we were keeping them from their own party which was in the tender boat. We found that at the end there was alot of confusion on paying the bill and we ended up having to pay 3 separate bills which is unacceptable. It should have been put into 1 bill as we are unsure if we got charged double with all the confusion. So if you like no entertainment I guess it's ok

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Sep 9, 2023

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Cockroach galore

This was meant to be the highlight of our 6 week Vietnam trip but it was really disappointing. It seemed Amazing first off, but soon we realised it definitely was not 5 stars. Our room had cockroaches in and we had to change rooms twice so that we could sleep without being covered in bugs. Due to having to move rooms twice, the second time at 2am, we missed the excursion on the last day which we really wanted to go on, but everything starts so early that you can’t really get good sleep and go out on the excursions. The food on the buffet on the first night wasn’t great. Also I wouldn’t bother booking the transfer back to Hanoi with Doris cruise- we got dropped off on a random busy road 1.5 hours away from our hotel instead of the Pan Pacific which we paid for! The crew were brilliant though. I would not choose this cruise again.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Sep 19, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Beautiful cruise.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Alexandra

Sep 4, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

It was amazing

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Alexandra

Aug 28, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

It was great

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Frieke

Jul 9, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Zalige cruise met leuke activiteiten! Mooi en nieuw interieur. Vriendelijk personeel! Een onvergetelijke ervaring! Het personeel regelde voor ons ook vervoer naar onze volgende stop: Cat ba Island, omdat de cruise heel dicht bij het eiland stopte. Zo hoefden we niet met de transfer terug naar Tuan Chau. Als we dan toch 1 opmerking moeten geven, is het dat de drankjes aan de dure kant zijn in vergelijking met andere locaties die we deden in Vietnam.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sabrina

May 10, 2025

Liked: Staff & service

The care and attention of the staff really elevated this experience. Katie and all the the other staff working April 26-28 were phenomenal.

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Sian

May 5, 2025

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

I have given Doris Cruise a 1 star but this is not reflective of the majority of staff, as they do their absolute best despite working horrendously long hours for very little pay. I would not recommend this cruise to anyone, unless you want very poor value for money. The price of drinks on board is ridiculously high, and it's not as though they're in the middle of an ocean miles from land. Tea and coffee is supposed to be provided free of charge in the cabin but getting a replenishment of supplies over and above the single serve each is impossible, which was clearly an attempt to get you to buy it in the bar/restaurant. Food ran out, to the extent that there was no butter for breakfast on our 2nd morning. The itinerary was not as advertised and when I complained about this following our cruise and said I planned to post a bad review, they asked me to wait 24 hours for them to respond. In that 24 hours they updated their website and as I'd stupidly not taken screenshots in advance, I then had no evidence. Doris Cruises then stopped replying to me, despite saying that they wanted to remedy my complaint! Yes, the scenery is stunning but the cruise is not worth the money we paid. A much better experience and the opportunity to see far more of Cat Ba island could be had by taking a day cruise and staying on the island itself. I only wish that I'd known this before as I could have saved a lot of money.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Jakub

Mar 20, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Disliked: Room comfort

Deadly diesel fumes

Horrible stay in the Executive Cabin (was supposed to be higher comfort, and was 180° opposite). The pipe with deadly diesel fumes is located exactly (!) behind the terrace. You can't breathe, can't switch to air conditioning as the air inlet is also located on the terrace. When next night we changed to another (lower class) it was ok. But we still do not recommend the experience. The fumes, even if not in a cabin, surround the cruise and fill the whole bay (there are numerous ships parking next to each other overnight)

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

JongJu

Jan 27, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good. kindly staffs.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nicole

Dec 1, 2024

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BEST Ha Long Bay Cruise

Our trip with Doris Cruise Line was amazing. Everything was flawless from start to finish. The communication was extremely easy for pickup and drop off. The bus was right on time and picked us up right outside our hotel. The bus was extremely comfortable and quick. From there the tender from the pier to the boat was quick and easy. The staff was extremely inviting and enthusiastic. The food during our stay was excellent. There was a wide variety for all appetites. Our room was fantastic and the views from the balcony were surreal. The entire boat was clean top to bottom. The location the cruise went to was very secluded during the day. We were worried about this because many travel blogs and forums said the Ha Long Bay cruises are over crowded with ships and not worth it. The Doris cruise was not like this at all. We spent a lot of time searching for a cruise and there were many to choose from. Don’t think any more, JUST BOOK IT!

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Nov 4, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Exceptional experience. I am really impressed by the professionalism of the staff. The transfer bus was so comfortable. The room was clean, spacious, the food options were the best, as a vegetarian I always feel « left out » but at this cruise I had so many options to chose from. It was such a peaceful cruise.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daria

Sep 3, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great stay

A fantastic stay and a fantastic trip. Would highly recommend. Thank you

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Jul 13, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

We absolutely loved our time on Doris. The staff were incredibly welcoming and helpful. Brian was a character, making mango daiquiri on request. Michael was incredibly helpful and was able to tell us a lot about the wildlife in the area. The food was amazing (sometimes a bit more than needed) and all of the days trips were great. Glad we did the 2 night cruise.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anabel

Jun 18, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Me encantó el crucero, la comida es rica y las bebidas también. Mi habitación con vista impecable y la atención del personal también. Lo recomiendo

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Kristian

Apr 30, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice boat with friendly and helpful crew. The boat taking you to and from the boat took 40-60minutes which was a bit more than expected. Food was ok, but the views were amazing. Nice and clean rooms.

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Apr 15, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Loved Halong Bay, Doris ok

Fabulous staff, wonderful trip. Tat was a great host, very sweet. Our butler Annie was lovely. The room was tired and really need updating however the private balcony was great! The most disappointing thing was the spa. It wasn’t accessible via the top deck bar area and you can’t see anything when sitting in the spa. Also on day 2 it was green!! Awful, we didn’t go in on day 2. Good on the buffet each meal was really good. The day trip to the village was great!

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

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