Diamond Princess Review

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Aussie Land Tour and AUS/NZ Cruise

Review for Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Diamond Princess
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Mountains123
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Dec 2012

My DH and I took the 21 Princess Ultimate Australia tour - first-rate and absolutely fabulous! We started in Sydney and came a couple of days early to acclimate. Did the Bridge (not the climb, just walking across), Zoo, Opera House on our own; the start of the land tour was an introductory session of 29 people with Mel (Melissa), born in NZ and now married to an Aussie. Mel was great! Funny, informative, kept excellent track of us and all our luggage! Points of the land tour (with excellect hotel accomodations):

1. Sydney - just a city tour with a free afternoon/evening - that's why you need to show up early to see everything - I do wish we had shown up a couple of days earlier than we did. 5th most expensive city in the world - bring money!! Hotel - Amora Jamison

2. Ayers Rock (Uluru) - Flew to Yulara to see Ayers Rock (note: this land tour requires several flights since AUS is the size of CONUS w/out TX - Quantas was the airline we flew and they were wonderful.) We saw Ayers Rock and Mt Olga - both sacred to the Aborigines - and watched the sun go down - amazing places in the middle of the Outback. Hotel - Sails in the Desert

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Cabin C104 (Cozumel Suite) - located under and forward of the bridge - you pretty much can't go any farther forward without swimming...Large cabin with two rooms - living room with tv, minibar, etc. and good-sized bedroom with tv and lots of storage - bedroom has a separate door and opens into the living room, not the hallway so it is the QUIETEST bedroom we have ever had. I did not notice any exceptional ship movement in this cabin and I do tend to get seasick. The balcony is large with table, chairs and two loungers and some of it overlooks the crew pool area, but they are not out there much. WARNING: If you are a balcony person during sailing, do NOT get this cabin because they lock the door when sailing. You call to have it unlocked when in port. Also, they request curtains be drawn after 6 pm so the bridge can have a clear view over the bow at night. WARNING: The tub/shower combo is about 4-5" off the floor so you must be mobile enough to step UP into it!! Overall though, we enjoyed the cabin.

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