Diane and I have just returned from, dare I say, a perfect cruise aboard Dawn Princess which left and returned to Fremantle, Australia. I am in a wheelchair so I was unable to apprise myself of some of the wonders onshore that Diane saw but her photos certainly showed the wonders of Borobudur that she saw. She said that seeing that magnificent ancient Buddhist temple made the entire cruise!

So about the cruise: the old Fremantle Passenger Terminal was easy to move through, the ship provided people to help us board the Dawn so our cruise began effortlessly and continued from there.

This was about our sixth Princess cruise but the first on the Dawn and we were certainly not disappointed. The Dawn is one of a trio of similar ships; the others being the Sun and the Sea upon which we have yet to journey. I believe they were launched in '97 but although we looked we could not but find very small little bits that showed her length of service. We felt at home and our excellent steward, Edwin, made small room changes immediately and proved to be superb throughout the trip. Read more