Departed Sydney 2nd Sept 2013 from White Bay - we live in Sydney so train to Central and then taxi ($30) due to slow traffic - maybe train to Wynyard then taxi would save money. Boarding was slow but luckily elite passengers we went straight through. Ship same as Dawn and Sun just slightly different décor only, we like the setup.

Passengers average age was reported to be 68 years - I thought it was more - I think there were about 4 children and as per usual lots of people with walking aids, only a few young people, but lots of people in the 55 to 70 age group.

Entertainment by the ship dancing team and singers took a while to get going as they were all new to the Princess shows, so had to learn everything as the ship went along. Dancers picked it up and female singer was good, male singer was OK but needs to work on it. Generally there is 5 shows they always do on longer trips but only 3 were done. Other artists were on board to fill in some gaps, some were good others not so good - about average for these ships. Read more