We flew to Sydney and went straight from the early morning flight to the ship. Had to wait about 15 minutes before boarding started.

Rooms were not available until after 1pm and they close access doors to the corridors, so you need to carry around your carry on. A couple of bottles of wine are allowed so that a bonus compared to what we are used too.

Other reviews have said its very 'Las Vegas' like (I've never been) and tacky décor. I think comments like that were very unfair and they have gone with a Egyptian / Roman / Cleopatra type theme. The corridors seemed to have interesting bits on Napoléon as well. I liked the décor and themes. Read more