Pacific Pearl Review
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Sailed on the Pacific Pearl for my first cruise , read lots of reviews that said this was only a 3 star experience so I put away my preciousness and decided to have a great time come what may......
I sailed with my husband although we were an extended part of a youth group which included my 17 year old daughter.
Being from Nth Queensland we decided to spend the night before in Sydney so we were not panicky about late flights etc. we found a supermarket in the city near where we stayed and purchased slabs of water and extra snacks etc to take on board . We had printed out extra cabin labels and bought the sticky tape so we could stick the labels with our cabin number on to the slabs of water. We got to the White Bay Terminal at around 11.30 am the following morning our transport was the hotel mini bus. We dropped our suitcases and slabs of water at the P&O drop off spot (although it was a few hours before our allocated boarding time P&O didn't seem to have any issue with boarding us) had hardly any wait before it was our turn to show our documentation fill in our green form collect our cruise card and we were through to customs . I must say the woman at our window in the white bay cruise terminal was a lemon sucker not a smile or attempt at friendliness felt a little like she was sending us to stay 10 days in the local lock up! I looked down the Huge line of windows and ours was the only lemon sucker all the rest were smiling and friendly. She also was a little short when she asked us for our credit card to link it to our Cruise card and I told her No we had decided to put cash on our cards and not link it. She told us we had to do this at the reception desk on the ship but not to do it till tomorrow as they would be very busy there. I did think that would be a bit of a pain as it meant not being able to buy anything or have a drink until the next day . Then it was through to the Customs lady, she was quick & friendly we were through in a flash . The P&O photographers were waiting to take our photos after that it was walk through security and arrive onto the ship at deck 5.