Sea Princess Review
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Background: We’re 60+ year old Australians with 16 previous cruises on different ships (and many different cruise lines) with which to compare. This cruise on the Sea Princess was an 11 night South Pacific cruise from Brisbane and return. Although we have been to most of these ports several times before, we couldn’t resist the deal offered.
Embarkation:
As we live near Brisbane we drove and left our car at a nearby car storage. Their shuttle service was efficient. As we now have Platinum status with Princess, embarkation did not involve lining up and we were one of the first to board the ship.
Cabin Review
Booking a guaranteed ocean-view, we were upgraded to a Premium Ocean-view cabin which was as large as their balcony cabin including the balcony (these are smaller than usual on this ship). As a result there was a generous area between the bed & the window. With the bed head on the side wall the window view was quite good. The requested bed topper (Princess brand) made the bed reasonably comfortable. Also if you want a top sheet, ask for it. Our suitcases fitted under the bed. The furniture was in good condition with 2 comfortable chairs and a small stool. The flat-screen TV was a reasonable size but surprisingly the 2 news channels were both British (what happened to Australia?)! The small fridge was handy for keeping our supply of Coke & snacks cold. The A/C worked well even with the very warm weather outside.The space between the wardrobes and the ensuite could have been wider as the wardrobe doors could not be open when using the ensuite – we prefer the open style walk-in type robe. The ensuite was a reasonable size. The dreaded shower curtain did not suck in but disappointedly the shower head was fixed.