Dawn Princess Review

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gxh
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Mar 2014

As a long time independent traveller, I was interested to try the cruising experience, so we took a 13 day Dawn Princess cruise from Melbourne in March 2014. It called at number of New Zealand ports (plus a day in Fiordland) and returned to Melbourne. It was our first ocean cruise and a factor in choosing it was that it was Melbourne based.

Embarkation was straight forward, taking a little over half an hour. Apparently the cruise before ours suffered a gastro outbreak and the ship was disinfected before we boarded, which we were told was the reason for a slight delay in the commencement of boarding and hence the minor congestion as we boarded. The ocean view room we had was comfortable and offered a large window, adequate storage and good use of mirrors. The bathroom quite small but adequate.

The weather in this part of the world is variable, and there were very few days suitable for sun-baking. We didn't feel that we missed anything at all by not having a balcony. However, perhaps the ability to have some fresh air would be good in warmer parts of the world.

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