Dawn Princess Review

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Jill the cruiser
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Mar 2014

A friend and I both went on the Dawn Princes for a 13 night cruise to NZ. It was our first cruise and we weren't sure what to expect as we embarked on our journey in Melbourne. The check in all went smoothly and by the time we got to our room our luggage was already waiting for us. We had book a balcony in the mid part of ship on the the 9th floor and we were happy with our room and glad that we had paid the extra to have a balcony because it did give a larger feel to the room and it seemed like you had that little extra space.

There were 1972 passengers on board the ship but by far the majority of the passengers were Australian followed by New Zealanders and then there were a few Americans, Canadians and Europeans It seemed liked the majority of the age group were over 60 with quite a few in the 75 plus bracket. There seemed only a handful of children on board the ship and this could partly have been due to it being outside the school holiday period. We found the layout of the ship good . Much of the ships furnishings was Art Deco style which we liked but the cabins do have a 80s look about them and could do with a bit of a. update but they were kept very clean. the Atrium area was very nice and we really liked the Wheel Bar which as a nice nautical theme to it.

The food was very good and there were two set dinining times. We had requested the early dinning time and a table for two but we were put on a table for four. My friend and I are in our mid forties and we were put with two women in their early 80s who spent the majority of their time either in the casino playing the pokies or down in the medical centre of the ship seeing the doctor.

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Cabin was clean and we are glad that we had paid for a balcony room because it did make the room feel a bit more bigger. Room could definetley do with a update

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