We booked the Diamond Princess April 2, 2014, Southeast Asia and Japan cruise along with Princess Air, a pre-cruise hotel in Singapore, tours and all transfers through Princess cruise lines. We have learned that booking related travel through the cruise line lowers risks and raises satisfaction. The arrangements were excellent and executed efficiently by Princess. Logistics of potential interest and help along with a review of the cruise are included here.

Air travel: Princess booked us from Orlando, Florida to Detroit to Tokyo/Narita to Singapore on Delta Airlines. Flights were timely. The airport terminals were very nice and easy to navigate. The flights home were from Tokyo/Narita to Detroit to Orlando. The schedule allowed us to navigate security, customs and immigration without incident.

Transfers: We booked the Singapore airport to hotel, hotel to ship and Yokahama to Narita ship to airport transfers. They worked to perfection. We learned long ago to use the cruise line’s transfers to avoid travel difficulties. Read more