Dawn Princess Review

3.5 / 5.0
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Surprisingly, not as good as I imagined. Disappointed

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Aussie_Cruiser13
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Jun 2015
Cabin: Balcony

Flight from Sydney to Perth very good. Stayed at a B&B in Fremantle before boarding the Dawn Princess for 9 Nights to Darwin. Boarding was very easy and efficiently done. The meals on the ship were very good, much more pleasurable in the dinning room. The other eating areas at most times were cramped and it was very hard to get a table.

We were bombarded with sales or special deals ( clothes, Jewellery, art auctions, spa treatments, casino, drinks, dinning etc.) from the time we got on till the we got off.

The pool area was crazy with music/movies coming from big screen, other repetitive music coming from other speakers around the pool. It also got caught in the same places on the disc each time so I asked one of the staff about it and I was told the MP3 player had died so they were using a disc player on repeat. When I asked if they were going to change the disc's from time to time (as this one was faulty) I was told he would have to order it from an officer and see if they had anymore. This did not change for the 9 days we were on board. As we called into Australian ports and Lombok I thought a cheap MP3 player would have been purchased.

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Balcony

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Cabin was well kept and clean. Bed was very comfortable. Plenty of draw and hanging space. Balcony was smaller than others I have been on. No one seems to clean out there, old paint scrapings and dried salt. Someone was hosing upper level windows and the rubbish from that was splashing on to our Balcony. No one hosed ours.

Port Reviews

Lombok

Tender in and out. Hassled continuously by locals as we walk into town or what was suppose to be town.

Broome

Local shuttle from ship to town and back. Very historical town with plenty to see, local bus out to Cable beach were you can have camel rides. Best Milk shakes/ Ice Creams at the Ice Creamery Chinatown. The old outdoor Cinema is a must see. Plenty of shops and pearl historic areas.

Geraldton

Local tour of the memorial to HMAS Sydney is a must here. We also walked around the town and along the foreshore which was lovely. There is a lot of new building going on at the moment with a lot of the old shopping centre shops left vacant. We called into Skeeters for lunch on our way back to the ship. Skeeters is a little over priced for the meals we got but it was fresh, cost must have been for the brilliant views we had. Close by is the Museum and well worth a look.

Perth (Fremantle)

Great old Melbourne style shop city. Plenty to see and do especially down the wharf end, Maritime Museum, parks, cafe's and restaurants are all good. We stayed in a B&B in the heart of Fremantle which was easy to get around from and to walk to the ship.

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