Check in and Embarkation: This was a quite process. I dropped my bags off at 11am and checked in with no line whatsoever. Because I had family with me, the girl I was travelling with and the rest of us went out for lunch and we decided to get on the boat at around 2:30pm. No lines through customs and extremely friendly people helping us out. We skipped the first p and o photo and chose to go directly on board.

First impressions:

After we got on the boat we went straight to our room where we found our bags ready and waiting. We did a quick look around the boat and were extremely impressed with the layout and decor of the boat. We had the life jacket drill which for my part of the ship was held in Connexions bar. This was quick and to the point and we were out of there in about 20 minutes..if that. We then proceeded on to the deck for the sail away party and to wave off family who were waiting below. We found our self a spot on deck 10 at the back of the boat where we could watch Sydney as we sailed out. We were very impressed with sail away and the party held and could not have asked for a nicer day in Sydney. Read more