We did the 13 night repositioning immediately post dry dock and before Diamond got settled into its Japan season. Having read negative stories we were quite nervous of doing the first cruise post dry dock, and clearly there were some niggles as we were several hours late departing Singapore. Not that it bothered us AT ALL as we got to see the city from the port at night and then sail out in the darkness.... For us it was a bonus

Thus was our first Princess and biggest ship we have been on. It was immense, the ship was incredible, elegant yet fun and simple enough to navigate round. However it is massive and usual issues like lift contention at busy periods apply

We did try speciality restaurants but were underwhelmed actually, probably because the main dining room menu and venues were so good. Usually we eat speciality every night for the better cuisine, ambience etc but absolutely no need here Read more