We've just returned from this cruise, our first with Princess. We're cruising with them again (Sapphire Princess) in December 2015. We've cruised with 3 other lines and Princess was not quite up to the level of two of them. The cabin was lovely and beautifully maintained by our Steward. The meals were very good. The prices for eg., hair care and massages exorbitant compared to other cruise lines. The excursions were poorly organised especially when tenders involved: waiting in the dining rooms to be called up - waited up to 1-3/4 hrs and then not a lot of organisation once on land. Returns on the tender still poorly organised with further waits. It was disappointing that they only used 3 of the 4 tender boats on most occasions as the extra boat would have helped this situation. We had not experienced this with the other cruise lines and many Princess cruisers said this was not normal for Princess and would be voicing their disappointment. We didn't pay to sit around waiting. This waiting did not help the locals who were waiting for passengers to land and spend money. Most of the staff were friendly. Many senior crew were aloof. All in all we had a good cruise but would not go on Sun Princess again.

There's an awful lot of rust on the ship which I found off putting but my husband described it as superficial. Any Maintenance issues with our cabin were dealt with quickly.

Live, on the big screen movies and in cabin entertainment quite good. With no AFL telecast it was very disappointing for many of the 1,800 odd Australian passengers. We went to cooking class and food preparation demonstrations and the crew were fun and informative. Read more