Dawn Princess Review
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We are a group of 4 friends and we decided to tour Australia we picked Scenic Tours to do this and decided while we were making this long journey we would do New Zealand as well, we knew we would of had enough of living out of a suitcase so we decide to cruise NewZealand we can unpack and relax, we have used Princess before and we all liked them, as the cruise fitted in with our plans it was this was the cherry on top of the cake for us. As we have never been before the itinery also looked good to us, we did find that our stay ar Napier could have been longer only 7am to 2pm here not really long enough.
We loved the size of the ship not too big but small enough to be friendly. Staff were very accommodating nothing was too much trouble , very friendly and helpful.
Entertainment was first class and very professional.
Cabin Review
Interior
Adequate if you ask for twin configuration you only sleep and get changed in them.
Port Reviews
Dunedin
Great tour well organised
Akaroa
Akaroa is a pretty town but the scenery we saw on our way to Christchurch was fantastic, we also did jet boat ride on our tour very good tour well worth doing.
Wellington
This is a good place to walk around on your own we visited the Mauri Museum which was excellent only stayed a few hours as we wanted to do the cable car, but you could have spent the whole day there and it was free, If you have no walking problems only get a one way ticket on the cable car no one told us this we got a return but when we got up there realised it was best to walk down as you see the gardens better and it's not to strenuous a lovely cafe in the rose gardens then a easy walk back to the ship.
Napier
We walked around Napier while we waited for our time slot, very pleasant Town.
Our trip with Super Trikes went to Te Mata Peak the best ever trip sitting in comfortable seats two behind driver then another two, great expieriance ,fantastic scenery and amazing views at the top of the peak.
Tauranga
Could not fault this trip well worth doing very well organised.
Sydney (Australia)
We only embarked and disembarked here.
Stayed a few days before boarding and climbed the bridge great expieriance .Did Sydney Opera house tour well worth doing, also walked in the Gardens by the Opera House, and took a water Taxi around the harbour worth doing also.