This ship leaves the Princess fleet soon,but I have some comments that may speak to Princess generally...First, all hands tried to please...lots of smiles....boarding and departure was smooth and well organized....our balcony room seemed well equipped and standard....there was some rust on the balcony and the robes had some staining and were only one size...which had to be a problem for about 75 percent of the overweight passengers...the shows were appreciated by most folks....the food was fine and our morning coffee service at seven,on time and hot...the off ship excursions are overpriced and there is really not a lot to see in New Zealand,at some stops...there are always vendors at dockside with better prices,etc...Now,however a few negative comments...I realize that Dawn Princess is Aussie,but I was surprised to see how casual the passengers dressedandhow the parents let kids run up and down the stateroom passageways ...on formal nights only a very few men dressed formally...about 5 percent and another 5 to ten percent coat and tie...most men wore bluejeans,shirt tails out at our table, regardless of the night...I think the Captain said there were about 200 non Aussies on board...we enjoyed the cruise.
Kept clean,as pictured...
Great city ...lots to do...manly,ferries,hotels,restaurants...
We walked to and up mount m....,I don't remember the name.it was a serious walk for us...it took two hours and then we ate a light lunch at one of the many Beach front restaurants..great day for exercise and ice cream...
A real city...we used the hop a bus....best museum...
We did the hop abus,a couple of hours around the city...museum was fair...maybe it was a special deal,but the museum was preoccupied with ww1...