Princess cruises informed us on the Friday day before we left to let us know the ship was delayed due to bad weather, so we were impressed with that as we were meeting friends in Sydney from England who were going on the same cruise. The only thing we didn't like was how much cheaper they got the cruise to us a mere $1000 don't know why this is?. Anyway the departure of the boat was supposed to be 4pm but it sailed out at midnight so that was a shame as we were looking forward to seeing Sydney Harbour in daylight. When we saw the Sun sail in,it was like Wow for us first timers, The first couple of days the sea was a bit rough so we explored the ship and thought how well kept it looked, we loved the theatre's and entertainment, the bars especially the Atrium bars for cocktails before dinner. We were in the Regency restaurant for 2nd sitting, our waiters were fabulous and attentive and funny. We thought the food was fabulous and so much to choose from, different choices every night, loved the crab, lobster and prawn nights and so easy to eat no breaking up claws. The Horizon 24 hour restaurant had plenty to choose from too for breakfast and lunches ect. Their was a problem on board with the norovirus infection but we thought the captain handle it very well, and yes I suppose it was a problem to some people having to clean their hands all the time but it never bothered us. Overall we loved it and are looking forward to our next cruise on Dawn Princess to Hawaii in April 2010.

We did scenic cruising around Milford Sound, Doubtfull Sound, Thompson Sound ect. The scenery was magnificent and beautiful, but we didn't see much wildlife a few seals and dolphins. The weather was overcast and showery.