Background and Hotel information

We chose this cruise for various reasons, one as it appeared to be very good value, two as I had not been to Japan previously and we did want to experience it; and three we do like Princess as a very good product who seem to always deliver for clients, on the whole!

We stayed overnight at Sydney airport (Rydges) where we normally stay prior to flights on the very next day; it is a good hotel and they throw in plane runway action at no extra cost, well a little extra for a partial runway view. We had an early morning flight to Brisbane from the domestic terminal and connecting flight to Tokyo with Qantas. Seamless exercise to enter the Qantas transfer terminal across the road, check your bags in all the way to Tokyo, clear security, straight onto a bus to the domestic terminal, then wait for your flight. (worst part for domestic flights) Read more