Cruise started and ended in beautiful Sydney Harbor. The boarding process was quick and we were onboard in about ten minutes. Princess used the Overseas Terminal for this cruise. Our luggage showed up very soon after which allowed us to be unpacked before the Emergency Assembly which is greatly improved now that you no longer have to bring your life jacket and check in is totally electronic.

The first thing we noticed was the friendly crew. This is a good sign as we've had many, many Princess cruises with unhappy crew.

All of our Photographs got lost. Only one good ship photo for entire cruise. Not sure what was happening. We searched through the disk with a crew member and did not find any of the missing images. Read more