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Sailed April 2017
This was a cruise of firsts! It was our first time on Golden Princess, our first time in a suite (hence, the title), and our first try at a two-day 'taster' cruise. And we thoroughly enjoyed every moment!
Pre-cruise: We spent a few days ...
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Sailed April 2017
We have been on a number of cruises and several with Princess and there were a lot we were not happy with on this cruise.The food in the dinning room and the evening shows did not have the variety we have had on other ships. The ...
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Sailed April 2017
In summary, I have spent less money and enjoyed my previous 3 cruises better. For the younger at heart, "Night Life" is DEAD, it does not exist. Princess is very enjoyable and suited to the elderly that I spoke to on board. ...
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Sailed April 2017
Captain Dominico made the difficult decision to vary the port order on our cruise, in order to avoid Tropical Cyclone Cook. The decision was made early enough for most of our tours (booked online rather than through the ship) to change the ...
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Sailed March 2017
I went with a social group on a 5 day sampler cruise to Tasmania. I have never sailed with Princess before and wanted to see if I would cruise with them in the future.
I have previously cruised with MLC, Carnival and RCI. The first ...
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Sailed March 2017
Sold as a " luxury cruise" was 3 star at best. The vessel is old tired and noisy..If you enjoy drinking, gambling (in the case of the passengers next door to us, fighting) and eating it may be OK but certainly not luxury by any ...
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Sailed March 2017
Can't help feeling that service on Princess Cruises as gone down hill since my first cruise some years ago. Services are being sacrificed for lower costs and more pay as you go services. Also the 'up-sell' by staff does become abit ...
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Sailed March 2017
Well where do I start, so it was decided that we that we would venture into the cruising world in our retirement, so we booked the cruise between the 5th of March and the 18th of March 2017 to New Zealand departing from Melbourne on the ...
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Sailed March 2017
Have travelled on Princess for many years now and my first impression was how tired the whole ship looked and felt. Drab colour schemes, musty corridors, cabins which flooded during the storm. Our stateroom was kept very clean and serviced ...
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Sailed March 2017
We have a "cousins" get together every year and two years ago we decided to make it special this year. When choosing a cruise we wanted to leave from Melbourne, so we chose This cruise. As an elite Captains circle member I ...
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Sailed March 2017
Myself and two friends (also newbies) just finished a four day re-positioning cruise Melbourne to Auckland.
EMBARKATION
Embarkation went very smoothly and we were on board pretty quickly. The only issue we had was one Princess ...
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Sailed February 2017
Overall, they seem to have 'dumbed down' their offering.
As one example, food in dining room was not nearly as good as previous trip (which we did on the same ship in Jan 2016) - a number of other passengers we spoke to commented on ...
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Sailed February 2017
We arrived at the pier and were through check-in and passport control within 30 minutes. The priority check-in for platinum and above was very well organised. We have been on the Golden Princess for a few previous cruises and we were ...
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Sailed January 2017
Never been to N. Z. and thought cruising would be a good way. Embarkation was good.
The ship was fairly clean as was cabin but needs updating. Bed was terrible until steward put overlays on. Back headrest needed cleaning so made sure ...
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Sailed January 2017
We chose to accompany friends on the New Zealand tour, as they are seasoned travellers and spoke highly of their experiences.
We certainly had a great deal of pleasure from our first cruise especially being able to choose to do as much ...
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Sailed January 2017
Chose cruise because it left from Melbourne and we thought it would be a change to cruise New Zealand in the middle of January, which is supposed to be the best time to visit.
Embarkation was smooth, on board within twenty minutes as ...
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Sailed January 2017
I have read some of the views for this ship and did not in any way find it tired it was bright and cheerful. I don't know if it was noticed that while in dock the men were over the side painting. The maintenance was being done all the time ...
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Sailed January 2017
We chose this itinerary because it left from Melbourne and we really wanted to see the sounds and explore more of New Zealand.
I will start with the positives first, some of the staff were immensely helpful and friendly, embarkation and ...
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Sailed January 2017
Like all of cruise first timers I visited this site for pre sail information and honestly it was off putting, it genuinely dampened my mood before I had even set sail. What I have to say is I just finished my cruise from Melbourne to ...
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Sailed January 2017
Have sailed with P&O twice before with no issues and opted for a change to the Golden Princess because the sail dates in January suited our swing breaks and the convenience of our embarkation/ disembarkation Port in Melbourne.
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Sailed December 2016
Just back from a 13 night stay on the Golden Princess sailed around New Zealand from Melbourne not a great experience weather was very mixed ,missed port at Gisbourne . The boat felt very old and tired with a cracked window boarded up ...
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Sailed December 2016
We chose this cruise because it departed from Melbourne. Although this was our seventh cruise it was our first with Princess. The embarkation was a bit of a shambles and it was obvious that although embarkation times were staggered, people ...
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Sailed December 2016
Emerald Princess was slightly larger than others we have cruised on and left both good and bad impressions. We had done the same cruise 2 years ago on Diamond Princess and although we thought then that Christmas Day dining was a bit flat, ...
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Sailed December 2016
Embarkation was a shambles, cabin clean but very dated, nice steward and the staff were very pleasant. Christmas foyer looked lovely but you could never get a seat even in the surrounding areas. way too much push for selling Art and ...
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Sailed December 2016
We booked our fourth cruise, flights and transfers through Flight Centre and all went smoothly. Embarkation was a little delayed and somewhat confused as it seemed for some reason the ship simply wasn't ready in time. This was not a ...
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