First cruise and a bit of a let down

Dawn Princess Cruise Review to South Pacific

Gemma22

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

12 Night Treasures Of Asia (Fremantle To Singapore)

Sail date: May 14, 2017

Ship: Dawn Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: P

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

This was my first cruise and as the title reads, it was disappointing.( this cruise was the last voyage for the Dawn Princess before it went over to P&O to become the Pacific Explorer)

Family and friends recommended Princess Cruises and praised their ships and services. Unfortunately we didn't experience this.

A toilet that didn't work for 3 whole days, no wash machines working on our deck, supplies of food and drink running low and poor shore excursions are just the firsts of it.

The staff could only please guests with what they had, and they didn't have much. Lots of unhappy guests.

This hasn't changed my view of cruising, i loved it and will be going back on one, one day. But unfortunately i'm deffinetly reconsidering what cruise line it is on.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

It was very clear that the ship was weathered and not being looked at as much as it should have.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Cabin was lovely and perfect for what we needed. However our toilet troubles caused much stress.

Ports of call

Fremantle (Perth), Australia

3 out of 5

Benoa, Bali, Indonesia

3 out of 5

Port Klang (Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia

3 out of 5

Penang (Pulau Pinang), Malaysia

3 out of 5

Langkawi (Pulau Langkawi), Malaysia

3 out of 5

Phuket, Thailand

2 out of 5

Don't suggest doing the excursion "Phuket: on your own". The bus dropped us at a popular "shopping centre" which didn't open for 30minutes after we got there. People stranded in the street, not a problem for my party but passengers less travel active it was added stress which is what a booked excursion should avoid. We then only had 3 hours for the day.

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Singapore

3 out of 5

Traveler Photos

Taken from the bathroom door. Oceanview cabin on Plaza deck 5

1 Comment

salnshane 7 years ago

I was on dawn last July 12 night cruise, perth to Singapore. We were dissapointed then. so much maintenance going on all the time. catered for a much older clientel too. we just did explorer of the seas ( royal Caribbean) out of Sydney in april and it was amazing. Princess need to clean up their act. I also got food poisoning on the last night and they didn't want to know about it!!

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