Life On Board Dawn Princess

This Ship is great. The crew ensure it has a friendly relaxed atmosphere. All aspects of “service” are beyond superlatives – our Cabin Boy is a treasure. Shipboard life is awesome.



FOOD: The quality of the food is excellent and available 24 hours. For the first time, we have an allocated dining time and table. The three couples dining with us are all doing the full World Cruise and are around our own age group. However, we have only dined in the Restaurant a couple of times, because we prefer the casual dining options provided in the Buffet area.


SHIPBOARD ACTIVIIES: From the moment we stepped onboard, activities have been endless with a huge variety to suit everyone. We have participated in - table tennis, shuffleboard, water volleyball, Wii bowling, PS3 car racing, horse racing, line dancing, ‘500’card game, destination lectures, Movies Under the Stars with fresh cooked popcorn and blankets provided,.


Some other options include, Ballroom dancing, scrabble, basketball shootouts, Pictionary, golf putting, computer lectures, photography lectures, Art Auctions, Trivia, scholarship lectures, ceramics, library book club, Rugby League game (Qld vs NSW). Sudoku and Quizzes are available every day in the library.


There is a variety of entertainment every night – the Princess Dance Troupe, Princess Big Band, John Denver type singer, storyteller, horse whisperer; female singer, comedian/magician, the Ugly Dave Grey, string quartet, Alan and Alanna at the piano and doing music trivia, a band called Derringer, and Allan and Ladonna who do music to dance to in Wheelhouse Bar every night.

INTERNET TIME is costly but we will become Captain’s Circle Platinum Members after Dubai and will be eligible for $600 each. In the meantime, I have only bought a minimum package to get us through to Dubai. So far access has been good, but last years’ World Cruisers complained it was slow, so maybe the service will change as we cruise on.


COFFEE CARD - We paid $33 for one Coffee Card but this entitles us to 15 specialty coffees for the price of 10 and also entitles us to free brewed coffee and hot chocolate, so long as we have one Crown left unpunched


MEDICAL CENTRE - Unusually we have already been forced to use the Medical Centre twice. Consultation is $75 and any medications extra. .Ray has strained his hamstring playing water volleyball and I managed to come down with a upper respiratory tract infection (I think aggravated by the air conditioning),. 3 x medications cost me $75 but I think it was well worth it because I was back on deck quickly. And it is all claimable under our Travel Insurance.


INSIDE CABIN No complaints here. We are sleeping well and it is a quick hop step and a jump onto Promenade Deck if we need photos etc.
TIP: Recommendation for anyone using an Inside Cabin – at night, turn the TV to the ship’s webcam and the volume to ‘mute’. As the sun rises on the webcam, the TV will mimic a window in your cabin. BTW, we have not done this yet because we prefer to sleep in.