The Golden Princess is a large ship . There are 14 floors with 2000 Aussies and 350 Kiwis on board. It helps if you are good on stairs as it is quicker to use them for a couple of floors at least,than wait for a lift which just may be full of people going where you want to go.
Our cabin is very nice and comfortable, plenty of wardrobe space and has a porthole. We met our nice Phillapino steward early on who explained things to us and got us an adaptor. Hope we can pick up TV at least when we are in port . So far we have only managed to tune into The Sound of Music and a documentary on Picasso.
Dinner was fine dining in one of three general restaurants. We chose Anytime Dining with a table for two when we booked our cruise as our travel agent suggested. It is like going out for dinner a deux which is what we would like to do at home without having to make small talk with people you don't know, can't hear properly and don't have much in common with. That said they asked us whether we would like to join others which we will no doubt do at other mealtimes when we have relaxed enough to share pleasantries, news and views with our cobbers from across the Ditch. We are all much of a similar age with a sprinkling of wheelchairs and walking sticks.
The menu was very inviting with lots of seafood. I chose crepes stuffed with crabmeat for an an entree and seared scallops with a tomato and caper sauce around a small mound of ratatouille which was topped with some wilted spinach, all very artistically presented, for a main. We both chose creme brulee for dessert, a very generous-sized dish too. Time enough for healthy options tomorrow or the day after.
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