YukonHusky

Thanks everyone for chiming in. We booked our pre nights before the tour starts at the Hyatt Regency hoping to make our lives easier but I’m worried about connecting up since we’re not doing the transfer from the airport through Princess. There is another Ultimate tour we’re not on that includes Darwin that does not specify the hotel on the website for Sydney. We did reach out to the Hyatt and they could not confirm a reservation exists for us for the night the tour starts. But they at least seemed familiar with the tour group so it felt like it is still possible we’ll be there. Just was hoping for recent experiences. We’re looking forward to the trip!

Hello I always enjoy getting the latest news and info about Princess and our destinations from here. We are close to our next adventure starting Feb 12th with the Princess Australian land tour that starts in Sydney, goes to Cairns, then Uluru, before heading back to Sydney to join our cruise on the Royal which ends up in Auckland NZ. I haven’t seen much chatter from others that have done the land tour this season. Anyone out there want to share your experiences? We have tried contacting Bob Woods travel group that Princess contracts this out to with no response yet. We are concerned because we arrive to Sydney a few days early and are not even positive the same hotel listed on the Princess website is the one the tour will use. So we’re not sure when or where to meet up with the tour! Any info on actual experiences would be appreciated. Thanks!

That's exactly the information I needed! Thank you all!

First, thanks to all for the wonderful information found on this forum. We have a Viking River Cruises Grand European trip booked for mid June 2023. This will be our first river cruise after many ocean cruises on various lines. I have a question for those of you that have done river cruises before. Did you find it necessary to have a phone number available either for the ship to call you or for you to contact the ship? We're not trying to do much beyond the included tours other than walk around the towns where the ship is docked. But it also seems like I'm picking up on a vibe in my research where the ship may move to another location in town or further down the river between first getting off and then getting back on for that day's adventures. Is that all established the night before so everyone is aware or are there cases where travelers may need to be reachable? I'm asking so I know what kind of cell plan we need - data only or include a phone number.