I hope that they fix their staffing issues. We were disappointed with the level of service we experienced on the Sun Princess. Hot food in any of the venues we ate in was rare. Getting bar drinks took a long time with the bartenders avoiding eye contact because they were too busy. There were waits for seating in the main dining room even though we had reservations. When sat each night, we noted half the dining room tables were not sat. Table maintenance was very slow on the pool decks and especially in the two small smoking areas. Tables were left with dirty plates overnight. Carts full of dirty plates were parked in the smoking area. Ashtrays were full of cigar butts. The venues are much too small for a ship over 4000 guests.
We didn't think the food on the Sun Princess was up to par, and we ate in the speciality restaurants with Premier. We hated the Eatery on the Sun Princess. The food was bad, we couldn't obtain it prepared properly, there were long waits for service and there never was adequate seating. I think unlimited speciality dining on the sphere class ships would be a great value, less so on the other ships as there are fewer speciality choices. We loved the covered deck area in the very front of the sun princess and the dome. The theatrical entertainment was sub par. We found that the stench of cigarette smoke was everywhere on the sun princess. It was gross. We have never experienced that on the Royal class ships, and the food was universally better at any venue on those ships. We probably will go back to sailing on Royal class ships in the future. We'll be curious to hear if the Star Princess fixes any of the Sun Princess's problems. After our cruise on the Sun Princess we heard from many other people who were as grossed out as we were with the oppressive stench of cigarette smoke, nearly everywhere. I'd like to hear your comments and experiences with this.
Just finished our first Princess cruise and it was on the Sun Princess. Loved the ship and the handcrafted drinks were the best we have ever had. The food was some of the worst of any cruise line we have ever been on. The staff were the greatest and delivered some of the best service we have had the pleasure of experiencing including other "ship within a ship" type concepts found on several lines. We have been on a total of 50 cruises and will cruise on Princess again but it may be on one of the smaller venues. Food at the Crown Grill was not acceptable and they were obviously under staffed, the maitre'd failed to resolve the issues encountered and we were not reimbursed for a meal not able to be eaten. Other Princess regulars we encountered made similar statements to us and stated the other Princess ships are not like this and to try them, we would see the difference. Despite the issues regarding food, we loved our week on the Sun Princess and are booking another cruise in a few months.
Thanks for the review. There are plenty of bright spots with Sun Princess. But the only other class of ship we have been on is Royal class. What is your favorite class of ship?
Bigger and newer may not be better. What happened to the love boat - the beautiful atrium/piazza, Explorers Lounge and Wheelhouse Bar found on Royal and Grand class Princess ships. It looks like Princess is designing their new ships to match every other new Carnival/Royal Caribbean ship.
I have to say, I booked on this ship in May for Nov or 2025 knowing they had some issues at launch. Seeing this video is just making me nervous. I never seen such a botched launch of a ship like this before. Its as if they never built a ship before.... I did notice that the cost of my booking in Nov dropped by $1500 for my family of 3 in a balcony with the primer package during the "black Friday" sale. So now it's definitely not worth cancelling even though I don't have high hopes for this 1st time sailing on Princess. I just got off Celebrity Ascent this past Nov and the shows were amazing, everything went smoothly and the ship was one of the most beautiful ships I've sailed on and it was my 35th cruise.
Give the ship a chance. There is a to like with the dining and bars and lounges. If you like shows, get to the theater early and you should be all set. Use those savings to purchase a night at spellbound! It’s worth it. Do you have any other cruises booked?
I really loved the Sun Princess. It was hard to disembark. I will say that Spellbound was way too long. If I knew it was 4 hours before booking, I would have not done it. Many of the Princess loyal cruisers onboard were not a huge fan and kept telling me to not judge Princess on this new class of ship and want me to try the Royal class, as that was my first Princess cruise. I also stayed in the Sanctuary which was the highlight of my trip. BTW, you are right, Dome shows filled up an hour before showtime.
Royal Class has the worst cabins around.. How nice to have a 6 ft sofa couch on the Sun! How nice to have a glass enclosed shower instead of those awful slimy curtains.....Piazza is terrible..no sight lines..shows pretty bad...specialty dining limited..Umai Teppanyaki was great...so was Rudy's..O'Malley's also great..we thought the Sun BLEW away the Royal Class ships..Seaview Terrace was super nice...thought Spellbound was great..best card tricks I've ever seen..we were so bored on the Royal class ships..never bored on the Sun..music & shows in the Piazza sooo much better than Royal Class ships IMO...can't go back to the Royal Class unless they fix all those issues in the cabins...
@@AlanBenson-ws1lk good to know! As a new princess cruiser, I also loved the Sun. I plan on booking Star to see the changes they make from Sun. Also with the new premier package, a larger ship with more restaurants just makes sense.
Honestly park 19 could have been scaped despite being finished because the cruise line did not factor in matance and safety checks or they were mich higher then expected and the project scrraped because the higher ups did not want to pay the recurring price of having those attractions... Kinda odd to penny pench in the cruise line industry that isn't all that profitable these days... So it would be really odd as it's being in service with minimal down time at sea would be a net positive I think for the cruise line... But yeah other then that I have no idea why they would finish the install and scape before it had many users.
The ride did not work and thus they had to scrap it. The ride works fine on land, but when tested at sea (with rocking and side-to-side forces) it didn't work. So basically Princess blew it pretty bad. It doesn't bother me too much since I tend not to do those things.
The whole deck did not pass certification, so both the glow rider, the ropes course, and kids play area all had to be removed. Plenty of ships have ropes courses, so the movement of the ship should not have affected that attraction from running. It is sort of a big miss.
I think it had more to do with the fact that Park 19 would make Princess Cruises no longer classified as a premium cruise line. To be a premium cruise you can not have rides/slides and other in your face kid /teen friendly attractions taking up a large amount of space. I mean for gods sake they got rid of the elegant cigar lounges and turned them into video arcades. This ship, and that central arcade decision drove us away from Princess, which we used to love and towards Celebrity and Virgin.
We are booked on the Sun Princess next May, looking forward to our cruise in the eastern Mediterranean. The fact that Park 19 didn't work out is a plus in our book, as we prefer a quieter, more chill atmosphere with few children. Leave the floating amusement parks to Royal Caribbean and Carnival.
I agree but the RCI ships are far more than floating amusement parks. The biggest ones, and most of them, offer spaces like a jazz club, a Latin dance lounge, Schooner's piano bar with its nautical theming, several restaurants (of course for pay) and so forth that adults can enjoy. I guess Carnival does as well. But I hear your point about slides and the other stuff Princess was going to put on the ship. There needs to be niches in cruising, not one size fits all. I hope you have a great time on the Sun Princess. At least they've made some sensible changes where they needed to.
@@Eatsleepcruise1 i aspire to cruise-wish us poor rabble could board a ship in port for a few hours. Hate how they're an exclusive province of the rich.
How in the world could Princess, with its experience and heritage, make so many design mistakes as it did on Sun Princess? Could its newish owner, Carnival, be too involved? Or, is Princess trying to become Royal Caribbean and invite every kid for free and piss off the Cruisers that formerly appreciated the niche of "The Love Boat"?
Princess has been owned by Carnival for some time, and the Royal Class seems well recepted, though might not as innovative and refreshing as Edge class. Maybe they tried too many new things a time?
There are somethings that work well, and others that didn't. We suspect Princess wanted to build a Excel class ship, but adamantly contend that it is an entirely new class. We still like the ship more than the Royal Class, but we won't necessarily sail on this ship in certain regions. What class of Princess cruise ships do you prefer?
@@Eatsleepcruise1 Well, P&O, a Princess's sister line in British, actually ordered Excel class ships, so your guess is not out of blue. But for P&O they seemed to have move from a premium line to a more mainstream offering since then. Do you think Princess is heading to the same direction, or trying to remain a premium branding?
@@benjaminsmith2287 Can't say they are perfect or for everyone, but at least many seem to endorse them, particularly those who love to something new (which I am as well). Meanwhile say Sun Princess or Queen Anne are more mixed even among those crowds. As I don't cruise a lot I guess for me better wait and see.
I disagree with you about Viva La Musica..my wife is from Peru & we loved the show..also, Janice Martin was amazing, and the Legacy show also was super...dining venues Umai Teppanyaki, Catch By Rudi and the Crown Grille were all awesome..Spellbound also was a blast...already re booked the Sun & the Star Princess for '25 & '26....nice review..Piazza was much better than the Royal Class IMO...
@@Eatsleepcruise1 ..no we are not doing the Sanctuary..we cruise 3-4x a year, ( Oasis 11/30/24..Independence 2/3/25, & NCL Aqua 4/16/25.. PLUS those 2 Princess cruises!! ) and a bit too $$ right now...maybe someday...
We enjoyed our trip on the Sun Princess. We enjoyed Vica la Musica we did not like the Butcher Block and did not get the salad course or choice in dessert.
@Eatsleepcruise1 we ate at Tempenaki which we loved and the Catch by Rudi was pretty good. Our dinner times were late so missed most of the other shows.
We are getting on this ship very soon. I'm bringing a good book with me--but I'll be ticked off if we cannot get into the nightly show like we can on every prior cruise. Some have said that you have to get to the nightly shows in the main theater around an hour early. And there are 4 of us (thus needing 4 seats together, or at least two and two...).
@@Eatsleepcruise1 we've done numerous ships around 2400-5k passengers and never noticed issues seeing the nightly show--but on this particular ship the theater does not have that many seats. But I guess we will see how it goes in a few days...
we had only one night where we got to the venue too late & was sold out..but all other nights we had no issues..if you know this, then make some changes..we got there typically 40 minutes before..on big ships, we go 30 minutes early anyway...
@@AlanBenson-ws1lk thanks for the intel. We normally have dinner, head straight to the show (maybe like 15-20 minutes early). We'll see how it goes; it may take a day or two to feel things out. I think day 2 is a sea day, so that one might fill up early. I recall seeing that they had to add next-day matinee shows b/c not everyone could see the normal showtimes the night before...
These reviews are depressing because we are Platinum on Princess. My last cruise was disappointing as well. We loved Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas however.
Nothing is exaggerated. We sail on mega ships all the time and have never been told a show was full after waiting in line for more than 30 minutes, never mind an hour or more.
It sounds like Celebrity Edge class remains more innovative and better executed in this premium "mega ship" category. It's also questionable if it worths the extra bucks to ditch Diamond Princess for this, though not a bad thing for me XDDD
@@Eatsleepcruise1 I'm still new to cruises tbh, and the problem is cruise lines often don't bring new ships to Asia. I don't mind go abroad for an Edge class as she is substantially better than Millennium we got. Will I fly 10+h for Sun Princess? Probably not, especially when Diamond Princess is well accustomed to Japan despite her age. Hopefully Star and the sequences would change my mind.
To be fair mega in a naval context purely refers to size in both dimensions and tonnage... So the only way it wouldn't be mega is if it was to small or to big.
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough I don't know if there is a term for it, but until recently premium lines' cruise ships ae smaller than QM2, though QM2's size is more of a result of seafaring nature of an oceanliner than for the purpose of packing more passengers and facilities. Even by matching QM2 a cruise ship would have quite a lot of real estates, which is what Royal class and Edge class ships are doing. But as big as some mainstream mega ships are mind blowing. P&O in UK seems to execute that poorly, and Princess really have to put their acts up, or they risk their reputation.
@@steinwaldmadchen Edge ships aren't that much bigger than the previous class of Celebrity ships, Solstice. "Megaship" definition keeps changing. Celebrity has nothing near the size of RCL's largest ships like the Oasis class. The biggest Edge ship is 141,000 tons, considerably not as large as the Sun Princess and nowhere near as large as the biggest RCL ship at 248,000 + tons.
I mean if you want to do the class system but with more avablity for passangers at any level as you don't want to do the full class system of the turn of the 20th cneurty oocean liners of old... And the biggest reason why the titainic was such a desator... Like just do it like don't you have a ton of rooms that each have their own perks aka the class system just ligter so cheaper and safer... Why rename a system that is already popular when you are just doing what you were doing before? Like I get it if it was a new ship and it was just a marketing term you made up to go viral... But uh it isn't... Like is anyone else confused why the biggest mass market cruise lines all replaced the class system term with ship in a ship something people have always used to describe the class system? Like it seems like the mass market cruise lines all decided to use this word to describe something anyone on earth underdstands. And is common place for hotels, airlines and trains all of which are making hand over fist profit espacly hotals the only one that actually makes a profit industry wide.... Like if anything they should embrace the class system and use hotals in their thei marketing saying it's just like them.. instead of saying it's different when it's very much the exact same...
Thank you for a very even review including the items that aren't working out yet on this ship. We have enjoyed Discovery Princess however were looking forward to a more family friendly environment with Sun Princess and I don't see them delivering this experience as of yet. I really dislike the ship within a ship movement.
These comped reviews providing luxurious upgrades at no cost to the reviewer are always wildly skewed. Any review has to take into account cost/benefit. The cost of a Premium Package Sanctuary Mini-Suite is wildly expensive and beyond the dreams of most cruisers. This reviewer takes it all in with, "It sure was nicer than the main dining room." No shit.
???? How about the ship is beautiful...great dining venues...nice bars & lounges...great crew & service...all 3 shows we saw were excellent...great cabins...we cruised RCI, NCL, Celebrity, Disney, HAL & Carnival..this ship was nicer than 90% of the 48 cruises I've sailed on....
Each ship has different designs and features. As in it's name the sun rooms are amazing. I struggle with heights so an obstacle course wouldn't be for me.
I hope that they fix their staffing issues. We were disappointed with the level of service we experienced on the Sun Princess. Hot food in any of the venues we ate in was rare. Getting bar drinks took a long time with the bartenders avoiding eye contact because they were too busy. There were waits for seating in the main dining room even though we had reservations. When sat each night, we noted half the dining room tables were not sat. Table maintenance was very slow on the pool decks and especially in the two small smoking areas. Tables were left with dirty plates overnight. Carts full of dirty plates were parked in the smoking area. Ashtrays were full of cigar butts. The venues are much too small for a ship over 4000 guests.
We didn’t have any staff issues. When did you sail?
Several vlogers had the same complaint. You'd think Princess would post their best on the newest ship. What a missed opportunity.
We didn't think the food on the Sun Princess was up to par, and we ate in the speciality restaurants with Premier. We hated the Eatery on the Sun Princess. The food was bad, we couldn't obtain it prepared properly, there were long waits for service and there never was adequate seating. I think unlimited speciality dining on the sphere class ships would be a great value, less so on the other ships as there are fewer speciality choices. We loved the covered deck area in the very front of the sun princess and the dome. The theatrical entertainment was sub par. We found that the stench of cigarette smoke was everywhere on the sun princess. It was gross. We have never experienced that on the Royal class ships, and the food was universally better at any venue on those ships. We probably will go back to sailing on Royal class ships in the future. We'll be curious to hear if the Star Princess fixes any of the Sun Princess's problems.
After our cruise on the Sun Princess we heard from many other people who were as grossed out as we were with the oppressive stench of cigarette smoke, nearly everywhere. I'd like to hear your comments and experiences with this.
Just finished our first Princess cruise and it was on the Sun Princess. Loved the ship and the handcrafted drinks were the best we have ever had. The food was some of the worst of any cruise line we have ever been on. The staff were the greatest and delivered some of the best service we have had the pleasure of experiencing including other "ship within a ship" type concepts found on several lines. We have been on a total of 50 cruises and will cruise on Princess again but it may be on one of the smaller venues. Food at the Crown Grill was not acceptable and they were obviously under staffed, the maitre'd failed to resolve the issues encountered and we were not reimbursed for a meal not able to be eaten. Other Princess regulars we encountered made similar statements to us and stated the other Princess ships are not like this and to try them, we would see the difference. Despite the issues regarding food, we loved our week on the Sun Princess and are booking another cruise in a few months.
Thanks for the review. There are plenty of bright spots with Sun Princess. But the only other class of ship we have been on is Royal class. What is your favorite class of ship?
Bigger and newer may not be better. What happened to the love boat - the beautiful atrium/piazza, Explorers Lounge and Wheelhouse Bar found on Royal and Grand class Princess ships. It looks like Princess is designing their new ships to match every other new Carnival/Royal Caribbean ship.
I have to say, I booked on this ship in May for Nov or 2025 knowing they had some issues at launch. Seeing this video is just making me nervous. I never seen such a botched launch of a ship like this before. Its as if they never built a ship before.... I did notice that the cost of my booking in Nov dropped by $1500 for my family of 3 in a balcony with the primer package during the "black Friday" sale. So now it's definitely not worth cancelling even though I don't have high hopes for this 1st time sailing on Princess. I just got off Celebrity Ascent this past Nov and the shows were amazing, everything went smoothly and the ship was one of the most beautiful ships I've sailed on and it was my 35th cruise.
Give the ship a chance. There is a to like with the dining and bars and lounges. If you like shows, get to the theater early and you should be all set. Use those savings to purchase a night at spellbound! It’s worth it. Do you have any other cruises booked?
While some of the ship is beautiful, what they are offering falls way short of other cruise lines, especially the santuary cillection.
I really loved the Sun Princess. It was hard to disembark. I will say that Spellbound was way too long. If I knew it was 4 hours before booking, I would have not done it. Many of the Princess loyal cruisers onboard were not a huge fan and kept telling me to not judge Princess on this new class of ship and want me to try the Royal class, as that was my first Princess cruise. I also stayed in the Sanctuary which was the highlight of my trip. BTW, you are right, Dome shows filled up an hour before showtime.
Thanks for your feedback. The ship definitely has pros and cons. What type of room did you have in the sanctuary collection?
@@Eatsleepcruise1 same as you! They also have mini suites where the wardrobe is by the entrance. I like it in the middle like ours way better.
Royal Class has the worst cabins around.. How nice to have a 6 ft sofa couch on the Sun! How nice to have a glass enclosed shower instead of those awful slimy curtains.....Piazza is terrible..no sight lines..shows pretty bad...specialty dining limited..Umai Teppanyaki was great...so was Rudy's..O'Malley's also great..we thought the Sun BLEW away the Royal Class ships..Seaview Terrace was super nice...thought Spellbound was great..best card tricks I've ever seen..we were so bored on the Royal class ships..never bored on the Sun..music & shows in the Piazza sooo much better than Royal Class ships IMO...can't go back to the Royal Class unless they fix all those issues in the cabins...
@@AlanBenson-ws1lk good to know! As a new princess cruiser, I also loved the Sun. I plan on booking Star to see the changes they make from Sun. Also with the new premier package, a larger ship with more restaurants just makes sense.
Thanks for the pre-view, but I'm taking the Sun Princess off my list. And we have frequently sailed on Princess over the years.
Honestly park 19 could have been scaped despite being finished because the cruise line did not factor in matance and safety checks or they were mich higher then expected and the project scrraped because the higher ups did not want to pay the recurring price of having those attractions... Kinda odd to penny pench in the cruise line industry that isn't all that profitable these days... So it would be really odd as it's being in service with minimal down time at sea would be a net positive I think for the cruise line... But yeah other then that I have no idea why they would finish the install and scape before it had many users.
The ride did not work and thus they had to scrap it. The ride works fine on land, but when tested at sea (with rocking and side-to-side forces) it didn't work. So basically Princess blew it pretty bad. It doesn't bother me too much since I tend not to do those things.
The whole deck did not pass certification, so both the glow rider, the ropes course, and kids play area all had to be removed. Plenty of ships have ropes courses, so the movement of the ship should not have affected that attraction from running. It is sort of a big miss.
I think it had more to do with the fact that Park 19 would make Princess Cruises no longer classified as a premium cruise line. To be a premium cruise you can not have rides/slides and other in your face kid /teen friendly attractions taking up a large amount of space. I mean for gods sake they got rid of the elegant cigar lounges and turned them into video arcades. This ship, and that central arcade decision drove us away from Princess, which we used to love and towards Celebrity and Virgin.
We are booked on the Sun Princess next May, looking forward to our cruise in the eastern Mediterranean.
The fact that Park 19 didn't work out is a plus in our book, as we prefer a quieter, more chill atmosphere with few children. Leave the floating amusement parks to Royal Caribbean and Carnival.
We were hoping they at least updated the space, but not yet. What type of stateroom do you have?
@@Eatsleepcruise1 Sanctuary Balcony
I agree but the RCI ships are far more than floating amusement parks. The biggest ones, and most of them, offer spaces like a jazz club, a Latin dance lounge, Schooner's piano bar with its nautical theming, several restaurants (of course for pay) and so forth that adults can enjoy. I guess Carnival does as well. But I hear your point about slides and the other stuff Princess was going to put on the ship. There needs to be niches in cruising, not one size fits all.
I hope you have a great time on the Sun Princess. At least they've made some sensible changes where they needed to.
@benjaminsmith2287 Thank You!
Great loking inside-just get those big amusement attractions off the top of the ship!
Yes. Hopefully Star Princess won’t have this issue. What Princess ship is your favorite?
@@Eatsleepcruise1 Shit for barina autistic never been on a cruise-not liokley ever.
@@Eatsleepcruise1 i aspire to cruise-wish us poor rabble could board a ship in port for a few hours. Hate how they're an exclusive province of the rich.
Where is the elite lounge on Sun Princess?
How in the world could Princess, with its experience and heritage, make so many design mistakes as it did on Sun Princess? Could its newish owner, Carnival, be too involved? Or, is Princess trying to become Royal Caribbean and invite every kid for free and piss off the Cruisers that formerly appreciated the niche of "The Love Boat"?
Princess has been owned by Carnival for some time, and the Royal Class seems well recepted, though might not as innovative and refreshing as Edge class. Maybe they tried too many new things a time?
There are somethings that work well, and others that didn't. We suspect Princess wanted to build a Excel class ship, but adamantly contend that it is an entirely new class. We still like the ship more than the Royal Class, but we won't necessarily sail on this ship in certain regions. What class of Princess cruise ships do you prefer?
@@Eatsleepcruise1 Well, P&O, a Princess's sister line in British, actually ordered Excel class ships, so your guess is not out of blue. But for P&O they seemed to have move from a premium line to a more mainstream offering since then. Do you think Princess is heading to the same direction, or trying to remain a premium branding?
@@steinwaldmadchen Edge class is overrated. Those ships too have design issues and some long-time Celebrity fans dislike them.
@@benjaminsmith2287 Can't say they are perfect or for everyone, but at least many seem to endorse them, particularly those who love to something new (which I am as well). Meanwhile say Sun Princess or Queen Anne are more mixed even among those crowds. As I don't cruise a lot I guess for me better wait and see.
I disagree with you about Viva La Musica..my wife is from Peru & we loved the show..also, Janice Martin was amazing, and the Legacy show also was super...dining venues Umai Teppanyaki, Catch By Rudi and the Crown Grille were all awesome..Spellbound also was a blast...already re booked the Sun & the Star Princess for '25 & '26....nice review..Piazza was much better than the Royal Class IMO...
Glad to hear you had a great time. We are also excited to sail the Sun Princess! Are you doing the Sanctuary Collection?
@@Eatsleepcruise1 ..no we are not doing the Sanctuary..we cruise 3-4x a year, ( Oasis 11/30/24..Independence 2/3/25, & NCL Aqua 4/16/25.. PLUS those 2 Princess cruises!! ) and a bit too $$ right now...maybe someday...
We enjoyed our trip on the Sun Princess. We enjoyed Vica la Musica we did not like the Butcher Block and did not get the salad course or choice in dessert.
Did you see any other shows or try other specialty restaurants?
@Eatsleepcruise1 we ate at Tempenaki which we loved and the Catch by Rudi was pretty good. Our dinner times were late so missed most of the other shows.
Celebrity beyond has a better stage
We are getting on this ship very soon. I'm bringing a good book with me--but I'll be ticked off if we cannot get into the nightly show like we can on every prior cruise. Some have said that you have to get to the nightly shows in the main theater around an hour early. And there are 4 of us (thus needing 4 seats together, or at least two and two...).
The main theater shows do question queue early. But that’s true on most mega ships. Do you typically sail on larger cruise ships?
@@Eatsleepcruise1 we've done numerous ships around 2400-5k passengers and never noticed issues seeing the nightly show--but on this particular ship the theater does not have that many seats. But I guess we will see how it goes in a few days...
we had only one night where we got to the venue too late & was sold out..but all other nights we had no issues..if you know this, then make some changes..we got there typically 40 minutes before..on big ships, we go 30 minutes early anyway...
@@AlanBenson-ws1lk thanks for the intel. We normally have dinner, head straight to the show (maybe like 15-20 minutes early). We'll see how it goes; it may take a day or two to feel things out. I think day 2 is a sea day, so that one might fill up early. I recall seeing that they had to add next-day matinee shows b/c not everyone could see the normal showtimes the night before...
These reviews are depressing because we are Platinum on Princess. My last cruise was disappointing as well. We loved Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas however.
You really exaggerate the negatives. You have to wait in line for most shows on most ships.
Nothing is exaggerated. We sail on mega ships all the time and have never been told a show was full after waiting in line for more than 30 minutes, never mind an hour or more.
Phenomenal ship,after 40 plus years of cruising PrincessCruises got it right,for outdoor and indoor spaces for people to enjoy,unlike mega ships!
i would pay for the sanctuary area, not necessarily the room
You can on any of the other Princess ships.
Unfortunately, you can not do that on Sun Princess, but you can on other Princess ships. Have you sailed with Princess before?
@@Eatsleepcruise1 no. They arent very diverse but i really lije their ship layout on videos
@@Eatsleepcruise1Until they would be stupid enough to change that--see Churchill conversions!!!
Fancy retirement home vibes
It sounds like Celebrity Edge class remains more innovative and better executed in this premium "mega ship" category.
It's also questionable if it worths the extra bucks to ditch Diamond Princess for this, though not a bad thing for me XDDD
We are fans of the edge class, but prefer the sphere class to royal class when it comes to Princess. Do you sail a lot with Princess cruises?
@@Eatsleepcruise1 I'm still new to cruises tbh, and the problem is cruise lines often don't bring new ships to Asia.
I don't mind go abroad for an Edge class as she is substantially better than Millennium we got. Will I fly 10+h for Sun Princess? Probably not, especially when Diamond Princess is well accustomed to Japan despite her age. Hopefully Star and the sequences would change my mind.
To be fair mega in a naval context purely refers to size in both dimensions and tonnage... So the only way it wouldn't be mega is if it was to small or to big.
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough I don't know if there is a term for it, but until recently premium lines' cruise ships ae smaller than QM2, though QM2's size is more of a result of seafaring nature of an oceanliner than for the purpose of packing more passengers and facilities.
Even by matching QM2 a cruise ship would have quite a lot of real estates, which is what Royal class and Edge class ships are doing. But as big as some mainstream mega ships are mind blowing. P&O in UK seems to execute that poorly, and Princess really have to put their acts up, or they risk their reputation.
@@steinwaldmadchen Edge ships aren't that much bigger than the previous class of Celebrity ships, Solstice. "Megaship" definition keeps changing. Celebrity has nothing near the size of RCL's largest ships like the Oasis class. The biggest Edge ship is 141,000 tons, considerably not as large as the Sun Princess and nowhere near as large as the biggest RCL ship at 248,000 + tons.
I mean if you want to do the class system but with more avablity for passangers at any level as you don't want to do the full class system of the turn of the 20th cneurty oocean liners of old... And the biggest reason why the titainic was such a desator... Like just do it like don't you have a ton of rooms that each have their own perks aka the class system just ligter so cheaper and safer... Why rename a system that is already popular when you are just doing what you were doing before? Like I get it if it was a new ship and it was just a marketing term you made up to go viral... But uh it isn't... Like is anyone else confused why the biggest mass market cruise lines all replaced the class system term with ship in a ship something people have always used to describe the class system? Like it seems like the mass market cruise lines all decided to use this word to describe something anyone on earth underdstands. And is common place for hotels, airlines and trains all of which are making hand over fist profit espacly hotals the only one that actually makes a profit industry wide.... Like if anything they should embrace the class system and use hotals in their thei marketing saying it's just like them.. instead of saying it's different when it's very much the exact same...
It is a class system for sure. Ship within a ship means a class system.
Thank you for a very even review including the items that aren't working out yet on this ship. We have enjoyed Discovery Princess however were looking forward to a more family friendly environment with Sun Princess and I don't see them delivering this experience as of yet. I really dislike the ship within a ship movement.
Thanks for watching. Has your family sailed on other cruise lines besides Princess Cruises?
These comped reviews providing luxurious upgrades at no cost to the reviewer are always wildly skewed. Any review has to take into account cost/benefit. The cost of a Premium Package Sanctuary Mini-Suite is wildly expensive and beyond the dreams of most cruisers. This reviewer takes it all in with, "It sure was nicer than the main dining room." No shit.
After watching this video, I'm not sure why anyone would book this ship.
Excellent food. Beautiful ship. Modern staterooms. There is a lot to like. Who do you typically sail with?
???? How about the ship is beautiful...great dining venues...nice bars & lounges...great crew & service...all 3 shows we saw were excellent...great cabins...we cruised RCI, NCL, Celebrity, Disney, HAL & Carnival..this ship was nicer than 90% of the 48 cruises I've sailed on....
By mistake w/ a group cruise??????--not good!
@AlanBenson-ws1lk next time you might want to lead with that in your review then. All I heard was issues and problems.
Each ship has different designs and features. As in it's name the sun rooms are amazing. I struggle with heights so an obstacle course wouldn't be for me.
Still a big failure.
Still a decent ship overall, but hopefully Star Princess will improve the design. Which Princess ship do you think is better?