I’m at present crusing on Princess Cruises’ latest and largest ship, Solar Princess. I’m onboard for 5 days as a visitor of Princess so I can carry you every little thing that this new cruise ship has to supply.
I launched into the ship in Athens, Greece and can disembark in Rome, Italy. After spending a bit over 48 hours on the ship, listed below are my first impressions of Solar Princess. That is solely the second crusing for the ship so the kinks are nonetheless being labored out.
That is my ninth cruise with Princess and the cruise ship is totally in contrast to another ship of their fleet. Over the previous 12 months, I took two shipyard excursions of the ship whereas it was underneath building in Monfalcone, Italy. It’s such an excellent feeling to lastly see the finished ship and all the distinctive areas that it presents.
As a result of it’s a brand new class of ship and in contrast to another in Princess’ fleet, it did take a bit longer than regular to get my bearings and study the place every little thing was.
The ship is beautiful, inside and outside. From the primary eating room to the Piazza, it simply has a snug feeling. I’m at present within the Wheelhouse Bar writing this text and I simply love this house.
One of many greatest adjustments on the ship was transferring the buffet (The Eatery) from the standard location on the prime of the ship and transfer it off of the Piazza (atrium) on deck 9. Sister cruise line Costa additionally did this with their latest new ships and I actually prefer it. It simply makes extra sense.
Nonetheless, there’s nonetheless meals on the Lido Deck with totally different stations for pizza, tacos, and burgers and so forth.
There are a variety of specialty eating choices on board that I can be making an attempt all through my cruise. I’ll have extra on that after I get again.
The crew on board have been unimaginable to date, you’d by no means know that it’s solely the second cruise on the ship. And it’s not simply me, I’ve overheard many different passengers speaking how pleasant they’re and what an excellent job they’re doing. If in case you have a cruise booked on the ship, make certain to go to Wirat at Crooners and the Lido Bar. She’s simply superior!
I’m staying in a balcony cabin on deck 17, you may watch a two minute walkthrough video of my cabin beneath.
A number of issues that Princess actually did proper was to verify there are a ton of energy retailers throughout the cabin. On both sides of the mattress, there’s a 110, USB, and USB-C outlet. There are additionally a number of retailers on the desk.
The loos are by far the most effective within the Princess fleet and it has an excellent bathe.
One other good characteristic are movement detected lights on the ground if it is advisable to rise up in the midst of the evening.
There are some things that also want work earlier than they’re 100%. The brand new Princess app is lacking helpful info that passengers want like eating occasions and the open hours for bars and lounges. They need to have waited till the brand new app was 100% earlier than rolling it out.
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Additionally, as a result of Princess just lately took supply of the ship, a variety of the leisure is just not prepared. This contains the Princess Area and Spellbound.
The Dome has additionally been closed most days as they work on reveals. I’m hoping it will likely be open tomorrow for our sea day as a result of it seems to be like the right spot for if you find yourself at sea.
I used to be in a position to stroll via it and take a number of photographs on embarkation day. I believe it’s going to be actually standard with friends.
My Ocean Medallion has labored flawlessly to date, I prefer it so significantly better than having a cruise card.
Park19 is one other space of the ship that is still closed and hasn’t opened but. As soon as the ship will get security approvals, Sea Breeze will lastly open. It seems to be to be a extremely enjoyable trip across the prime of the ship.
The WiFi has been first rate so long as you aren’t importing massive movies. I used to be in a position to video chat with my son as we speak and the ten minute name by no means dropped as soon as.
One massive factor that’s lacking is that there’s no the place to get one thing to drink on the Lido Deck with out going to a bar. There’s stations to get meals however no the place to get something to drink like water or lemonade. I actually hope Princess provides beverage stations on this space.
Surprisingly, there is no such thing as a basketball courtroom on Solar Princess.
I’ll have extra on Solar Princess after the cruise is over. Tonight I can be experiencing a sneak peek at Spellbound, the cruise line’s second Extraordinary Expertise that brings the magic of Magic Fort to sea for the primary time.
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