I’m presently on the primary cruise on Star Princess from Port Everglades, a three-day cruise to the Bahamas. The ship has been in service for a month however is now crusing from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for the winter 2025-2026 season.
Princess Cruises invited me on board for the christening and this quick preview cruise. I’m touring with my spouse and 5 12 months outdated son. We plan on experiencing all the things this new ship has to supply together with the children membership and household choices.
After spending slightly greater than 48 hours on the ship, listed here are my first impressions of Star Princess.
Ship
Star Princess is the second Sphere class ship from Princess Cruises. Whereas the ship is extraordinarily much like sister ship Solar Princess, there are a couple of variations.
The ship has all the nice options as Solar Princess together with the Dome, Spellbound, the Enviornment (new theater) and enormous Piazza.
New additions to Star Princess embrace a big enclosed sports activities courtroom for basketball, pickleball, soccer, cornhole and extra.
Additionally they added a non-smoking on line casino that’s utterly separate from the principle on line casino that replaces one of many retailers on board.
I posted a photograph tour of the cruise ship the primary day we acquired on board on our Fb web page. It’s already has over a million views and you’ll see it under:
Households
As I mentioned beforehand, I’m touring with my spouse and 5 12 months outdated son. He’s having the time of his life in Firefly Park. Firefly Park is youngsters membership for kids three to seven years outdated and he loves it a lot.
He needs to go each single time it’s open. Though Princess Cruises doesn’t carry as many youngsters as different cruise traces, this ship is a superb possibility for households.
I’ll have much more on Firefly Park and different choices for teenagers/households after I get dwelling from my cruise.
Cabin
I’m staying in cabin 10116, a deluxe balcony cabin. It’s extraordinarily roomy and has a sofa that turns right into a mattress (the place my son sleeps).
It has a big balcony and extra energy shops than you possibly can presumably use, and that’s a great factor. There are a number of (110, USB, USB-C) on all sides of the mattress and at the least 4-6 on the desk.
Crew
The crew on board have been completely unbelievable thus far. I wasn’t on the ship greater than quarter-hour earlier than a crew member got here as much as me to say hi there. He remembered me from once I sailed on Solar Princess final 12 months.
Even once we stopped at Princess Cays, a crew member got here as much as my son and known as him by identify to say hi there. It’s the little issues like that which imply a lot.
The crew actually is the star of Star Princess, and that goes for Firefly Park too!
Ocean Medallion
Right here is one benefit that Princess Cruises has over each different cruise line. I like utilizing the Ocean Medallion over customary cruise playing cards.
It’s additionally so helpful to lookup on the Princess app to see the placement on the ship the place my household is.
We attended the christening ceremony for Star Princess and put my son in Firefly Park throughout it. My spouse requested me proper earlier than it began questioning in the event that they have been going to take him to dinner.
I opened up the Princess app, noticed he was within the Americana Diner, and knew they took him to dinner. It’s such an amazing function for households and comes at no additional cost. Just one different cruise ship (outdoors of Princess) presents this and it’s a must to pay additional for it.
I’ll have extra on Star Princess after I get dwelling from the cruise. You possibly can observe alongside on our journey on Cruise Fever’s social media accounts (@CruiseFever on Fb, X, Instagram and TikTok).
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