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Unofficially the ship is heading out from the shipyard on February 13. Cruise Director Corinne has posted that their time at the shipyard is coming to an end..
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Here is a spectacular night-time selfie posted by ACD Sarah:
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Some selfies and footage just posted on instagram by one of the dancers:
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Here's a podcast interview with Eithne Williamson VP of Princess Cruises UK and Europe - it's very much UK cruise industry focussed but she does confirm the Sun Princess inaugural will depart on 18th February.
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Yep, I'm a project manager myself and can't imagine what their go/no-go checklist is like!
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that's not the same as the handover though! But it may have to be!
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Unofficially, she is due to leave the shipyard on Tuesday 13th Feb to head to Civitavecchia, with work to complete during the journey.
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This is Europe checking in. I just spotted a headline in Il Piccolo, the local Trieste newspaper, but the story is behind a paywall
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It is odd and frustrating. All the fanfare from the team arriving in Monfalcone and then you don't see anything of note! I'm fed up with pizza and protective clothing pictures lol. There must be an embargo. I'm sure it's all building up to the actual handover and we will soon be flooded with details.
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Considering they said Butchers Block by Dario would be 'family style' on a big table it may well be permanent. And Catch by Rudi had a lot more booking slots. We shall hopefully find out in 10 or 11 days. Ahh darnit, we would have been boarding today and I had booked Butchers Block for the first evening!
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Thanks, that is much clearer! And also confirms where Butcher Block by Dario and The Catch by Rudi will be located as pop-ups in the World Fresh Marketplace:
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Thank you for asking. We have placeholder bookings on the Transatlantic and the 5 day inaugural from FLL but my work commitments mean they are both unlikely now. Still looking at options - we're off on a lastminute NCL Joy Transatlantic to Miami next week so we don't have to sit and mope at home during the new inaugural 😁
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Crew member Gede Darsana posted a picture of himself standing next to the ship today. I think it looks like they are tidying things up in prep for the handover but who knows! This picture does give you a close up of the Cabana deck immediately above him however.
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The Princess App has now been updated to include the Sun Princess ship map. The venue names are a bit fuzzy on my Android version though!
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Well it's still pretty quiet out there on social media. There's a YouTube short with our crew guy showing us a glimpse of a Sun Princess lifeboat, with shutter-like doors and a sign that says it has a capacity of 440. Unable to translate what he says but looking up the lifeboat spec for Fassmer 14.0, then it can definitely take that number of people!
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It has been reported that Fincantieri and Princess now hope to deliver Sun Princess on February 9, in time for the new inaugural on February 18.
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It was $39 each when we booked for the Feb 8 inaugural
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Cirque Eloize have posted a clip on social media of their artists enjoying the last days of rehearsals in Italy before boarding Sun Princess. An earlier article said they would then have 6 to 8 weeks of integration.
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Looks like the Carnival bigwigs agree that Sun Princess is going to be pretty WOW! 😁
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Thank you - no more inaugural for us yet am still obsessed with hunting down information on this ship! I'm sure it will change once passengers get on board and start reporting back.
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Not yet, this recent article says it still needs to be determined. We did discover that it will be bookable in 3 slots - 5pm, 7pm, 9pm
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Magician Mark James has announced on Facebook that he will be one of the first magicians performing on Sun Princess as part of Spellbound. More details to come - keep an eye on his website for dates.
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Based on comments on roll calls, I think reservations have been opened up until the end of March only.
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Thanks for the additional info - it does look as though it's a specific entertainment event in 2 hour slots at 5pm, 7pm and 9pm with some fancy drinks. Some had bundled it into a dining experience which puzzled me as I never saw any food in the mockups!
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In this journal de montreal article it mentions that 30 members of the Cirque Eloize team will board Sun Princess on the weekend of 10th February to begin six to eight weeks of integration. This confirms that the Cirque Eloize productions won't be ready for the first few cruises either.
