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Hey, missed you @snoozecrooze lol! On the balcony question - did you mean they the Sun balconies are deeper? It's hard to find a great comparison with the same angle but they do look a little deeper . But cruisemapper says Sun balconies are 3 metres squared compared to 4 on Royal Class. So does that mean they are narrower lengthwise? 1st pic - Sun, 2nd pic Royal Class

Only Island Princess and Coral Princess have the sea day lunchtime Alfredo's option in Sabatini's with the reduced menu from this Casual Dining post. Caribbean Princess does not have any form of Alfredo's. I believe this is the official Princess Dining Options flyer: dining-options.pdf

All the most recent ships on the Excellence Class platform appear to have mostly balcony cabins on their aft so Princess have really gone their own way here

Here's a YouTube short timelapse from her sea trial yesterday:

Odd not to see balconies all along the back of a ship - such a strange design choice to have a series of staircases using up that prime space!

Here is an aft pic taken by Lucian Ojog from her recent dry dock in Palermo:

We've just gone past our final payment date for the Feb 8th inaugural and nothing showing for dining on the app yet. Remember we haven't got the full set of speciality dining venues yet - there is still a deck 17 aft restaurant that is 'coming soon' on the the deck plans that has to be announced.

Yes, going by train is a little awkward from Venice airport .. we had to get a shuttle bus from the airport to Venice Mestre station in order to pick up the train direct to Trieste. So would recommend a Princess cruise transfer it available. We did look into the Ryanair fights direct from Stansted to Trieste as the private transfer would be more reasonable but the flights aren't that regular.

Princess website for Regal Princess - scroll down to Included Dining and Speciality Dining Sabatini's menu Crown Grill menu Regal Princess has Alfredo's, Vines and Ocean Terrace as Casual Dining venues - this post has all the menus and what's included in the fixed price option

Stewart Chiron mentioned his shipyard visit in August and posted a picture on X that we hadn't seen before - interesting close up of some balconies:

Interesting! Would you be able to post some pics of the update Vines menu so we can share it on here?

Awesome! I spotted them close together on the tracker this morning but thought everyone on Enchanted would be asleep 😀

Wow - hopefully that means all is on track then! And that it will be a happy ship! 😀

There doesn't appear to be, no.

This has been discussed earlier in the thread - we have not yet identified a complimentary area on Sun Princess which is open to all adult guests only. The sanctuary is a fee paying adults area which shares a pool with the Signature suite guests and we don't yet know how this will work for kids in suites.

Some pics taken by Staff Chief Engineer Marko Pavicevic.

Heading back to Monfalcone with more sea trials - due back on Sunday

The original press release definitely mentioned The Catch coming to Discovery Princess this fall. Only states O'Malley's coming to Enchanted Princess but would be strange to only replace the Gastropub on one ship and not the other.

Looks like you will be on a Royal Class ship like Majestic Princess or Discovery Princess. Yes, it is the former Club Class. All the perks are described on the Princess site here You will get access to a special area of the Main Dining Room reserved for this class, the main benefit being you can just walk up and get a table (it's only the new ships being built now - Sun Princess and Star Princess - that will have a separate dining room)

Yes, on the deck plan:

Note that Crab Shack doesn't come under fall under the Casual Dining options - it's Speciality

We're on the Feb 8 inaugural and cannot book our Dining on the app yet (we are Elite too). Princess still need to confirm all the speciality dining options so may have to wait on that deck 17 aft restaurant announcement . Our 90 day final payment date is up next Friday (Nov 10) so all very exciting!

Yes, Salty Dog Gastropub and Vines - here is a link to the Casual Dining thread with menus

Cruisemapper now says sea trials

Sun Princess will have 4,300 passengers. 17% increase based on the last Royal class ships but much more space for them.