Library on Sky Princess?

[cltnccruisers]

21 minutes ago, boca7 said:

Not only nolibrary, no crooners, & no explorer, just a jazz band from 830 to 1130. my new bokings are on the Regal & Caribbean Princess.  

We weren't overly thrilled with Sky.  We're on Caribbean in March and think that will be more to our liking.

[Woodside Lady]

I'm going to run the Cruise Critic book club on our June 2023 sailing on the Sky Princess.  The last time I ran the Book Club we had it in Wheeler's Bar.  This time I was going to hold it in the library but clearly that is out.  Any suggestions?  

[philv]

Very disappointed there is no library. I love a good library on ship and am sad it seems to be fading.

[Whitewings2]

We were on Sky transatlantic last March and the Enchanted transatlantic in Sept last year. No library on either, but they had a few books outside the Crown Grill.  There were also games in the same area.

Sudokos and trivia sheets were at customer service desk on both ships.

 

[seagypsea]

The Sky seems to be rotating homes for books and sudoku, etc.  Last November there was a small book exchange at the end of the guest services desk for a couple of days then it disappeared.  Last month I accidently ran into it in the future cruise area while dropping off an FCC and just looking around.  There were 3 books in Dutch and a copy of Canadian Living.🤣  But that's where I found Sudoku.

[TracieABD]

Just got off the Sky.

Nope. No library.

Sudokus at Passenger Service Desk.

Games and tables in the Crown.

I never did see a book exchange.

[on cruise control 1]

No library on the Sky.  So sad.  I don't do Kindle (and have to worry about battery power) so I need my hand-held books.  Give me the Pacific Princess any day with its elegant library and I am a happy cruiser.  Alas, the Pacific was sold just after our wonderful World Cruise 2020.  A very sad day, indeed.

[stoneharborlady]

On 1/16/2022 at 5:07 PM, cltnccruisers said:

I like that I can change the font on the kindle - helpful as I get older.  Also, it's backlit so I can read at night without bother my wife.  Also, it takes up less space when traveling.  

I fought against using a Kindle for years.  Always preferred a real book.  Now the arthritis is so bad in my hands that reading for a couple of hours is painful to hold that book.  Bought my first Kindle last fall, and I could kick myself for waiting so long.  Such a pleasure to use, and my hands dont ache from it.  I also love being able to download a new book in two minutes.  Love the fact that it is backlit, and takes up so little space.  And it holds more than a thousand books!  No worries about the battery power, it lasts so long, and charges up so quickly!

 

Edited February 23, 2023 by stoneharborlady

[wowzz]

6 hours ago, on cruise control 1 said:

(and have to worry about battery power

You only have to worry every two or three weeks !

[donaldsc]

On 1/15/2022 at 3:18 PM, wowzz said:

No library of any sort on Sky in November. 

To be honest, these days, why would you need one ?

 

I load 25 or 30 books from my library onto my Kindle or from Hoopla onto my tablet or phone as I never know what I will want to read once I get on the ship.  How much would that many books weigh if they were "real" books.

 

DON

[cltnccruisers]

On 2/23/2023 at 12:39 PM, stoneharborlady said:

I fought against using a Kindle for years.  Always preferred a real book.  Now the arthritis is so bad in my hands that reading for a couple of hours is painful to hold that book.  Bought my first Kindle last fall, and I could kick myself for waiting so long.  Such a pleasure to use, and my hands dont ache from it.  I also love being able to download a new book in two minutes.  Love the fact that it is backlit, and takes up so little space.  And it holds more than a thousand books!  No worries about the battery power, it lasts so long, and charges up so quickly!

 

Same issue moved me to a kindle.  I load 4 or 5 books before every cruise.

 

I see you are from Bethel Park.  I graduated from BPHS in 1972.