Rare azbirdmom Posted March 24, 2023 #126 Share Posted March 24, 2023 New video from the shipyard posted today by the Princess VP of Sales (shorter than yesterday's). https://www.facebook.com/PrincessVPSales/videos/611524473740243 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beg3yrs Posted March 25, 2023 #127 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Has anyone mentioned how the project is doing with respect to schedule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffa30 Posted March 26, 2023 #128 Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) On 3/24/2023 at 9:55 AM, Geoffa30 said: Thanks @snoozecrooze for posting the link and the summary. Will watch the video later. Only comment I have is I certainly hope they have a different menu in the Signature restaurant. I imagine if there isn’t, there will be uproar especially as it makes the new Princess suite experience less competitive compared to other lines. At around 12 minutes 35 seconds in this video https://youtu.be/w1lqSq7tn-g (which covers the recent ship tour in Fincantieri), there is mention of whether the Signature & Reserve restaurants will have a different menu. Seemingly the Princess Execs wouldn’t commit to whether they would be different. Hopefully not a bad omen. Edited March 26, 2023 by Geoffa30 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoTL Posted March 26, 2023 #129 Share Posted March 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Geoffa30 said: At around 12 minutes 35 seconds in this video https://youtu.be/w1lqSq7tn-g (which covers the recent ship tour in Fincantieri), there is mention of whether the Signature & Reserve restaurants will have a different menu. Seemingly the Princess Execs wouldn’t commit to whether they would be different. Hopefully not a bad omen. Thanks for sharing that video with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jps243 Posted March 27, 2023 #130 Share Posted March 27, 2023 I know the ship will have 100 connecting rooms, but has anyone seen a deck plan that identifies which cabins will connect? I’m looking to book two cabins for a Mediterranean cruise next summer but I can’t find any deck plans with legends that show connecting cabins. As a Plan B, I will just book two adjoining cabins and hope we can get the balcony divider opened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoTL Posted March 27, 2023 #131 Share Posted March 27, 2023 33 minutes ago, jps243 said: I know the ship will have 100 connecting rooms, but has anyone seen a deck plan that identifies which cabins will connect? I’m looking to book two cabins for a Mediterranean cruise next summer but I can’t find any deck plans with legends that show connecting cabins. As a Plan B, I will just book two adjoining cabins and hope we can get the balcony divider opened. If you’re on the deck plan for the ship and on the deck you want to look up, on the left side of the screen under the staterooms tab, there is a checkbox for connecting rooms. Click that box and the deck plan will update to show which rooms are connecting one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GK95 Posted April 7, 2023 #132 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Does anyone know if the Sun Princess will have an area for the kid's clubs? I looked at the plans on CruiseMapper.com but didn't see it near the fitness center, which is where it was on the Sky Princess. Looked on other decks and couldn't find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted April 7, 2023 #133 Share Posted April 7, 2023 do ALL balcony cabins on SUN now have sofa/love seat? - or if not, what is the minimum lead in cat for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreaminofcruisin Posted April 7, 2023 #134 Share Posted April 7, 2023 31 minutes ago, GK95 said: Does anyone know if the Sun Princess will have an area for the kid's clubs? I looked at the plans on CruiseMapper.com but didn't see it near the fitness center, which is where it was on the Sky Princess. Looked on other decks and couldn't find it. Someone suggested in another thread that The Underground and Neon Grove on Deck 7 and Firefly Park on Deck 6 next to Guest Services are Teen and Kids Areas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carefreebee Posted April 7, 2023 #135 Share Posted April 7, 2023 (edited) 44 minutes ago, GK95 said: Does anyone know if the Sun Princess will have an area for the kid's clubs? I looked at the plans on CruiseMapper.com but didn't see it near the fitness center, which is where it was on the Sky Princess. Looked on other decks and couldn't find it. I the kids club it is on Deck 6 Fwd of the Enclave. The Teen and Tween areas are up on Deck 7, FWD up next to the Princess Theater. Edited April 7, 2023 by carefreebee more info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoozecrooze Posted April 7, 2023 #136 Share Posted April 7, 2023 2 hours ago, voljeep said: do ALL balcony cabins on SUN now have sofa/love seat? - or if not, what is the minimum lead in cat for that? Yes, every cabin, including inside cabins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasa1974 Posted April 8, 2023 Author #137 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Looks like April 18th and 19th will be the opening days to book the October cruises out of FLL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasa1974 Posted April 15, 2023 Author #138 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Wow! Fell to page 9. Any new pictures on the building of the Sun? The deck plans seem to be coming together. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare c-boy Posted April 15, 2023 #139 Share Posted April 15, 2023 (edited) 31 minutes ago, nasa1974 said: Wow! Fell to page 9. Any new pictures on the building of the Sun? The deck plans seem to be coming together. she'll be a site to behold a real beauty . Edited April 15, 2023 by c-boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare dides Posted April 15, 2023 #140 Share Posted April 15, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, nasa1974 said: Wow! Fell to page 9. Any new pictures on the building of the Sun? The deck plans seem to be coming together. Not seen anything since the flurry of PR from the shipyard visit 5 weeks ago. They will be focussing on the interior fitting out now but it would be good to have more progress updates. And, of course, we have found out more about O'Malley's Irish Pub in this press release, which wasn't called out specifically last month but is on the official deck plans. This has just been added to Enchanted Princess. And speculation if there will be a Catch by Rudi seafood restaurant somewhere in the mix for Sun Princess. Edited April 15, 2023 by dides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasa1974 Posted April 15, 2023 Author #141 Share Posted April 15, 2023 1 hour ago, dides said: Not seen anything since the flurry of PR from the shipyard visit 5 weeks ago. They will be focussing on the interior fitting out now but it would be good to have more progress updates. And, of course, we have found out more about O'Malley's Irish Pub in this press release, which wasn't called out specifically last month but is on the official deck plans. This has just been added to Enchanted Princess. And speculation if there will be a Catch by Rudi seafood restaurant somewhere in the mix for Sun Princess. Thanks for the link to the press release. Interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beg3yrs Posted April 18, 2023 #142 Share Posted April 18, 2023 So today I reviewed my booking for the June 1 2024 21-day cruise on the Sun Princess. Our cabin has changed from a specific DD cabin to one that is only guaranteed. Really liked the cabin we had as it was a great location! Good thing I regularly save the travel summaries with a dated file name. Have an email into my TA to see what's up. Also took a look at the available cruises for the Sun Princess and not one of the inaugural voyages in the Mediterranean nor the trans-Atlantic to FLL show up. Anyone know what's going on? Has there been a production delay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare fpsphil Posted April 18, 2023 #143 Share Posted April 18, 2023 19 minutes ago, beg3yrs said: So today I reviewed my booking for the June 1 2024 21-day cruise on the Sun Princess. Our cabin has changed from a specific DD cabin to one that is only guaranteed. Really liked the cabin we had as it was a great location! Good thing I regularly save the travel summaries with a dated file name. Have an email into my TA to see what's up. Also took a look at the available cruises for the Sun Princess and not one of the inaugural voyages in the Mediterranean nor the trans-Atlantic to FLL show up. Anyone know what's going on? Has there been a production delay? I received my two bookings for Caribbean Fall 2024 before I even woke up this morning. Not sure if its on the website yet but its definitely bookable within the system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAlaska Posted April 18, 2023 #144 Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 minute ago, fpsphil said: I received my two bookings for Caribbean Fall 2024 before I even woke up this morning. Not sure if its on the website yet but its definitely bookable within the system They are listed online but not bookable unless you are an elite. opens tomorrow for everyone else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted April 18, 2023 #145 Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 minute ago, fpsphil said: I received my two bookings for Caribbean Fall 2024 before I even woke up this morning. Not sure if its on the website yet but its definitely bookable within the system my new CVP booked our Fall 2024 little 5 day cruise on the SUN - very limited cabins for booking on the website - and prices, at least for the cruise we booked are up about 30% from nearly the same cruise on the CB in Fall 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beg3yrs Posted April 18, 2023 #146 Share Posted April 18, 2023 12 minutes ago, fpsphil said: I received my two bookings for Caribbean Fall 2024 before I even woke up this morning. Not sure if its on the website yet but its definitely bookable within the system It's only the sailings in the Med and the trans-Atlantic that have disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macusr Posted April 18, 2023 #147 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Booked the 5n 10/14/24 this morning. Since it's a shorter cruise, we decided it was our chance to splurge and try the new Cabana Mini-Suite. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted April 18, 2023 #148 Share Posted April 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, macusr said: Booked the 5n 10/14/24 this morning. Since it's a shorter cruise, we decided it was our chance to splurge and try the new Cabana Mini-Suite. curious - did you book yourself on the website, thru Princess CVP or independent TA? How was your cabin availability in your desired class and location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmsmith Posted April 18, 2023 #149 Share Posted April 18, 2023 58 minutes ago, beg3yrs said: So today I reviewed my booking for the June 1 2024 21-day cruise on the Sun Princess. Our cabin has changed from a specific DD cabin to one that is only guaranteed. Really liked the cabin we had as it was a great location! Good thing I regularly save the travel summaries with a dated file name. Have an email into my TA to see what's up. Also took a look at the available cruises for the Sun Princess and not one of the inaugural voyages in the Mediterranean nor the trans-Atlantic to FLL show up. Anyone know what's going on? Has there been a production delay? Hopefully the bookings not displaying is only a temporary glitch. My TA booking is in my account, no room change. Something I noticed this past weekend is there are now two sets of deck plans listed. A second one for post mid October sailings. I only looked at the public spaces and didn't catch what the changes may be. Maybe Princess is working on site updates related to more new news coming out about the ship in the near term? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beg3yrs Posted April 18, 2023 #150 Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 hour ago, rmsmith said: Hopefully the bookings not displaying is only a temporary glitch. My TA booking is in my account, no room change. Something I noticed this past weekend is there are now two sets of deck plans listed. A second one for post mid October sailings. I only looked at the public spaces and didn't catch what the changes may be. Maybe Princess is working on site updates related to more new news coming out about the ship in the near term? Hopefully it's temporary as the new Caribbean itineraries came out today. Maybe something got screwed up with the release. Two deck plans have historically been about reclassifying cabins and not true physical changes to the ship. My TA called a little bit ago. He checked with his contacts at Princess and they are clueless over there. What he sees through POLAR is all the Med sailings are on hold and nothing can be done with them. His feeling on this from many years of experience with Princess is the ship build schedule has gotten so far behind, they're pausing the inaugural sailings until they can get a better handle on what the real completion schedule will be. I'm now looking at backup bookings ... something I've gotten used to doing during and just after COVID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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