11/28/23: Princess Goes "All-In" with Largest Casino Ever

[LACruiser88]

November 28, 2023 9:30 AM EST

 

Princess Cruises Goes "All-In" With Its Largest Casino Ever Debuting on New Sun Princess

 

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The largest casino ever built by Princess Cruises is readying to deal a full house of luck on the next-generation, 4,300-guest Sun Princess.

 

The Princess Casino – with an astounding 50% more space and 30% more machines than the line's Royal Class ships – is preparing for guests to hit the jackpot when its newest and most magnificent cruise ship ever, Sun Princess, sets sail in February 2024.  

 

Princess Cruises Goes “All-In” With Its Largest Casino Ever Debuting on New Sun Princess    Located on deck 8 adjacent to the bustling Piazza, the Princess Casino offers high ceilings and a spacious floorplan for world-class gaming comfort and entertainment.

 

There will even be several gaming positions infused into in the Piazza, giving guests even easier and faster access to their favorite betting games. 

 

With over 200 of the newest and most popular slots and video poker games, the Princess Casino will feature live table games offering progressive jackpots, as well as a variety of other games Princess players have come to enjoy. Included in the expanded casino will be a first-of-its-kind "Buffalo Zone" at sea – bringing these popular games by Aristocrat to the newest "Love Boat." 

 

"Casino lovers, high rollers or simply those wanting to try a hand during their vacation will be stunned by the new Princess Casino onboard Sun Princess," said John Padgett, President of Princess Cruises. "Princess has embraced the casino experience and is proud to offer such exciting gaming surrounded by absolutely world-class dining and entertainment." 

 

Princess Casino Key Enhancements Onboard Sun Princess  Nearly 9,000 square feet, featuring 10' ceilings, 227 slot machines and 13 live tables Newest and the most comfortable gaming seating available for both slot and table game players New linked blackjack and poker table progressives, offering high value cash top awards High-limit slot area, with high-end seating New gaming experiences and celebrations through an interactive audio-visual experience throughout the casino Scheduled to debut in February 2024, Sun Princess is currently under construction at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy.

 

The 175,500-ton, 4,300-guest Sun Princess will offer an array of exciting new entertainment and culinary offerings, as well as luxurious staterooms and suites across a broad spectrum of categories.

 

With the most balconies and sun decks on any Princess ship, guests can take in the sunshine and crystal-clear waters of the Mediterranean and Caribbean from the comfort of their stateroom. 

 

Inaugural 2024 Sun Princess cruises to the Mediterranean, Europe and Caribbean are on sale now. More ship information and images can be found at www.princess.com/sunprincess.

[azbirdmom]

Thank you for sharing.  This news release doesn't answer my most important question.  Is it non smoking or do they at least have a separate walled off section that is non smoking?  The rest sounds great but I really do hope they come up with a solution for a pain point for many of us.

[Lady Arwen]

I’d prefer a smaller non smoking casino than a larger casino with permitted smoking.  A big casino with lots of smokers?   No thank you!  This is a deal breaker for us.  We’re being forced to sail exclusively with Celebrity in the future.

[beg3yrs]

With all that, they'll probably have only one "Fun 21" table on board. I hate slots as they're mindless and for me, "Fun 21", with its low minimum wager, slow play and strategy differences because of an odd deck, is a way to spend some time with other like-minded players just having some fun.

[CalLuvsCrusingToo]

1 hour ago, beg3yrs said:

With all that, they'll probably have only one "Fun 21" table on board. I hate slots as they're mindless and for me, "Fun 21", with its low minimum wager, slow play and strategy differences because of an odd deck, is a way to spend some time with other like-minded players just having some fun.

 

Thats how many of us feel about video poker!  Inventory has gotten tiny onboard, and usually stuck in a corner on the Smoking side!? 😵  Not appreciated. cough cough 🙁

 

[memoak]

1 hour ago, Lady Arwen said:

I’d prefer a smaller non smoking casino than a larger casino with permitted smoking.  A big casino with lots of smokers?   No thank you!  This is a deal breaker for us.  We’re being forced to sail exclusively with Celebrity in the future.

 Not that I would sail in ships this big anyway but if it is right on the piazza the then that smoke is going to leak out. I will stick to grand class ships as much as possible

[memoak]

5 minutes ago, CalLuvsCrusingToo said:

 

Thats how many of us feel about video poker!  Inventory has gotten tiny onboard, and usually stuck in a corner on the Smoking side!? 😵  Not appreciated. cough cough 🙁

 

I have been in many ships since restart and every one of them have had some video poker in the non smoking area even if it was just a few machines. The Crown has perhaps my favorite casino 

[karatemom2]

Well no wonder my DH got so many fantastic offers for the Sun in its opening months. They clearly want the gamblers onboard. I'm very excited to travel on this new ship - sadly none of the dates or itineraries worked for us this Spring. But I'm looking forward to a day when one does!

 

Clearly, the casinos are becoming an even more important component of financial success for Princess and must really help shore up the bottom line. Makes sense they are touting this grand and large new venue on the Sun - it would be nice if it was smoke free, but at least they have smoke free areas and smoke free evenings. 

[JGmf]

Hey Princess!  Here's my casino wish list:

 

- Non-smoking

- Double-up on popular tables like Fun 21 and Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em

- More VP

- TITO redemption machines

- Larger, better staffed cage

 

Most of these aren't hard to do...

 

[PacnGoNow]

1 hour ago, memoak said:

 Not that I would sail in ships this big anyway but if it is right on the piazza the then that smoke is going to leak out. I will stick to grand class ships as much as possible

They were going to try to add a glass sliding door to close the casino off from the piazza on the Enchanted during dry dock April 2023, per GS and the casino host.

It’s a large piazza and definitely smoke leaked into the area.

 

Don’t know if they did that? Was to be a trial.  😂

[memoak]

8 minutes ago, karatemom2 said:

Well no wonder my DH got so many fantastic offers for the Sun in its opening months. They clearly want the gamblers onboard. I'm very excited to travel on this new ship - sadly none of the dates or itineraries worked for us this Spring. But I'm looking forward to a day when one does!

 

Clearly, the casinos are becoming an even more important component of financial success for Princess and must really help shore up the bottom line. Makes sense they are touting this grand and large new venue on the Sun - it would be nice if it was smoke free, but at least they have smoke free areas and smoke free evenings. 

I have not seen any non smoking nights in the 5 cruises we took in 2023. Thru seem to be a thing of the past

[BlerkOne]

Looks like Princess is betting more than ever on gamblers.

 

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/princess-cruises-goes-all-in-with-its-largest-casino-ever-debuting-on-new-sun-princess-301999088.html

[PacnGoNow]

53 minutes ago, memoak said:

I have not seen any non smoking nights in the 5 cruises we took in 2023. Thru seem to be a thing of the past

They are a thing of the past.

I wish they would return it to no smoking on formal nights again. 😞

 

Edited November 28, 2023 by PacnGoNow

[jennybenny]

With that many extra people onboard the new Sun Princess I’m glad to hear the casino is larger so I can hopefully get a spot at the table. 😉 We enjoy gambling and have done so on most of our cruises, but only the tables and have never gotten any casino deals. I’m looking forward to checking it out. I may love the larger ship but I think it may be too big for us. I do enjoy smaller vessels. We will see how it goes! 

[BlerkOne]

I found the casino on Discovery to be very smokey, but the casino on Regal was quite acceptable.

 

The casinos on Carnival's Excel class are huge and they have done a good job of isolating smoke(rs) from non-smokers, IMO. The Sun Princess is similar, although not cookie cutter, so it may be possible to duplicate.

 

Removing the cigar bars may force more smokers to the casino. Time will tell.

 

Too early for me to complain, since the ship isn't even in service.

[Roberto256]

9 minutes ago, BlerkOne said:

Too early for me to complain, since the ship isn't even in service.

Heresy!

[SmooshSmash]

20 minutes ago, BlerkOne said:

Too early for me to complain, since the ship isn't even in service.

Never too early.

[BlerkOne]

1 minute ago, SmooshSmash said:

Never too early.

First post. Impressive!

[MCC retired]

Smokers keep us out of the casino . Even stinks on non smoking evenings.

Saves us a a lot of $$$ on our cruising .

[Earthworm Jim]

5 hours ago, JGmf said:

Hey Princess!  Here's my casino wish list:

 

- Non-smoking

- Double-up on popular tables like Fun 21 and Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em

- More VP

- TITO redemption machines

- Larger, better staffed cage

 

Most of these aren't hard to do...

 

 

Personally, my number 1 casino wish is to have a house edge that is a negative number.

 

Obviously, I will never get my wish.

[kywildcatfanone]

Chasing money

[memoak]

3 hours ago, jennybenny said:

With that many extra people onboard the new Sun Princess I’m glad to hear the casino is larger so I can hopefully get a spot at the table. 😉 We enjoy gambling and have done so on most of our cruises, but only the tables and have never gotten any casino deals. I’m looking forward to checking it out. I may love the larger ship but I think it may be too big for us. I do enjoy smaller vessels. We will see how it goes! 

If you play long enough and often enough and bet r out you will get offers. We play slots and tables several hours every day. If you just play now and then you will not get offers   You can always see the casino host and find out how many points you have

[cjpj]

Does Princess not realize since the Casino is the only indoor smoking venue (besides some of the small cigar lounges), that people will go there to have a cigarette even if they are not gambling, making the problem worse.  There are good air filters if they invest in enough of them and use them all the time before the carpet and other materials become saturated with smoke.

[Lady Arwen]

13 hours ago, cjpj said:

Does Princess not realize since the Casino is the only indoor smoking venue (besides some of the small cigar lounges), that people will go there to have a cigarette even if they are not gambling, making the problem worse.  There are good air filters if they invest in enough of them and use them all the time before the carpet and other materials become saturated with smoke.

Princess is aware that smokers are using the casino as a smoking room only, but it’s very hard to monitor everyone in the casino, so they just ignore it.  The carpet and other soft goods do smell of smoke!  If I use the casino, even for a short time, my hair and my clothes reek of smoke!  I’ve learned after dinner to change into my sweats before going to the casino and then washing my hair before going to bed.  Our cruising days with Princess are probably coming to an end in the near future.  So sad.

[nbsjcruiser]

23 hours ago, LACruiser88 said:

There will even be several gaming positions infused into in the Piazza, giving guests even easier and faster access to their favorite betting games. 

Not a big fan of that idea.