Sun Princess Practical Ship Tips | 11 Top Tips!

With Princess Cruises new Sphere class ship Sun Princess, everything you knew about their ships has changed. In our Sun Princess Practical Ship Tips we bring you our top eleven tips, which are essential for getting the most out of your Sun Princess cruise.
Looking at The Dome, Sanctuary, The Eatery, Princess Arena, Spellbound and The Wake to name a few, our tips are here to help you on your first trip aboard Princess Cruises new Sphere Class of Ship, Sun Princess, and we hope they help.
The Sun Princess launched in March 2024 and at the time of recording was the worlds newest ship
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We were invited to cruise on Sun Princess as part of a media trip. Whilst the cruise was hosted by princess at no cost to us, everything else was covered by ourselves and we are not restricted by Princess to anything we say on our videos, nor have they asked or been given any editorial oversight or control, they see our videos at the same time as you do. So as usual you will get our totally honest opinions, it just cost us slightly less to bring them to you this time.
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Thanks, Linzi & Mark
Thank to Elliot & Mark from ‪@cruising_gaze‬ for telling us about the observation areas or we would have never found them.
Chapters
00:00 What to expect from our Sun Princess Practical Ship Tips
00:48 Tip 1 - Seaview / The Dome
02:25 Tip 2 - The New Style Toilets & Sinks
05:23 Bonus Tip - Super Comfy Day Beds / Cubbys!
05:51 Tip 3 - The Sanctuary
08:01 Tip 4 - Heating At The Eatery
10:25 Tip 5 - The Wake Terrace & Bar
11:47 Tip 6 - The Great Glass Elevator
12:19 Tip 7 - Unmarked Observation Decks
14:58 Tip 8 - Spellbound
17:50 Tip 9 - Princess Arena
21:01 Tip 10 - Navigating Sun Princess
23:30 Tip 11 - The Laundromat
25:35 - Cheers From The Seaview Bar
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[@SuiteNatured]

Thanks for watching our video from Sun Princess and we hope you enjoyed it. If you did please hit that LIKE button and Subscribe to the channel if you haven't already. It helps us out massively. If you'd like to support our channel even more then consider joining our KZbin Channel membership by hitting the JOIN button or visiting here kzbin.info/door/NaAHapT85jdtLYwrJhFsCwjoin Cheers Linzi and Mark

[@mayakennedy2049]

I watched mostly all of your videos and love every one of them You, beautiful people are so lucky to be cruising all the time. Fantastic. Enjoy it. I wish that I had a well-paid job to sail on those great ships. Share the secrets how to sail all the time. Thank you.

[@SuiteNatured]

Thank you so much Maya. The secret is we don't do anything else in our spare time, other than save up for cruising, and look for some bargain cruises too.

[@FraserAtSea]

Brilliant video - I'm loving seeing around this ship! I do wish that the pandemic had forced more cruise lines to go for those automatic door openers/closers on the toilets. The best adoption of this I've seen was from Costa - they seemed to love people not touching doors (which I loved too, ha!). The overall finish on here looks absolutely stunning - very unlike any other ship - the arena entrance looks beautiful!

[@SuiteNatured]

Thanks Fraser. When the door things work they are great when they don't 😂 She is a stunning ship throughout with some really unique features and ideas which we are sure others will take inspiration from, and definitely one we would recommend you to try (or Star next year) when you get chance.

[@juanitaaarts-gomez9302]

Thank you for this video. I have learned so much. We will be getting on on Sept 23 for the Transatlantic to Ft. Lauderdale. Getting very excited.

[@SuiteNatured]

Thank you Juanita, and have an amazing time on the TA to Fort Lauderdale, it will be brilliant for you to spend that much time on Sun and really get the most our of her.

[@jvarner7088]

Maybe we’ll see you there.

[@kevingrajek3068]

First time viewer. Well done. You covered areas that most other creators did not mention in their reports on the Sun Princess. I also enjoy hearing comment by your better half. All the Best!

[@SuiteNatured]

Thank you so much Kevin for checking out our video, and we are so glad you enjoyed it. We love making these, and it is always so nice when we hear that you've enjoyed them too. Have a lovely day, Linzi & Mark (the better half? 😂 )

[@calvinbyer2506]

Wow!!! Thank you for the great tips. I am booked on The Sun Princess 4/17 and I can't wait!!

[@SuiteNatured]

Thank you so much. And not long to go now until Sun Princess. You'll have an amazing time we are sure ❤️

[@thecarsonsxo5691]

Very helpful. 1st time cruiser going with my hubby on 10th August. Thank u.

[@SuiteNatured]

So glad it was helpful, have a fantastic time on the 10th. You will love it.

[@christineklumpers6222]

You two are THE SWEETEST!

[@SuiteNatured]

Christine, you are the sweetest for such a lovely comment❤️

[@martintravelnjt2721]

Great video as ever - i hate those electric toilet doors as i am never convinced they are locked and have visions of them door sliding open mid flow so to speak 😂

[@SuiteNatured]

We have the same fear in them too. What was wrong with an old fashioned lock 🤣

[@user-wu9hj3md9n]

Oh my word Linzi 😂😂😂 we can’t stop laughing when you mentioned on how much lubrication is required to enter the secret room 😂😂😂😂 brilliant ❤ my wife is in tears 😂😂😂

[@SuiteNatured]

You know when you say something Leslie, and immediately you know it was not the best choice of words, but you just go with it anyway, Lubrication before Spellbound was one of those🤣

[@user-wu9hj3md9n]

Hi Linz , this is one of the reasons why me and Angela watch your videos ,you are both genuinely nice ordinary down to earth people who talk to your viewers as if you were talking to old friends , it is very refreshing, ❤😊 keep it up 👍and the tips and ideas are so much appreciated 😊😊

[@SuiteNatured]

Thank you so much Leslie and Angela, that is such a lovely thing to read :) Linzi & Mark

[@michaels3003]

Good to "see you" again. I wanted to give you two 👍, but I was not allowed. Bummer 🙂.

[@SuiteNatured]

Thanks for trying though Michael 🤣

[@TonyG-gk7qr]

Awesome job Lindi 😊

[@SuiteNatured]

Thank you Tony ❤️

[@janeyuk8167]

Ooooo you have really got me dreaming of go on this beauty 🛳️ with all your fab vlogs of it…… ah one day 😊

[@SuiteNatured]

Thank you Janey, fingers crossed you get on her one day soon. Linzi & Mark

[@KenGoesCruising]

Good fun Guys glad you finally got on board. Linzi could you tell me what is your most preferred lubricant before going to spellbound?

[@SuiteNatured]

Ha ha ha. Linzi's preffered Spellbound Lubricant was a Ferraro in Crooners.

[@richardwoad6477]

I worked on Carnival for a number of years. Six to eight month contracts. My advice to cruisers, buy good travel/health insurance. The times we had to divert to another country or had the US Coastguard winch passengers off the back of the ship!!! People pass away on cruise ships so travel insurance is a must especially if you're an older person!!! Apart from that it's great fun, the ships now look fantastic although five thousand passengers? 😱 Two thousand five hundred when I worked on Carnival and that was enough volume for anybody. Although working on them is different too cruising on them!!!

[@SuiteNatured]

Hi Richard, it must have been such interesting time working on Carnival and we are sure you have plenty of interesting stories to tell :) Whilst the number of passengers has changed massively since the launch of ships such as Oasis of the Seas, some cruise lines, Royal & Princess, seem to have mastered dispersing those numbers well around the ship, and they often seem quieter, even at full capacity than some of those smaller older ships do. But from a crew perspective we are sure it is a VERY different thing. Linzi & Mark

[@mariareyes-ku6194]

I totally agree to purchase travel insurance. I have seen so many stories of people that have accidents ashore and onboard and even passengers that passed away, and the families have no travel insurance. It may cost over $25,000 to transfer a body back to their country. I am a travel agent and I always travel with insurance. It is not expensive at all. I do purchase external insurance and it comes out at a better price. You can contact me for quotes. Thanks.

[@JR-vx4rh]

Thank you so much for this video. It is so well thought out and presents so many very "totally useful" and helpful tips. We are booked on the Sun Princess for 14 days on it's first Caribbean voyage later this year. I have a question if you can help. We are interested in booking the "Sanctuary" and you provided great info on this. I missed the tip on the best way to book. When I called Princess that couldn't tell me, imagine. When I board do I go straight to the DECK with the Sanctuary or go to Guest Services desk? If I book multiple days and wish to cancel a day in advance can I do this and not be charged? We are almost full retired and "older" but not "old" and feel that we can greatly benefit from some super relaxing time in the Sanctuary. You have a wonderful presentation style with the information in your video, not too much and not too little, but just right. Thanks.

[@SuiteNatured]

Thank you so much JR. We've plenty more Sun Princess stuff coming too, it's our ship tour this weekend, excuse the shameless plug 😂 You just go to deck 18 (go to the rear elevators) or the glass elevator in the Wake area to get there easy. You book there. Not guest services and based on experience make it your first stop as in good weather cruises it will sell out. Remember you can get on Princess earlier than a lot of other cruise lines too, so make the most of that. Yes you can book multiple days and as long as you give 24hrs notice to cancel they won't charge you. At the time we went on they weren't offering full cruise length packages, which historically were much cheaper but you can't cancel individual days. It is so relaxing in there and we will have our Sanctuary and Enclave review up in a few weeks but as a bit of a spoiler. Book it 😂 Hope this helps Linzi and Mark

[@JR-vx4rh]

@@SuiteNatured Linzi, so very appreciative of your help. Hey your info is way ahead of what Princess were able to give me when I called them. We will definately book multiple days. It looks awesome. Cheers!

[@eminiarvii]

I am on deck …14….. 3/22/25 for the 21 day transatlantic. Can you go down to the wakeview terrace on that elevator you were on from deck 14? Thank you so much for these insights🚢🙂

[@SuiteNatured]

You are very welcome. And yes. If you walk all the way to the back of the deck 14 you can get the glass elevator down to the Wake Bar and Pool area. Have a fantastic time on the 21 day. That will be an amazing length of time to really experience the ship fully. Make sure to book Spellbound if you are even a tiny bit interested in it. It's amazing.

[@eminiarvii]

@@SuiteNatured Ah yes Spellbound is on the top of my list…i cant wait 358 days to go 😂😂

[@kensimpson1618]

The beds in the sanctuary look the same as the others on the ship? No cushions?

[@SuiteNatured]

Hi Ken. When you see our full review in a few weeks you'll see the cushions. And they are thicker than other Sanctuaries we've been in (Regal and Enchanted). Only the pool adjacent plastic curved chairs don't have them. All the loungers and beds do. They don't put them on the ones on the edge of the area unless it's busy we were told.

[@kensimpson1618]

​@SuiteNatured thanks that's great. Sailing on Sun in July for 14 nights ❤

[@michaels3003]

Could you recommend some drinks up to $15 (included in the Plus package)?

[@SuiteNatured]

We certainley can. The Aperol Cocunut Margarita, and the Strawberries & Cream in the Seaview Bar are lovely. Cello Drop in Alfredos and Under The Mango Tree in O'Malleys spring to mind.

[@michaels3003]

@SuiteNatured, thank you. We'll be looking forward to trying these.

[@brianwatts4114]

Only on the suite level is the laundry free. Everyone else i believe has to pay for both machine and detergent. That is what i have seen in other places.

[@SuiteNatured]

That's interesting Brian. We've heard rumours that they are considering charging in the future but certainly on our cruise all of the laundry's were free to everyone. It could well be another part of the ship being finished that isn't done yet? Looking at our footage there doesn't appear to be any ability to put a token in or charge to your medallion on the machines and no vending in place for the detergents either yet. Fingers crossed they keep it free 🤞

[@mariareyes-ku6194]

It also depends on what tier you have. On elite tier, the laundry is included.

[@laurieb1127]

Informative BUT you're very confusing! I'll be on the transatlantic in September

[@SuiteNatured]

Glad you found it informative Laurie but not sure what you found confusing? Have a fantastic time on the Sun TA, she is an amazing ship. Linzi and Mark

[@user-wu9hj3md9n]

Hi Guys ,As a plumber of over 50 years , i have never seen such a rubbish tap as in the washroom , , I give it a month before its broken , the sensor will get coverd in soap and stuff and fail to dispense the soap Ha Ha Lol that tap must of cost £400 +

[@SuiteNatured]

It does seem like it would cost a lot of money 😂, sometimes simpler things are better in our experience.

[@mrcblaser]

They have a paddle head rest? Yeah a towel could do the same thing. Again, you are so exhaustively over excited, that you are not believable. Act like you’ve been on a cruise before.

[@SuiteNatured]

Thanks for watching another of our videos @mrcblaser Have a lovey day and weekend. Linzi and Mark

[@mariareyes-ku6194]

This is a brand new ship and it is the biggest for Princess. There is excitement among cruisers, travel agents and all bloggers. It is a reason to be EXCITED!!!