This was our fifth Princess cruise and it will be our last. Previously we have cruised out of the US, Europe and England and Asia and Princess Cruises maintained a very high standard on all ships.
Sun Princess is the oldest of their 17 ships and is in need of a major refurbishment and maintenance. In our cabin, the window was rusted out in part and rust was evident throughout the ship.
Princess Cruises seemed to want to cater "down" to the Ozzie level - typical dress in the dining room and buffet consisted of blue builders' labourers singlets(vests), shorts and rubber flip-flops or sneakers. On a dress-up night, one passengers wore his Murwillumbah (New South Wales) bus company drivers' jacket complete with bus company logo and telephone number on the back to dinner.
We chose our cabin carefully for value for money. Cabin A217 was next to the balcony cabins on A deck (deck 11) and had the same interior space as a balcony cabin if the balcony area is included. The only difference is that we had a large picture window rather than balcony and therefore had more room in the actual cabin than those who had paid substantially more for a balcony or min-suite cabins.
The barthroom however was smaller than those on other Princess ships we have travelled on - Caribbean, Sapphire, Star and Grand - and I had to sit on the loo with the door open.
The wardrobe area was much better designed than on other Princess ships we have been on.