My overall rating of this cruise is an 8 ½ out of 10. Before I go in depth, a few general comments:

My wife and I stayed in cabin B428 and my parents were in cabin B429. We like to be on opposite sides of the ship to ensure we see 'both views' (seriously). These are category AC mini-suites. We chose Personal Choice dining. This was our 3rd Princess cruise; the first two were on Grand and Golden Princess respectively. Captain Alan Wilson (a.k.a. Captain Lead foot) was at the helm. Simon Weston (who?) was our cruise director.

The Ship: My opinion here is somewhat skewed. Sailing Grand and Golden Princess prior to Sun Princess; I was able to notice her age. The ship is in wonderful condition; however, Princess experimented with new ideas in the Sun class ships and then perfected them in the Grand class. For example, the flow in Horizon Court is much harder to navigate with the drink stations within. Also, having only one entrance and one exit seemed to cause 'traffic jams', especially during the afternoon ice cream bar. I did miss Explorers Lounge and Shooting Stars seemed to be out-of-place. There seemed to be a lot of congestion after shows let out. More so than what I remembered on the Grand class. Here again I feel as though Princess perfected this in the Grand class. I was most surprised that deck chairs were hard to come by. Possibly we were always lucky on the Grand class to find them. Read more