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Adding to @snoozecrooze's response. Rather than a sliding door, you will have a separate door and a window on a Cove Balcony as per the picture below from the Princess website. There is likely to be a metal panel that can be swung around to cover the door to protect the balcony door in bad weather which will restrict your access. However, a cove balcony is likely to give the passenger direct views down to the sea, unlike most of the deluxe balconies which will be set back and overlook the decks on Sun Princess.

This is close to one of our top reasons - the roomy, more powerful, shower with a glass door and no flapping curtain 😀.

Hopefully it doesn't make it to the build. If you look at the Sky Princess render, it has the same double glass panelling but they reduced it to a single panel for the actual ship, along the main part of the deck anyway:

I think you will be proved right about this. The mini suite, cabana rooms and lowest category Signature Suite will have the same bathroom as a standard stateroom - no tub and no extra space which you would expect when you pay extra. The Signature Suite floorplan does actually match the orientation of the bathroom render. Note that it is the same size, 304 sq ft, as the mini suite with the components moved around! So it is truly like a MSC Yacht Club cabin in that you are 'slumming it' in basic accomodation but getting all the other suite amenities. Signature Suite Mini Suite

lol exactly... in that vein, I have discovered a standard bathroom rendering produced for Princess that I haven't seen before: This doesn't match any of the floorplans I've seen but imagine the entrance being directly behind you. The shower has a door (there are hinges) but no shelf but then that could be against this wall. I know, more speculation. Maybe it's just an early design to help capture the style.

Agreed, they need to go back to the drawing board, literally 😀 I think the staircases at each corner - as on the Sky - are more aesthetically pleasing and make better use of space. .We did like the martini glass hot tub when we tried it out the Edge but I doubt they would want to be seen to copy from another line.

Is that a stage or just the two sets of staircases squeezed in the middle? Hard to make it out. Plus it seems the two extra hot tubs are taking up most of the space there. I agree about the width of the pools though - looking too much like the horrible tiny paddling pool offering they have on Virgin Voyages! What do you think that blue area is in the bottom left of the picture behind the loungers? Is it the edge of the ship, another pool or hot tub, a SeaWalk or something else?

Another video from the shipyard visit this time from Princess and an extra sneak peak of the Dome build Noticed that they are using Richmond International who were involved in the P&O Iona design so wonder if there will be similarities.....

They have an old-skool planner which they colour in and add booking notes on for each day of the cruise. I grabbed a pic of one from Enchanted Princess last year:

Yes, we stayed in one of these cabins on this ship but one deck higher up. Would never stay in one of these again: Disliked being so far from the sea and the balcony being overlooked by all the upper decks - obviously not the same level of privacy issues as those on the prom deck 😀 The room and bathroom size was identical to a normal cabin except for the cabana room yet you are paying a premium price The cabana room itself had no electrical outlets or TV which would have made it a more useful breakout area.

Retreat Cabanas are $50 for a Half Day, $80 for a Full Day Rental

Wow, it's as if she was on a different shipyard tour to the rest. So much more detail and I love hearing how enthusiastic the designers are! Thanks for posting.

Yes, loungers are $20 for a half day/$40 for a full day, per person. Cabanas are available at $140 for a half day/$220 for a full day.

Not too bad for Suite breakfasts in Sabatini's and popping up to the Sanctuary but yes, definitely not well positioned for the Concierge Lounge

We love the forward Premium suites on Royal class - for the huge bedroom space, the forward facing window and, while the balcony may not be overly big, it's good enough for us. More budget friendly too than the aft penthouses.

There are USB ports in the base of the lamps if that works for you. Normal sockets will be in the vanity area opposite the bed.

The Sanctuary is for use by all adult guests not suite guests only. It's available on all Princess ships except Majestic Princess. Reservations can only be made in person when on you are on the ship on a first come first served basis. The new Sun Princess (arriving in Feb 2024) will have an additional sun deck area off the Sanctuary for suite guests only.

There is a very detailed report here via a Splash magazines article with video clips. I must admit to not wanting too many spoilers myself so just scanned it 😀

Yes The Points Guy mentions this in his interesting article on the design after his shipyard visit: 'After seeing the spaces that the Cabana mini-suites that open up onto the Cabana decks will occupy (still heavily under construction), I think they are a great choice for passengers who love spending time on their cabin balconies. You'll have oodles of deck space both within the outline of your room and just outside it for lounging in the sun. That said, some cruisers who cherish privacy may not like the idea of other passengers being able to walk in front of their balconies — something that will happen as Cabana mini-suite guests access the Cabana decks.' I also like his point about Princess not really delivering a full ship-within-a-ship experience for suite guests in that their venues are spread around the ship.

There are some video clips on an instagram post by the Princess ED Duke Christopher (duke_ed). If you scroll through his 360 post then it will show some short clips of the experience.

Hopefully the reserve cabanas will look directly over as you say. The full ship rendering does show them having the same high blue screens as the Cabana deck so hope you will be able to lean over and see the sea like on a normal balcony!

On another thread, someone mentioned they served Octopus and Filet Mignon. Their other half had a fish allergy so they were served an eggplant dish instead. Also you could have non-alcoholic drinks instead of wine. Did you mention the dietary restrictions at the time of the invite? I remembered because my partner is a picky eater type and I don't drink wine 😀

Oh yes, all that speculation on a new class! We managed to get on a 2 day preview cruise of Royal out of Southampton and the excitement was palpable!

The black door picture is on post #64 in this thread and could fit either space. I would go for Magic Hour Bar over Teppanyaki. Of course, Sabatinis holds the circular immersive room on Discovery and Enchanted and that is on deck 8 I notice there are two doors there too but it doesn't seem big enough.

I've tried to do a marked up version with the decks and main aft venues (where are have all the experts gone who did this?). Note that Princess stated as part of their PR yesterday that there is a cantilevered restaurant on deck 17 aft provisionally called Altitude It seems to me that very few balcony staterooms will look directly down onto the sea as most seem to be inset so will just look down over the Promenade deck (like P&O Iona/Arvia) but at least the lifeboats will be hidden underneath. Some notable exceptions might be: - the balconies in the middle of the Spheres - the upper balconies may just overlook the lower balconies because of the curve. - the Cove balconies under the promenade - the forward balconies overlooking the bow - the central aft facing Accessible deluxe balconies on decks 10 to 14 will look down on the Wake View Terrace (much like the Virgin Voyages ship design). These do look enormous though! .