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  1. This thread has proven to me to never book a new ship within a couple months of launching. I did it once on Celebrity Edge for a maiden voyage and got lucky that everything was operating but Sun has been a bit of a debacle. I think folks who have been on it so far and have been very disappointed shouldn’t write the ship off entirely. I don’t think we’ll be able to fully judge the ship for several more sailings once all the venues are operational.
  2. Is the room service menu the same for suites? I thought I read somewhere that suites get an upgraded menu?
  3. Here's an example of one in Tennessee. Obviously won't look the same on the cruise ship but it gives you a general sense of how it works.
  4. Yes. The video I grabbed this still from made the lounge look really, really nice with fantastic views when out to sea. It was a reel though so I wasn't able to download and share it here.
  5. You said "The whole point of buying a suite is to ensure access to a lounge chair on demand, just like I always had under the traditional system." That is a false statement. Booking a suite prior to Sun Princess (which is what you meant by "like I always had" which is referencing your cruises from the past which were not on Sun Princess since that is a new ship) did not guarantee you access to a lounge chair unless it was an included feature on your suite's balcony. That is what I was responding to.
  6. Banana Split from the American Diner. Photo from Julie K.
  7. This is definitely the case and has been confirmed by someone on board the ship now. Suite guests can use any area of the Sanctuary. Any paid guests into the Sanctuary can use any areas except the Signature suites section. So yes, that's why all this panicking from certain folks is preemptive. There are a enough loungers/daybeds in the entire area that can accommodate all suite guests. We all know that not every suite guest will use the space every day so finding a space there for a suite guest should not be a problem.
  8. You are conflating two things here. Buying a suite has never "ensured access" to a lounge chair on Princess outside of booking a suite that has a lounge chair on your balcony; that is a false statement. Purchasing entry to The Sanctuary (if you were able to make it there in time on embarkation day and not get beaten out by other cruisers) did guarantee a lounge chair but had nothing to do with being in a suite; it was open as an option to every cruise passenger. Sun Princess actually makes it almost guaranteed you will get one since the space is giving priority to suite guests and has enough seating space to accommodate every suite guest. That is not the case on any other Princess ship unless you are lucky enough to snag a Sanctuary spot that you have to pay for. Plus, on Sun Princess you get a pool, hot tubs and bar that are all exclusive to the area, so you are not competing for use of them with every other adult on the ship as on the other Princess ships.
  9. It's in the main Sun Princess thread, this is the staterooms thread.
  10. It was my understanding that some cabins were out of commission due to the flooding issues on the first cruise. Also, they may need cabins to accommodate workers who are working on the unfinished venues.
  11. I like the fact that as a suite guest now I don't have to race to some desk on boarding day to possibly get a lounger on a nice sundeck.
  12. For a suite passenger, what would be confusing? You have guaranteed access to the Sanctuary and can use any area of the space or any available lounger/sunbed. Now you may get up there and find that there are no loungers/sunbeds available, or the preferred area you want to sit is not available because they are all occupied, but that just means getting up there earlier in the day to guarantee getting one, which is the same as any sundeck. Obviously the exception to that is the Sanctuary on the other ships where you can pay and reserve a lounger in advance; but with that process it's always first come first served too and not everyone can book it because you're competing with the entire ship for access as opposed to just suite guests (and a limited number of additional passengers on lower capacity days). But that is not happening on this ship for suite guests so you know that going into it and there should be no confusion about that process. I mean what does one do when wanting to use a sundeck on any other Princess ship if missing out on booking The Sanctuary because reservations all filled up right away; you go early to get a chair at the sundeck to guarantee you get one. For non-suite guests, there could be a level of "confusion", but to me it's more of a level of the unknown because we haven't seen that process in action yet. Non-suite guests who want to use the Sanctuary won't know until day of apparently if they can pay to access the space. But as a suite guest I personally wouldn't be stressing over that since I have guaranteed access.
  13. Not sure if this has been mentioned before but it appears that they have occasional entertainment in the Signature Lounge. This image shows a guitar and microphone set up in the lounge in preparation of a performance. Photo from Laila V.
  14. Sky Suite video. (Doesn't show the balcony) From Debbie I. Sun Princess Sky Suite.mp4
  15. Sky Suite video tour. Unfortunately they don't show the balcony. From Debbie I. Not keen on the shower curtains in the bathrooms, but I guess it's necessary to make it disabled accessible? Sun Princess Sky Suite.mp4
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