Rare Paula_MacFan Posted February 21, 2020 #26 Share Posted February 21, 2020 On 2/20/2020 at 9:04 AM, RedE2Go64 said: The Coral was departing on a Wednesday. This may not be a factor for you, but we needed to be able to utilize both weekends to be able not use up all of our vacation days. Same here -- we have the Star booked for this same reason. When I read these frequent questions asking which ships are best, I wonder if people have looked at the schedules first. Doesn't really matter which ship is 'best' if it doesn't work with your schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John99 Posted February 21, 2020 #27 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) I’ve been on all the ship mentioned. In order -- my preference for Alaska: Coral, Grand, Sapphire, Royal Coral Princess General Stats 2000 passengers 895 crew Refurbished January 2019 Decks 12 Promenade Deck Length 965 feet Tonnage 91,627 Draft 27 feet Star Princess General Stats 2600 passengers 1100 crew Refurbished December 2017 Decks 17 Promenade Deck continues on Emerald deck (deck front of ship) Length 951 feet Tonnage 108,977 Draft 27 feet Star will be transferred to P&O Australia Fleet in Oct. 2020 Grand Princess General Stats 2600 passengers 1150 crew Refurbished March 2019 Decks 17 Promenade Deck continues on Emerald deck (deck front of ship) Length 949 feet Tonnage 107,517 Draft 26 feet Sapphire Princess General Stats 2670 passengers 1100 crew Refurbished March 2018 Decks 18 Promenade Deck continues on Emerald deck (deck front of ship) Length 972 feet Tonnage 115,875 Draft 28 feet Royal Princess General Stats 3560 passengers 1346 crew Refurbished December 2018 Decks 19 Promenade Deck none Length 1083 feet Tonnage 141,000 Draft 28 feet Source: Princess.com and Vacationtogo.com Edited February 21, 2020 by John99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PandaBear62 Posted February 22, 2020 #28 Share Posted February 22, 2020 I sailed on the Royal last year to Alaska. We booked it early, before I started reading posts about how terrible the Royal would be for Alaska (I say "would be" because it hadn't sailed to Alaska yet). We loved the Royal. We never had a problem finding an outside viewing area and loved all the amenities. I certainly can't compare the ships, but for those people who choose the Royal (for whatever reason), it's not as terrible as many people here feel it can be. I would sail again in a heartbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
From Air to Sea! Posted February 22, 2020 #29 Share Posted February 22, 2020 11 hours ago, Paula_MacFan said: Same here -- we have the Star booked for this same reason. When I read these frequent questions asking which ships are best, I wonder if people have looked at the schedules first. Doesn't really matter which ship is 'best' if it doesn't work with your schedule. Same with us also - I would have loved sailing on Coral but hubby just can’t do that with his work schedule so we are also booked on the Star! I loved the Royal on our Mexican Riviera cruise a couple of months ago but now I can see why it wouldn’t work so well in Alaska. Even though I was very happy in Mexico I did miss the promenade deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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