First Impressions of Star Princess, the Newest Shi...

I’m at present on the primary cruise on Star Princess from Port Everglades, a three-day cruise to the Bahamas. The ship has been in service for a month however is now crusing from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for the winter 2025-2026 season.

Princess Cruises invited me on board for the christening and this quick preview cruise. I’m touring with my spouse and 5 yr previous son. We plan on experiencing every part this new ship has to supply together with the youngsters membership and household choices.

After spending slightly greater than 48 hours on the ship, listed here are my first impressions of Star Princess.

Ship

Star Princess is the second Sphere class ship from Princess Cruises. Whereas the ship is extraordinarily much like sister ship Solar Princess, there are a number of variations.

The ship has the entire nice options as Solar Princess together with the Dome, Spellbound, the Area (new theater) and huge Piazza.

New additions to Star Princess embrace a big enclosed sports activities court docket for basketball, pickleball, soccer, cornhole and extra.

In addition they added a non-smoking on line casino that’s fully separate from the principle on line casino that replaces one of many retailers on board.

I posted a photograph tour of the cruise ship the primary day we received on board on our Fb web page. It’s already has over a million views and you may see it beneath:

Households

As I stated beforehand, I’m touring with my spouse and 5 yr previous son. He’s having the time of his life in Firefly Park. Firefly Park is children membership for kids three to seven years previous and he loves it a lot.

He desires to go each single time it’s open. Though Princess Cruises doesn’t carry as many children as different cruise traces, this ship is a superb choice for households.

I’ll have much more on Firefly Park and different choices for youths/households after I get house from my cruise.

Cabin

I’m staying in cabin 10116, a deluxe balcony cabin. It’s extraordinarily roomy and has a sofa that turns right into a mattress (the place my son sleeps).

It has a big balcony and extra energy shops than you would probably use, and that’s a superb factor. There are a number of (110, USB, USB-C) on both sides of the mattress and a minimum of 4-6 on the desk. 

Crew

The crew on board have been completely improbable to this point. I wasn’t on the ship greater than quarter-hour earlier than a crew member got here as much as me to say howdy. He remembered me from once I sailed on Solar Princess final yr.

Even after we stopped at Princess Cays, a crew member got here as much as my son and known as him by title to say howdy. It’s the little issues like that which imply a lot.

The crew actually is the star of Star Princess, and that goes for Firefly Park too!

Ocean Medallion

Right here is one benefit that Princess Cruises has over each different cruise line. I like utilizing the Ocean Medallion over commonplace cruise playing cards.

It’s additionally so helpful to search for on the Princess app to see the situation on the ship the place my household is.

We attended the christening ceremony for Star Princess and put my son in Firefly Park throughout it. My spouse requested me proper earlier than it began questioning in the event that they had been going to take him to dinner.

I opened up the Princess app, noticed he was within the Americana Diner, and knew they took him to dinner. It’s such an incredible function for households and comes at no additional cost. Just one different cruise ship (exterior of Princess) affords this and you must pay additional for it.

I’ll have extra on Star Princess after I get house from the cruise. You possibly can observe alongside on our journey on Cruise Fever’s social media accounts (@CruiseFever on Fb, X, Instagram and TikTok).