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I love your comprehensive review! I'm going on my very first cruise in 3 months (Oct '24) on the Celebrity Eclipse. I will be missing out on the Magic Carpet, which looks very cool, and from what I've seen, the show room / stage is much more impressive on the Edge as compared to the Eclipse. The Edge's shows and venue look more Vegas-like too. Oh well, I had to take the ship that was going to the Dominican and Puerto Rico, and that's the Eclipse. At least most of the bars and restaurants are the same on both, so that's good. Being my "maiden voyage" so to speak, I imagine I won't notice these differences too much. I'm almost 70, so this is likely my first and only cruise based upon my financial capabilities. Great job - thank you.

great comparison

Do you think I will be able to stream Netflix to the TV? Not being able to watch my K dramas on a big screen during my cruise would kind of be a bummer. 🫠

Hopefully Princess will apply lessons learned from Sun Princess into Star Princess while she's still being built, just as they have done in later ships of the Royal class. Personally I think the Discovery Princess (my favorite Princess ship) is far superior to her class leading Royal Princess.

Those berthing fees are at rip-off levels. I wonder how much the employees in the ports are being paid - in a country where Stop/Go lollipop operators are raking in an obscene 200,000 dollars a year. Good video.

I heard some months ago that there were issues between Royal Caribbean and The Chief of Lalipa being at odds regarding Third Party involvement when cruisers visited the island. Perhaps that became unworkable?

Ships are too big now, get rid of them.

I am not into the park 19. I am reconsidering my med booking next year. 😢

The cruise lines are making the ship the destination. It's like a floating club med. They want you staying on board and spending. The younger generations take the package. They knkw the total cost of a holiday. Lounge around the pool, play games, dance..Its a great holiday with kids or friends. Why worry about a port where you dont speak the language?

0:20 that's a bad open hen talking about cruising lol

The best ship I've been on for various reasons was the original Sun Princess. Royal Princess had a lot of issues when I was on it (leaking roofs and floors and various other thngs haha) Can't wait to one day experience the new Sun Princess and obviously as many other ships as possible haha

I actually like the Grand class ships. I really like the wraparound promenade for a stroll after dinner. Looks like Sun mostly has brought that back.

Which Princess ship class would you choose for your next cruise? Sphere, or Royal!? To research prices and book your next cruise, head to www.thecruiseandtravelguy.com.au Watch my Sun Princess playlist here: ruclips.net/p/PLXgsLgHFTAtLDlWbRzmSdReN0IBNU2wwy

Haven’t sailed on Princess yet but after sailing on P&O (with the Adventure being a former Princess ship) I was really disappointed in the room sizes. You get more room on Carnival, RCI and Disney. That was the main thing that stood out and would put me off sailing their older ships.

We’ve sailed on all Princess Royal class ships in their fleet except Majestic. But, we have two cruises scheduled on Majestic next year 2025. We love the Royal Class ships and prefer the layout to the Grand Class ships. We have a cruise scheduled for the Sun Princess early 2026. And, we very much looking forward to experiencing what the Sun class has to offer. Thanks for your review.

Have sailed Regal, Sky and Sun. All beautiful ships and great cruises, but Regal has the edge for me.😀

We did New Zealand on Royal November last year….too big, too many people, preferred Coral Princess…and the old Sun! Did love the Mini Suite on Royal…the boss and I loved sitting on the lounge watching the Pacific Ocean go by!😊

Nice comparison Mate, Thanks

Been on the Sea and Royal. We like the Diamond better.

Hi Adrian Good news P and o are refunding my $100 deposit after sending in drs report for my cancer treatment Cheers john

I hope the Sun Princess comes to Australia 🤞

I am cruising on the eclipse over Thanksgiving, 2024, in the retreat and looking forward to it. Last year we cruised on the celebrity equinox, also in the retreat. I believe it is an extraordinary way to spend 10 days, so relaxing, such good service, and the food was wonderful in Luminati. you are correct.. thank you for your Vlog, the eclipse looks extremely familiar to the equinox. I’m glad I had the opportunity to see your videos. Thank you.

We haven't had a bad room.yet after 18 crusies and probably our worst crusie was RC EXPLORER we all got gastro day 8- 9 on our 12 nighter, other then that we have had great crusies. But have had friends have bad rooms just did a 14 nighter and our friends couldn't use there toilet on deck 11 on Encounter it was the whole level and family got a room.above the night club on Liminosa they finally got moved day 3 of 7 nights but others rooms not so lucky they give them lots of onboatd so they just had to go party till 2am every night.

Thanks for the review. We've just booked a 6 night cruise from Sydney to Auckland and this review covered pretty much all of our questions, especially regarding the different fare packages. Thanks again.

Great review! Thanks

We just canceled our January cruise after I saw this. I'm in my late 60's and I use the ropes courses every sea day when I go on Carnival. I was really looking forward to the hang gliders. This would of been my first cruise on Princess. Sounds like a pretty boring group anyway.

it would make it really hard if we were to cruise out of any of the other proposed cruise terminals, with having to fly to nsw from tasmania

The future ship of my son

Your ideas are long sighted unfortunately our governments are not. As for me, I'm staying home and buying myself luxury goods. Love the out takes 😂 I would love to go back to Japan😢 never mind I have been there twice. Our world is changing for the worst. ❤ Sue

I did a cruise on QE from Fremantle to Sydney. In October I am doing the Transatlantic on QM2

I am glad, relieved, happy. Let RCL, Disney have the amusement parks.

how much would it cost for this cruise with the hotel stay

Love the video I was trying to book a princess cruise on the thumb princess but the system's down so I guess More videos watching other people have fun

Gday Adrian, my wife and I are booked for a South Pacific cruise from Sydney on this ship next year. We've only booked an inner room. The floor/deck levels go up? Not down? Doesn't really bother us, we're Deck 5.

Hi Adrian , my question is left of field of your vid. I’m embarking on a RC from Honolulu back to Sydney 18 nights stopping at Tahiti and NZ On RC FAQ - Am I allowed to bring alcohol on board ? How would you interpret this ( next is straight from RC web site) For consecutive sailings, guests of drinking age are allowed to bring one (1) 750 ml bottle of wine or champagne for each individual sailing. Additional bottles will be stored by the ship and delivered, one bottle at a time, to the stateroom on the first day of each new voyage. Guests bringing more than one bottle at the start of the first sailing should have documentation for any consecutive sailings available to share with security. What does consecutively sailing mean and individual sailing mean ? Back to our 18 nights , we sail 6 nights and land in Tahiti with a few days stop over, then sail 7 nights and land in NZ. Would you interpret this as , we sailed 6 nights ( consecutive/individual) can we bring another 750ml bottle of wine from Tahiti then after more sailing (another consecutive/ individual) bring another bottle of wine from NZ ? So technically 3 bottles of wine over our journey. My interpretation is we have 3 first days of a new voyage in this trip. 1 Honolulu to Tahiti , 2 Tahiti to New Zealand and 3 New Zealand to Australia Cheers Rod

No Oasis class down this way is a definite implication I would say..

I find the mega ships scary, maybe I’ve just watched The Poseidon Adventure too many times but 🤷‍♀️ I’d rather a smaller ship 3000 to 4000 is plenty if at full capacity but 3000 is better

Wow.. 120k views and less than 800 likes.. jeez peoples are stingy 😅

I think there are 2 thoughts on cruising today the traditionalist and the modernists those enjoy the resort party atmosphere and dont really care about the ports and I think there is a market for both. I sit as a tradionalist and think ports are important as well as the cruising on a ship so prefer the smaller ships. I also think both cruise lines and govt authorities are getting greedy at the expense of their passenges and local commuities.

This video was very, very helpful. Thank you! 🎉

32kg each 👍👍 , I loved Hawaiian Airlines for this to but sadly earlier this year Hawaiian changed that to just 1 x 23 kg bad

oh wow the main dining room is stunning. this ship looks lovely and everything about it. im so glad that u had such a great time. joining your group cruise would be all of my dreams come true it sounds amazing.

Going back to smaller ships won't help! The laws of supply and demand will dictate commercial success or failure - even if compelled by law and the demand is there cruise lines will just build more smaller ships, resulting in exactly the same number of passengers landing in any port. Only way around it will be ports fixing the number of passenger arrivals on any day and limiting the size of ships docking in their ports. Unless it's two a fold approach, the issue cannot be resolved. We do Med cruises every year and don't bother to get off in some ports like Fira/Oia/Valetta/Gibraltar despite being amongst the most beautiful towns in all the Med. The queues are beyond control and when locals urge in all hell breaks loose. Barcelona and Juneau are examples of mass cruise ship arrivals where there is a growing resident resistance which will result in massive changes in the very near future.

China, India and other countries in Asia namely The Philippine Islands are all increasing their tourism industry by building new Ports. The new ships maybe bound for these markets since China and India have 2+ billion people between them. We are not fans of the mega ships though 3-4k passengers are comfortable for us. The fact is, smaller ships have access to some unique ports, some without tendering. Not much Cruise lines can do, either pay more which means prices increase on port and berthing fees, or go somewhere else to visit. We like new Ports.

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I think bigger ships are good for families who just want to sail the beachy Caribbean. This gives lots of opportunities for onboard fun. Smaller ships are good for those who want a port experience, historical landmarks, shore excursions.

Not overly keen on the mega ships. The ports, even many major capitals, don’t have the infrastructure to handle them… from docks/piers to transport to attractions. I miss the old Sun class ships (Sun Princess, Sea Princess and Dawn Princess/Pacific Explorer)… at 2,500 passengers they were a great size Looking at worst case scenarios I don’t want to imagine having to deal with 8,000 passengers plus crew in a emergency situation

It will be interesting to see what happens, particularly in our region. PNG and other similar locations cannot handle big ships. And personally, I don't like the mega-liners, it's not what I like on a holiday.

It seems obvious that that RC and Carnival will adapt to limits on port visits by doing what they are already doing. Their massive new ships will be the 'destination'. Just sailing around in circles with a huge number of passengers onboard spending all their money onboard. No hassles with port fees, transfers, tenders. They can probably even cut down on crew numbers. On a cruise about a year ago I bravely suggested to the Captain during a meet and greet session that these ships were getting too big and impractical for the South Pacific run. I added that the ideal size for our area was the Voyager Class. He suggested politely that RC make near 70% of their income out of Miami and that Australia was a 'lesser' market. He added one interesting note _ RC are looking at building more Voyager size ships for such areas. This concept may have gone in the bin with Lelepo but it's something to hope for. Australia could yet benefit from changes round the world.

I would rather sail on a 60,000 ton ship than a 300,000 ton ship, less Karens, less rude slobs, less people.