First Impressions of Star Princess, the Newest Ship from Princess Cruises

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 12 months previous son. We plan on experiencing all the pieces this new ship has to supply together with the youngsters membership and household choices.

After spending a bit greater than 48 hours on the ship, listed below are my first impressions of Star Princess.

Ship

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

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

New additions to Star Princess embody a big enclosed sports activities courtroom for basketball, pickleball, soccer, cornhole and extra.

Additionally they added a non-smoking on line casino that’s utterly 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 obtained on board on our Fb web page. It’s already has over a million views and you’ll see it under:

Households

As I stated beforehand, I’m touring with my spouse and 5 12 months previous son. He’s having the time of his life in Firefly Park. Firefly Park is children membership for youngsters three to seven years previous and he loves it a lot.

He desires to go each single time it’s open. Despite the fact that 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 an excellent factor. There are a number of (110, USB, USB-C) on all sides of the mattress and at the very least 4-6 on the desk. 

Crew

The crew on board have been completely unbelievable to date. I wasn’t on the ship greater than quarter-hour earlier than a crew member got here as much as me to say whats up. He remembered me from after I sailed on Solar Princess final 12 months.

Even after we stopped at Princess Cays, a crew member got here as much as my son and known as him by identify to say whats up. 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 really like utilizing the Ocean Medallion over normal cruise playing cards.

It’s additionally so useful to lookup 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 a fantastic function for households and comes at no additional cost. Just one different cruise ship (outdoors of Princess) presents this and you must pay additional for it.

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