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Join me as I explore Sky Princess cruise ship, the first cruise ship built by Princess Cruises from scratch integrating their Ocean Medallion technology. The ship went into service in October 2019, and I was on the first sailing after it left the shipyard. I discuss and show the main features of the Sky Princess, including the most impressive areas, facilities, bars, lounges, entertainment, fitness, dining options and cabins.
Note: I travelled as a guest of the Princess Cruises on the shakedown cruise between Venice and Athens before the ship.
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join me as we explore Princess Cruises
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sky princess find out what's good what's
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bad and all the key features
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I'm Gary beverage this is another of my
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tips tutorials I'm here on board sky
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princess the ship which entered service
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in October 2019 I actually am recording
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this on the shakedown cruise so the ship
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is literally just come out of the
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shipyard and I have been exploring this
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ship I'm going to show you everything
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and talk about everything you absolutely
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need to know about this royal class ship
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sky princess came into service in
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October 2019 it carries three thousand
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six hundred and sixty guests has just
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over 1300 crew there's nineteen decks in
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total including those for the crew it's
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part of the royal class type of ships
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and so some of the ships include
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obviously the sky princess the regal
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princess
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the majestic princess and in China
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princess which enters in 2020 it was
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built from the ground up with Princess
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Cruises wearable technology the ocean
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medallion so the whole ship was built
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with that technology from the very
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beginning so it was the first ship in
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the princess fleet to be built with that
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technology from the ground up like all
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princess ships one of the big features
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of the ship is the atrium and this
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covers three decks deck five six and
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seven and actually you could spend your
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whole cruise actually in the atrium and
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never moving because you can eat there
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you can be entertained there you can
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exercise there you can shop there pretty
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much everything you want to do is in the
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atrium so let's take a little look in
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more depth at the atrium on Deck five
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you have a couple of really important
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and classic princess features so you
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have the international cafe which is
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open 24 hours a day you also have a
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couple of really important bars here so
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you have vines which is the wine bar
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which is extremely popular particularly
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in the evenings you also have Bellinis
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which is a great bar for meeting up
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during the day great cocktails of course
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there's a little shot there called
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celebrations and one of the big and
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popular features is a gelato shop right
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down there on Deck five also down there
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on deck five you'll have a couple of the
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big activities taking place also down
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here you'll have live music during the
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evening and also in here you'll have
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some exercise so for example line
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dancing classes or even Zumba classes
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will take place down there on deck 5 if
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you move up 2 decks 6 there's a whole
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bunch of other stuff up there to keep
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you busy so you've got to the
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photographic Center where you can buy
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obviously the photographs taken on board
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or photographic equipment there's
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another bar up there called good spirits
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which has a great view across the atrium
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if you head up to the next level which
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is deck 7 you have lots of opportunities
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to eat here two of the speciality dining
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restaurants these do have an extra
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charge are up here and these are really
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seafood facing you have the Ocean
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Terrace seafood bar which is the sushi
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restaurant which does have a small
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charger and then you have the other
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seafood restaurant which is called
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Bistro sur la Mer if you're still
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looking for something else to eat this
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Alfredo's up here which is their pizza
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restaurant that is included within the
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fair and then if you saw want something
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to do in the atrium you then have the
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shops of princess here this one set of
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shops up here there's some shops at
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another section within the ship so as
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you can see you can pretty much spend
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your whole cruise being entertained
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eating exercising and dining and
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shopping right here in the heart of the
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ship that's enough about the atrium
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which is one of the classic princess
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places onboard why don't we move up
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right up to the top of the ship and
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explore what's on offer up there so
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let's start by taking a look at deck 16
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this is known as the Lido deck and here
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you have a huge amount of place to eat
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and lots of recreation opportunities
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being the leader deck you have the big
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major swimming pools here there's hot
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tubs here and it does feel really really
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open and it's a very welcoming space
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also up here just by the pools are the
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sea view walks these are glass panels
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which those of you who have a good head
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for Heights can take a walk along really
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really popular it's quite financially
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watching people being a little bit
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nervous about walking on those also up
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on deck 16 you have the informal dining
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the buffet dining and this is sort of
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splintered two sections so you have the
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horizon
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Bistro and you have the world fresh
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marketplace really big space lots of
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different stations and the usual big
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selection of self-service breakfast
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lunches and dinner you can also head out
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towards the back of the ship and there's
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another bar there and another swimming
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pool out there and this is the wave view
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a great little swimming pool looking out
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across the wake of the ship as you sail
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and a really nice bar this is a great
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place particularly for sail aways I'd
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really love this spot around the
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swimming pool on the Lido deck there are
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a couple of dining options which are
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also included within the fair again more
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informal so you have the salty dog grill
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really popular that's how you're gonna
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get your hamburgers and fries just next
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to that you have the slice pizzeria
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there's a couple of bars actually on the
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Lido deck around the swimming pool now
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above the Lido deck is some more open
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spaces and more recreation opportunities
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so let's go and take a look at deck 17 7
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deck 17 there is a couple of really
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interesting spaces you have the movie
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under the stars screen so this is a big
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innovation hello a lot of the other
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cruise lines now have this which is the
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big screen where they'll show movies or
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concerts during the day and into the
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evening so that big screen is up there
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you also have in the front of the ship
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towards the forward part of the ship
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another swimming pool so this is the
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third set of swimming pools and this is
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the retreat pool so this is an
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adults-only pool it's a really nice calm
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quiet space at the rear of the deck you
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then have the fitness center it's a huge
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big fitness area which then will also
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run classes it also has a couple of
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exercise rooms as well as huge amounts
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of gym equipment to workout on and of
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course cardio machines also up here on
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deck 17 are the kids clubs and they're
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split into different kids clubs by ages
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so that is also included within the fair
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so access to the fitness center the
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retreat swimming pool that is all
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included within the fair if you head up
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another deck up to deck 18 years a
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couple of really great things first of
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all in the front of the ship is a very
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beautiful space called the sanctuary now
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this you do have to pay
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a fee to go to it's a really calm quiet
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space where you can hire little areas
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where you can sit and relax and be
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pampered and it's a really beautiful
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calm great space and it has a hot tub in
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there at the rear of the ship on Dec 18
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if you want more recreation and exercise
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you have some of the sports activities
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so you have a running track which is
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actually really really popular to go and
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see days you'll have a lot of people
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running around there there's also a
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sports court where you can play various
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games and even above that you have a
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little crazy golf area as well so really
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deck 18 is a big recreation area so on
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the top of the ship deck 16 17 and 18
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really is focused around recreation a
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lot of talk now and explore some of the
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entertainment options on board there's a
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very large casino on board the ship
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which is a smoking on most evenings or
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the only part of it of smoking but it is
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a smoking area with lots of machines and
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of course tables you can also through
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the ocean medallion app and also on your
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television in your cabin you can also
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gamble sort of more virtually as well
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behind that you then have the very large
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Princess Theatre and I'm the princess
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theatre you have obviously the princess
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cars to perform various shows and on Sky
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Princess they have debuted some new
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shows including one called rock opera
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which is a mash of you know very
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avant-garde costumes and sort of classic
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rock there's a whole lot of different
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production shows coming in they're very
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big beautiful theater you also have in
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terms of entertainment
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princess live now this used to be a
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really enclosed space it's now much more
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open and this is where you have lots of
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trivia bingo and different sort of game
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show formats close by princess live is
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the princess live cafe which is a great
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if you want to grab a drink or a coffee
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or a tea if you're heading into some of
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that entertainment in the princess Live
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Lounge just behind princess Live is
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what's known as the Vista lounge and in
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here you'll have live music a bit of
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dancing and there's a really a late
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night venue and it's another classic
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princess feature the Vista lounge
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although it's very different to other
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ships that have been on
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so when the dining options do you have
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available - already mentioned a couple
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around the atrium and up on the Lido
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deck there are some other options now
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obviously you have the big classic
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traditional dining rooms and onboard
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princess you have some which are
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dedicated to fixed dining times and one
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which is dedicated to sort of anytime
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dining so these are very traditional
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classic beautiful dining rooms that you
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would expect across princess ships so
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they still have those so if you and they
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are all included within the fair so if
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you want set dining or anytime dining
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and of course you opt into that as you
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make a booking for your Sky Princess
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cruise in terms especially dining there
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are another two real princess classic
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specialty dining options the first of
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those is crown grill which is their
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steakhouse
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this is probably one of the most famous
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of all of the princess restaurants and
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it's top-notch and very beautiful on Sky
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Princess with really great great steaks
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and of course there's a surcharge for
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that then there's Sabatini's which is
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the Italian restaurants another classic
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was princess and this is on Sky princess
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had a great Italian food in there really
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really liked the Italian food within
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there in terms of cabin types there is a
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huge range of cabins one of the big
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innovations onboard Sky princess is the
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launch of Sky sweetsies our vast cabins
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they have two bedrooms lounge area
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dining area and massive big balconies
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only at the time of recording they were
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the largest balconies at sea apparently
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so there's two of those really popular
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and actually gets sold out really
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quickly then of course you have Suites
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mini suites ocean view I was saying in a
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balcony cabin which is what the bulk of
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the cabins onboard are so it's a nice
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little cozy cabin it incredible comfy
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princess beds really nice about any good
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sized balcony a good sized bathroom the
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only downside of the bathroom from my
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perspective is it has shower curtains
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and I like glass doors versus our
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curtains it's just a little quirk that I
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have but I really like the cabin
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lots of plugs USB plugs and again as I
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said that smart technology which the
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door opens for you
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in terms of other facilities you have
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the usual things you would expect on
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board so you
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have of course the Lotus spa a very
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large spa with all the usual treatments
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you would expect your Medical Center as
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you would expect you have a future sales
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and guest services so all the normal
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things that you would expect on board a
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cruise ship are there as well as you
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need them for me sky princess is a great
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evolution of the Royal class of ships
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haven't been on some of the others like
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a royal princess I felt this ship was a
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was more modern if not more contemporary
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the spaces certainly felt much more open
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than many of the other ships which I
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felt were probably a little bit more
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enclosed I really liked the big changes
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to the city a little bit more
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contemporary feels a little bit more
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modern so I think they've done a really
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great job with the ship sky princess
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it's a contemporary ship it's of course
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quite a big ship three thousand six
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hundred and sixty passengers really like
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what they've done with it and definitely
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it's a ship I had a great great cruise
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on I have many more videos about
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