Star Princess US Maiden Voyage: My First 48 Hours Onboard! First Impressions, Room Tour, and Review
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Creator's Key Takeaways
The ship is stunning. It is beautiful. Of course, everything is brand new. It has that new car smell.
Sanctuary Restaurant. Absolutely amazing. Chef's kiss. Food was great. Service was amazing.
The gym is gorgeous. And I mean, just imagine all the equipment, the machines are brand new, state-of-the-art.
I'm actually in a sanctuary mini suite. And with this 3-day sailing, they have zero reservations available for specialty dining.
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Join me for an exclusive first-48-hours review aboard the brand-new Star Princess on her 3-day US Maiden Voyage. As someone who lives full-time on cruise ships, you know I’m giving you the most honest, detailed, and experience-backed look at what this ship is really like during the inaugural sailing. In this video, I take you through everything—from embarkation day energy to cabin comfort, restaurants, entertainment, and even the brand-new casino. If you sailed the Sun Princess, you’ll especially love my breakdown of: 🌟 What’s the Same as Sun Princess Design elements Food venues Cabin layout Overall onboard vibe 🌟 What’s New or Different on Star Princess Updated spaces Layout changes New surprises & new frustrations First-voyage quirks 🌟 Full Sanctuary Mini Suite Review Room #14441 I walk you through my Sanctuary Collection Mini Suite, including: Layout & storage Balcony setup Bathroom design Noise levels Perks & access differences 🎰 Casino Walkthrough & First Impressions If you love cruising AND casinos, I take you through: Slot machine selection Table games Layout changes vs Sun Princess Opening night energy ⚓ PLUS So Much More: Dining Crowds Service Embarkation Pros & cons My overall first 48-hour verdict ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛍️ Shop My Cruise Essentials (Amazon Storefront) From cabin must-haves to travel gear I use living full-time on cruise ships — these are my go-to items. → https://www.amazon.com/shop/livingoncruisecontrol (As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💌 Cruise Control Postcards Receive a real handwritten postcard from the cruise ships and ports I visit around the world. Each postcard is hand-selected while I’m exploring a port, personally written, and mailed as part of my journey living full-time on cruise ships. → https://www.jotform.com/form/260955535571060 (Every postcard is unique and designs will vary based on what I find in each destination.) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ If you’re considering sailing on the Star Princess, or you’re just a cruise lover who wants the inside scoop from someone who literally lives at sea, this review is for you. Don’t forget to subscribe, hit the like button, and comment below: 👉 Would you sail on Star Princess or wait for the kinks to be worked out? Thanks for being part of the Living on Cruise Control family. Let’s keep cruising… 🎥🚢✨ CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:08 First Impressions 2:21 Specialty Dining 3:00 Sanctuary Restaurant 3:43 Cabin #14441 Tour & Review (Sanctuary Mini Suite) 8:18 Room Service Changes 8:56 Elite Bar Setup 9:20 Ocean Now Changes 9:57 Gorgeous Gym 10:52 Entertainment 11:18 Two Casinos 12:19 Casino Hosts 13:00 Facebook/Instagram 13:30 Questions 14:00 Wrap-Up OCEAN NOW LOCATIONS (as of 11/12/2025) 11:00 am - 6:00 pm: Deck 16 - Sea View Terrace Deck 17 - Sea View Bar Deck 17 - Lido Pool Deck 17 - Lido Slice Deck 18 - Star Bar Deck 18 - Movies Under The Stars 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Deck 7 - Bellinis Deck 7 - The Piazza Deck 7 - Coffee Currents Deck 7 -Wheelhouse Bar Deck 8 - Crooners