Sun Princess is the first in the “sphere-class” of ship for Princess Cruises. The ship, which launched in 2024, can hold 4300 guests along with 1600 crew.
My sailing was a 7 day cruise from Athens to Barcelona in July, 2026, with roughly 3000 passengers and never felt overly crowded.
I booked my cruise through a land-based casino offer for a free interior room, just paying the taxes and fees of $170. I placed an upgrade bid for an oceanview room for $270 and it was accepted a little less than a month before my cruise. I also added the Princess Premier package for $735 ($105/day). This brought my total to $1,175.
I was assigned stateroom 5226. Deck 5 is the lowest level of passenger cabins. Starting on Deck 6 you get balcony rooms, while Deck 5 is all either oceanview or interior. The positive of Deck 5 is that it has guest rooms above it so it is very quiet. I never heard any noise during my sailing. My cabin was a few doors down from the forward elevators and the laundry room.
As you approach the door, it senses your Medallion (their version of a keycard which is basically an Apple AirTag) and automatically unlocks your door. The handle turns green showing it is unlocked.
You can also use the touchscreen outside the room to set your Do Not Disturb or Housekeeping requests. However, the only way to change this while in your room is on the TV.
As you enter the room, the bathroom is on the left and closet is on the right. It is a very narrow entry way.
There are light switches and two hooks just inside the door.
The closet offers plenty of space to hang clothing as well as drawers and shelves for other items, along with the safe. For one person, I had way more space than I needed.
I am not a bathrobe user, but some may be interested to know that robes and slippers are not provided.
Across from the closet is the thermostat. I found the air conditioning to be quite strong and never had a hot room even in the summer heat.
As you continue into the room, the bed is next.
My room was configured as a queen bed but it could be separated as two twin beds. I found the bed to be very comfortable and the linens high quality. It is a true duvet cover rather than a sandwich of two flat sheets.
The bed faces a large wall mounted TV. Unfortunately during my cruise, it didn’t work for the first 24 hours and they had to send two maintenance workers to fix it. The TV has various complimentary on demand movies and TV shows as well as a few live TV options.
On each side of the bed is a small table with motion activated floor night lights. There is an additional motion activated night light in the bathroom. There is also an individual reading lamp, light control panel, US power outlet and a USB-A and USB-C charger on each side of the bed.
Next is a full size couch and the desk/vanity area.
The desk has a couple of drawers, three additional US power outlets, two European power outlets, and two each of USB-A and USB-C.
This is where you will also find the empty mini fridge. I made good use of this as with the Princess Premier (or Plus) package you get unlimited free room service including beverages. I stocked my fridge with water.
Unique to the oceanview rooms you’ll find a small nook at the window. The curtains (one set of sheer and one of blackout) close in front of the window and seating area. So if you were sharing a room and one person was sleeping in, the other person could go read in the nook. There are two LED strip ceiling lights that can be turned on, one that illuminates the nook and another that illuminates the curtains on the room side.
The window isn’t huge but it does allow natural light into the room.
Bathroom
The bathroom is a pretty standard cruise bathroom. It is bright and clean. There are two hooks on the door for your towels.
There are three glasses shelves for your toiletries.
A refillable bottle of hand soap and lotion are provided at the sink. All bath products are Beekman 1802 branded. In the shower you have shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. No bar soap is provided.
The shower was plenty big and had great water pressure. The shower head, which can either be attached to the wall or taken down as a handheld, can also be adjusted for different spray types. I never had any issue with flooding. The only strange thing is that the door seems to open backwards to me, instead of opening out to the sink, it opens out to the door. So when the glass door is open, the sink is blocked rather than the door.
Overall I really like the Oceanview Stateroom on the Sun Princess. At 212 sq. feet, I believe it is bigger than staterooms on other lines I’ve sailed, or at least it just feels bigger than some. I believe that due to the location on the ship and lack of balcony, the room is actually larger than many of the balcony level rooms on the Sun Princess.
Have you sailed the Sun Princess? What do you think of the staterooms?