Star Princess — the basics, and what to ask
A large ship, 4,320 berths, but not the scale where you need a map for the first two days.
Delivered in 2025, so she is still new: current cabin design, current tech, and nothing yet worn through.
Big enough that a sea day never runs dry, small enough that you are not queueing for lifts all week.
Passenger-to-crew is about 2.8 to 1. Fine, but at peak times — embarkation day, the buffet at one — you will notice.
From her deck plan: an indoor promenade, a casino, a spa, a sports deck and a central atrium. That is what the layout shows — if something has been changed in a refit, correct us.
Cabins run from deck 5 to deck 17 across 10 decks. The usual advice applies and applies harder on a ship this shape: mid-ship and low is the steadiest ride, and what sits directly above your cabin matters more than the view out of it.
Been aboard? Say what you would tell someone booking her next month.
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