All you need to know about our cabin – R108 – a Deluxe Balcony cabin on the Sky Princess. The good, the bad and the practical!
Quick Facts
Cruise Line: Princess Cruises
Ship: Sky Princess
Deck: 14 – Riviera
Position: Forward
Cabin Grade: DE, Deluxe Balcony
Cabin Number: R108
Beds: Queen Bed with single sofa bed & 1 upper berth
Special Notes: Balcony Door Blocked When Upper Berth Or Sofa Bed In Use
Plugs: 2 x US 3-Pin and 2 x EU 2-Pin plug sockets on vanity desk, plus 2 USB ports on the bedside lamps. There are no UK 3-Pin plug sockets on board Princess cruise ships, so please take an adapter unless your devices are all chargeable via USB.
We travelled on the Sky Princess on a short cruise from Southampton, UK to Oslo, Norway and Skagen, Denmark from 19th – 24th May 2024.
Bed Configuration
As a family of 4 (3 adults & 1 child), the bed configuration is always a big consideration for us when choosing a cabin. We need to have an upper and a lower berth, plus a queen bed, which sometimes limits our options when it comes to ships and cabins. Fortunately for us, many of the larger and newer ships have this configuration as it is very popular with families. There was, however, one snag which we didn’t realise at the time of booking – the upper and lower berths completely block the balcony when in use! This wouldn’t be a problem for some people, but on the first sea day of our cruise, our cabin steward didn’t service our room until 13:00 despite the ‘please service my cabin’ sign being displayed from 08:30. This meant we couldn’t use the balcony for the majority of the day. I don’t blame our cabin steward (he was the most wonderful, polite, hard working person), but he had 19 cabins to service twice a day including 4 with upper berths like ours, and it must be simply impossible for him to do them all within a couple of hours!
Positives:
- Modern decor
- Spacious layout
- Large open wardrobe
- Mini fridge, tea, coffee, milk & sugar (replenished daily)
- Kettle (I believe this is only standard practice on UK departures)
- Very comfy beds
- Air conditioning (effective and responds quickly to adjustments)
Negatives:
- Additional berths block balcony access
- Additional berths block fridge access and limit use of hairdryer, kettle & vanity area
- Medallion room access failed twice and took 20-30 minutes to regain access
- Smart TV consistently had issues rendering it useless on a few occasions
Would we book this cabin again?
If there were only 2 of us, yes. It is a lovely, comfortable cabin, but for the limited use we had of the balcony, I wouldn’t rush to book this one again. The Sky Princess doesn’t offer ‘outside’ cabins with windows, otherwise this would be my preference in a cabin with this layout. Previously we have cruised on P&O Iona, and the layout was much more practical with the additional berths at 90 degrees to the main bed still allowing access to the balcony and amenities.
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