Discovery Princess - The Ultimate Tour of Princess Cruises final Royal Class Ship! 

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We are looking forward to our first cruise. Can't wait to see your Pickleball courts.

Just discovered your channel and you are amazing reviewers!! Between your calm voices and thorough (and HONEST) feedback, it's really refreshing to watch. Thank you for putting these lovely videos together for everyone here on RU-vid, us included! Hope to run into you one day on a cruise.

Richard! Not only your voice is always so soothing but your presentation so pleasant and the flow of images so delightful as it always is.

Your narration is just...*chef's kiss*...amazing!

Well done! Thanks for the tour!

We also love the Discovery Princess , it is our favorite cruise ship. Thanks

Thank you for the ship tour, it was very enjoyable!

Beautiful.

Adored my cruise on the Enchanted Princess last month where we took your advice and opted for a mini suite. This vlog was like a beautiful 4k look back as these ships are almost identical, thanks. 👍

Love the Plazza, Santuary, all the hot tubs. Love how your narrative

Looks wonderful!

I recently sailed on the Enchantment Princess, and this is a carbon copy with the exception of the renamed main dining rooms. Great ship and fun to sail on. It should be fun to sail on in Alaska.

Beautiful! We are sailing on Discovery to the Mexico Riviera 12-3-22. This ship is gorgeous and it will be a fantastic time for our 15th anniversary.

Great video, love the sense of humor!

Indeed. I have succumbed to my crumbling resolve too many times to count when it comes to pastries and desserts. Thank you for the tour. We're heading to alaska on the Discovery Princess next year. I'm trying not to get too excited too fast!

Beautiful! I am so ready to sail again! Haven't sailed since 2018.

Outstanding video!!!

Nice to see that Crooners is back - my favorite too.

Great video! I Used to work onboard Princess Royal class ships as a photographer. And this gets me real nostalgic! The newer features are great however!

Thank you so much for this tour of Discovery. I was on the Sky in December, and i must say i do like the Good Spirits bar relocation. I used the internet cafe to have my COVID tests printed off as i took a side by side. I always want a paper copy in addition to the electronic one…just in case!😊

Thanks for the tour! I'm boarding this ship in June!! Can't wait!!!!! 🤩

I can't wait! I go on Discovery Princess in June!

Great ship tour! I just got back from 5 days on the Discovery Princess and loved it!

Thank you Richard for an excellent video. I love your voice over work and humor. We are going to Alaska on Discovery Princess tomorrow and your video has made us even more excited to see this ship.

Just got off end of August 2022. The ship, service and food was spectacular!! Atl

Love the new shuttle colours.

Loved seeing Coit tower in the background. Hope you had a chance to spend some time in the City!

Thank you for the wonderful tour. My wife and I are excited to sail on her on the California Coastal itenerary.

Great video! We’re looking at go on Enchanted Princess in August, if this is ship is similar we will defiantly have a great time. Thanks for posting!! - Dan 😃

Amazing video. Very helpful. For my first cruise I am between celebrity cruises and princess cruise.

The ship looks beautiful and your tour is excellent, I have not been on a Princess cruise in about 10 years, but, always enjoyed them. Surprised that they would change the name of the pizzeria from Alfredo's to Gigi's, but, it looks fine and I'm sure the pizza is still the best at sea. The Fitness Center looks very nice and is quite large. The one on Celebrity Apex looks about the same size and I thought it was the biggest I had seen. I really like all the venues on the ship and it definitely reminds me of my many cruises with Princess. Looking forward to the Dining Guide.

Happy journey ...

Going on a 10 day New Years Cruise on Discovery starting December 28th. So hyped!

Beautiful Ship. May have to go on a Cruise again.

Thank you for your informative and witty ship walkthrough as always. She looks really nice, almost as though the “Brightness” button has been reduced by 10% making for a more “classy” aura. We do our first Royal class ship (Sky) in September, really looking forward to it (especially as armed with a Princess Plus fare). Unfortunately, it looks like a “Champion Ship” for us next season. Regards OTBC 👍

Thank you so much for sharing this Loved your narration You have a great speaking voice The ship in beautiful & enjoyed the tour 🛳💚☘️

Naughty cakes! Really well done, Rich. I’m very happy with the changes compared with Sky. Any ship with a Crooners is a winner.

Incredible ship and video. Would very much like to sail along one day soon.

Very well filmed, edited and presented. I wish there was a library on board.

we’re on this ship right now to visit alaska!

We were aboard Discovery 2 weeks ago! We might have been on the same cruise! Beautiful ship, I’m not the biggest fan of the Sky Suites occupying the front of the ship since I do enjoy walking to the front but that’s just me. Haha

Thank you so very much for beautiful movie!! I will be on Discovery Princess tomorrow❣️

Wow, that’s a nice ship. I’ve only cruised on RC, this one seems much classier.

Really enjoyed this video - we’re hoping to book an Alaskan itinerary this Summer, following such a good experience on Regal last year!

Remind me on sky princess 😁

Just booked & reserve for Mach Mexican Rivera for my wife & I and our best friends couple. Can't wait

Woow blessed

Wow a beautiful ship❤subbed….

Excellent, informative video as always- thanks both. Do you have plans for sailing on Enchanted?

We were on Sky in December. Stayed in the Window Suite. Yes suite! 720 sq. ft. of suite with no balcony. Loved it. BUT, I don't remember ever seeing a review vid of this suite. Hope your accommodation vid includes it, should you do one. David

You always make me smile when you slip those little comments in. As with all your other vlogs, you created an excellent tour. Thank you.

I'm already looking forward to the dining guide ;)

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After misfortune event with Ruby Princess last week the embarkation day that Ruby hit the dock and all passenger got stranded on the ship at Pier 27 in SF for three days our Alaska itinerary got short only stop for Ketchikan and Prince Rupert we are so horrified to cruise with princess again but because of they compensate our next future cruise with 75% value of the Alaska cruise price we decided to book Mexican Riviera with Discovery Princess. After watching your review I admit I get a little excited to sail with this beautiful. Can't wait. I really wish she will sail off from San Francisco port that would be so perfect for us since it closer to our home as far as I know currently she only take off from Port Canaveral and LA.

Yes, I use the internet cafe when I need to manage important business-related email correspondence. I find using cell phone is not my favorite device for communication that involves more than a sentence or two that needs to be precise and highly accurate. Also, from my perspective, the internet connection in the cafe is always fast and reliable which is not always the case with my cellphone. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, Android OS. My wife uses an IPhone 13'sh and we both have random connection issues during all of our cruises. However, the staff at the Internet Cafe are more than willing to get our phones re-connected and working again.

i love the way you pronounce the Alaskan words like Juneau. what a way to church up some simple names.

This is a dream for me it giving me kdrama vibes I hope i can experience this someday without worrying expenses

Thanks for the overview!! Looking at this ship for Alaska, but it doesn’t seem to have any enclosed, weather safe viewing areas like the others in that class with the Hollywood Conservatory or a Skywalker’s lounge on some of the other class lounges. Did we miss it on this ship? Outside I’d great, but when it is rainy or extra cold protected warmer viewing areas are an asset. Any available we didn’t see??

yes, no doubt your an advertisement agent/specialist 🙂the voice is too catchy not to be in the business! this ship was absolutely stunning! so very classy & comfortable making it very hard for me to choose between Princess & NCL! I’m excited which ever I choose

Just got off this ship yesterday

Nice Video. I wish Princess Cruise ships would have more exciting attractions like the bottom dropping waterslide on NCL or the Wave/Surf Rider on Royal Caribbean. Even the newest ships just don't have enough attractions.

Thank you so much. I prefer Gelatos to ice cream, there is a difference as Gelatos are lighter and more creamy. We love Alfredo’s , so is GiGi’s the same and still has no fee? I see the ship was in SFO, so wonder where you went from there. The ship looks beautiful, we are Elite with Princess and enjoy their wide expanse of itineraries. We have not cruised since Aug 2019 when we did a Princess Baltic cruise, have been too afraid with Covid, but are booked on the Emerald Princess for Dec 18 2022 on a Panama 15 day cruise LAX to FLL, so will see how we feel about travelling in September when our final payment is due. We have another Princess booked for Feb 2024 for South America. We like Celebrity too and have a Europe one booked for May 2023 to use a credit from an early Covid cruise in Asia in Feb 2020. We live in Vancouver and are ex pats from the UK. We always enjoy your videos, so professional and have great footage. So thank you so much.

Me and my family and cousins just went on this ship last week, on March 25th - April 1st. We went to LA, San Pedros (Departure on first day) to San Diego. Day 2 was San Diego. Day 3 was at sea Day 4 & 5 was at San Francisco Day 6 was Ensenada Mexico Day 7, back home (LA, San Pedros) It was fun. If you're on the ship or going on it soon, have fun!!

this is a nice video short and to point. well made and useful

I'm a solo cruiser, and I booked a standard balcony cabin for myself with the Premeier Package for March 2024 going to the Mexican Riviera. I'm looking forward to it very much. I've done three cruises before, all Carnival, two last year, and I'm a little tired of the "fun ship" atmosphere. It can be fun, but it also lacks any character. I decided to go a little more upscale this time and I'm making myself enjoy a more relaxing time as opposed to constant activity, though there is plenty of stuff to do on the Discovery. I hope it goes well!

I just got off this cruise ship on Oct 22nd. Very easy embarkation process in Long Beach IF you have already completed your process online or with the Princess app. When you have a GREEN status, you skip the line and go directly to the Medallion and on to the ship. Very nice ship and we have a couple of positive notes like the fact it is brand new, the ship has a free laundry (washer and dryer) on each level, large commun spaces, 3 pools, amazing food and the prices for coffees and drink is affordable compare to other cruise companies. Celebrity was and will always be the worst, I was paying 13$ usd for 2 Americano on Celebrity compare to 5$ usd on Princess so enjoy this cruise ship guys.

Will they ever fix the showers so that they will have doors instead of curtains?

I love the updated, modern design, more light and less dark wood. It doesn't look ideal for Alaska, with no covered pool areas--the forward free viewing area of the Hollywood Conservatory on Majestic is much nicer. Still, I just booked Discovery for a Cabo trip in September, and it should be quite lovely, especially the wake view pool, which looks to go right to the edge of the ship. BTW, Juneau is pronounced DJOO-no, not the Frenchified zhoo--NO.

Booked for March 18, 2023 and April 3, 2024 😊

Here’s to hoping Princess’s next generation of ships address the one major flaw on Royal-class ships: the lack of an outside promenade deck at lower levels. After being on MSC Seaside and NCL Bliss, Royal-class seemed to be more of a floating shopping center than a ship.

OK you aked for comments: The Discovery looks beautiful. We’ve been on most of the royal class ships so not too many surprises in terms of layout. Observations: - Great the Crooners is back! Although it cuts down on music in the piazza - see below. - Looks like a few more welcome hot tubs. - Hope that the Vines replacement is still a good place to sit as overflow in the Piazza - where we spend a lot of time and seating is limited. Also we have somewhat unique requirements - we cruise to dance and the only place in the royal class ships is the piazza (Vista is often dark and empty - we feel like its where bands go to die). So we’re really better off on the Emerald/Ruby/Diamond which have that nice Wheelhouse bar and the Explorers Lounge. I would think even if you’re not prioritizing dancing those lounges are more enjoyable than places on the royal class to ‘lounge’. Sky and Discovery have the ‘Take Five’ lounge which is ok but there we run into jazz bands that would rather show off their chops than just play a nice rumba/foxtrot/etc. Also just to be bore I have other complaints about royal class ships compared to the older ships: - I mentioned no Wheelhouse or Explorers - No walk around outdoor deck - a lot of people enjoy walking or reading outdoor deck 7 - No Skywalkers which is a great quiet place to hang out and sit sometimes - Sometimes no Crooners - I’m not seeing much demand for Bistro Sur La Mer - seems they would make a lot more money with the Royal/Regal crooners bar…? - I kind of like that aft pool on the Emerald though we enjoy that large aft deck on the royal class for buffet meals so that’s a toss up.

Oct 15 in Long beach for me.

I sailed on this ship April 10th. The ship is lovely. I was however underwhelmed and disappointed. This is supposed to be a brand new ship with brand new furnishings. My bed had he biggest dip in it that I could not sleep. My steward was very nice and put a topper on the it to make me more comfortable. The food was just ok. I have been traveling with Princess for so many years and I am truly disappointed this time.

After sailing on both the Regal and Royal Princess do not recommend having a balcony under the sky bridge. No privacy. Have just booked a suite on the Discovery for the fall and are a touch worried about the overhang which may or may not block out the sun while one is on the balcony. We'll see? We did enjoy the others I mentioned. Oh, off on the Royal, again, in June this year

We were on this ship a couple of weeks ago. The ship is beautiful, but the sailing as a whole left a lot to be desired. Princess had always been a great cruiseline, but that has changed and it shows. From the app and new tech not working, to the difference in food quality to the difference in service. Sadly, this will be our last cruise with Princess. Being owned by Carnival shows.

I've never been on a Cruise ship. I'm disabled retired (I get around well) every morning sometimes as early as 3:30 I'm awake and have to get in the jacuzzi. Are there jacuzzis / hot tubs that are open 24/7 on the ship? Thank you for taking the time to read my comment.

I DO use the internet cafe. No mobile phone so I keep in touch there.

Ship is beautiful staff is also amazing just went on my first cruise 2 weeks a good it felt like the ship was empty till select items

Hi would you recommend this cruise for a 5 year old? Thanks

Can I apply without any experience from cruise before? But I was working in hotel for 5 months and get my apprentice for more thousands hours. Do you think I'm qualify sir??

I am considering the Discovery Princess vs Encore w NCL vs Ovation w RCI. The theather shows looked undesirable on Encore for a family...Ovation was ok but we couldn't find rooms w bathtubs which was important for some...Discovery seems to have good shows, casual dining and tubs in the mini suites but it doesn't seem like there is a covered swimming area?

Ship looks exactly like the Sky Princess that I was on. Which is a fairly boring “old school” ship, which was odd considering it just came out in 2020. I hated the Spa on that ship, they only had like 8 of those hot chairs and it was small and all windowless. Felt like I was in a “dungeon.” I did love the idea of the Medallion.

I've never cruised on Princess before, my 1st question is what is the age limit for Kids to be vaccinated?? I've been on 4 cruises but all Royal Caribbean, looking to cruise out of SF.. I can't find the guidelines for vaccinations on Princess website??? On Royal the age limit is 11 years & up to be vaccinated but kids under 11 do have to have a Negative test prior to cruising??

been on Royal 4 times, Sky & Enchanted once each........ great ships only real complaint not enough shade on deck for Carib cruises........ don't remember the "Wake pool" areas on them.......... been on Carib twice and just off Emerald last week........ the Wake pool area for buffet dining is our favorite........

Is it worth it to add the drink pass option or just buy bottles at the duty free store and make your own?

In the video you mentioned that you would post a link to your discovery princess complete dining guide. I can't seem to find that. Did you complete the video yet and post the link?

How much was the room upgrade bid?

7:47 Getting a tan I guess?

It seems like there is very little outdoor space. Is that true?

I hope they didn't change the pizza when they changed the name of Alfredo's. One of our favorite at-sea pizza places!

We do not use the Internet café. I have never used the Internet café and I’ve taken about 15 cruises going back to 1995 being my first one.

can you look at the original queen Mary ship

Is enclave free?

Wondering what shows they were showing and was dancing in any way board. Didn’t see a dance floor?? Zumba or line dance??

Are there any WhatsApp groups going on Discovery Princess to Alaska Inside passage on August 6-13-23

My sister and her friend her on Discovery now , very disappointed to hear that the food is not what it used to be. We came off MSC and it was disgusting ! what is with the food?? once Cruise Lines start making money again they have got to get the food quality up on these Lines can't expect people to do only specialty dining and pizzas Royal Caribbean's food was Bland the best food so far we've had was on Carnival but it was a specialty dining venue...

No library. Why?

Just got off the Island Princess which had 2 smoking areas!! One out in the open and the other was indoors!! The stench was unbearable! Surely in this day and age we can have smoke free cruises!.. airlines don’t allow smoking; why can’t cruise ships follow suit?

You missed Churchill’s Lounge on Deck 6, so not quite a complete tour of all public areas.