Princess Cruises’ smallest ship is a gem with some strange design choices 

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What a beautiful ship! We love the smaller ships and I agree the atrium is probably the most elegant of any Princess ship. Thank you for a great tour of this little gem.

Love the older and smaller Princess ships like Coral Princess which have a lovely elegant old world feel. We like dancing and music. On Coral Princess you have the Wheelhouse Bar, Explorers Lounge and Universe Lounge for dancing and entertainment. The Universe Lounge is a great venue.

My personal favourite ship. The bigger ones have their advantages, but they feel too much Ike just cramming more and more people on to me. Coral has all we need, and is incredibly charming.

I think she looks great for her age. Appears well looked after and plenty of facilities for a longer then average cruise. Hope your trip was all you hoped it would be. OTBC 😢 🙏

By far the best Coral walkthrough on RU-vid! Looking forward to sailing on her for the first time next fall, thank you for the great video!

Love the Promenade decks, just wish they were on the bigger ships, love to wander around after dinner

I used to see the Island Princess at the Port of LA all the time and admired her unique structure and blissfully azul brilliance. So if not ever so slightly different look than many other mass produced ship designs. I’m happy Coral Princess still retains her wrap-around promenade. The Sanctuary reminds me of the pool aboard SS Canberra…just..aft! And the forward buffet like RCCL’s Sovereign Class ships. Truly, an “older” design layout. For better and for worse. Otherwise, streamlined gem of a ship we need to see return(?) indeed.

We're sailing on this ship in March 2024 so I was very pleased to find this video. The ship is way beyond my imagination. I think I'll be occupied for the whole cruise just exploring what is available. My husband will love the ice cream bar - I don't think I'll tell him about that.

We love both the larger and smaller Princess ships. I have to agree though, the smaller ships are more elegant with better entertainment venues than the it’s larger sisters, love the wraparound promenade deck too. I do prefer the cabins on the newer ships, so both have pros and cons.

This is our favorite Princess ship. We have sailed on her 6 times, and spent 99% of our time in the wonderful Sanctuary. Too bad she is now based in Australia, as we live in San Francisco.

Lovely video! And yes, a wrap-around promenade deck is absolutely fabulous! It's one of the main things we consider when choosing a ship.

We will be taking the Coral to Alaska for the second trip there next summer. We believe the smaller ship will be more intimate and we love all of the details you showed us of the atrium and other spaces. It will be interesting having somethings on the front instead of the back, etc. than the other ships in Princess fleet. We will just have to start getting used to the differences! Thank you.

Atrium reminds me of Star Trek …beam me up!

I will be cruising solo round trip on the Coral Princess from Brisbane to New Zealand in Feb 2024 on the Coral Princess and she looks PERFECT! SO excited!!

Lovely video as always. Great job!

love a promenade deck and love the chicken tacos.....

Thank you for the tour! I've sailed many of Princess's larger ships and would love to sail the Coral! Great info!

I can't say that I am in love with the decor but the coziness of this "little' ship certainly makes up for it. I will take one this size over the mega ships any day! Thanks for sharing!

We are loyal to Princess but prefer the smaller ship. Back on the Coral in October for around Australia. We did the same cruise 2 months ago on the Majestic and while we enjoyed it we hardly saw all the ship. We mainly stuck to the lotus spa with enclave, the international Cafe and dining room, all found near each other. Trivia was so far away as was the Market Place buffet, opposite end of ship. We did get our steps in though with just these places, when every step hurt. Definitely looking forward to the Coral.

We will be on this ship for 144 days this year. We are so looking forward to it. Thanks for the tour.

Great vlog we had our first cruise on Sea Princess a few years ago and absolutely loved it, been on a few more cruises since then on bigger ships, but love both👍

Another great video tour! I’ve been interested in that ship for a while. Thank you. One suggestion: could you add some footage of the main areas when busy in your tours? I’d like to get a sense of how busy the pools get, or how it would feel in the buffet at lunch etc.

The new furnishings are nice. They did a good job.

Wow! I love it 👌🏻

Did you hear anything about a significant noise problem affecting the aft cabins? There a number of posts on a Coral Princess forum recently saying the following: “Yes it was terrible and we mentioned this to staff! Got fobbed off, and told to wear earplugs! We were Dolphin, deck 9, mid aft (D617), starboard side.The noise near mid aft elevators was awful, sounded like gunshots, and I would not go into the 2 on the port side, did not feel safe! And it didn’t have to be rough weather either. All this on top of both of us catching COVID and confined to cabin last week of cruise!”

We were on the Coral Princes a few years ago, Panama Canal crossing. Loved it! Thank you!

Love promenade decks , all cruise ships should have a fantastic one as a priority .

I have to agree, there is something about Princess' smaller ships (over the last 2 decades) that feel special. I've been on Pacific Princess (there smallest at one stage), Dawn Princess and also Coral Princess.The Universe Lounge was my favourite venue on the short cruise we did between Auckland and Brisbane , that paired with MedallionClass meant we very rarely left it :)

Thank you for your great tour of the Coral Princess. We cruised on the Island Princess last year (2 nd. time) and the loss of the Vista Lounge at the rear was a terrible mistake not to mention you could not walk right around the ship. We are going to spend 32 days on Coral Princess in October from Singapore to L.A.. We are Elite guests and this will be our 16 th. cruise on Princess. Once again, thank you. Dana & Erika Rushton (Australia)

I sailed on this ship to Alaska in 2019. Lovely to see the atrium again, which I really do like. I’m most surprised by how much I had forgotten about it though. Some great memories there!

We too love the full wraparound promenade decks. Our most recent cruise earlier this year was on the Carnival Magic. One of the main reasons we chose this ship was it full promenade deck. Once on board I was disappointed to realize that a significant portion of the aft promenade was closed off for crew use only. I certainly don't begrudge having a nice outdoor space for the crew to relax but honestly had I known I probably would have booked something different. Love your videos...beautiful to look at and fun to listen to! :)

Love the Promenade deck

The Atrium is stunning. Looks to me that there would be plenty to keep one busy on a sea day.

Lovely looking ship and fantastic video with great insights. Like the look and great option on those LARGE window cabins. We love a full wrap around prom deck, same these seem to be removed on the newer Princess ships, a jogging track on top deck are not the same.

Interesting video I have only been abroad the crown princess. I would like to do another princess cruise . But you are right about the front restaurant.on NCL bliss it was a great lounge. You need the right area there for the best veiws

Thank you for the tour. We’ll be sailing her out of Brisbane in December. I strongly prefer the smaller vessels, instead of feeling like you’re on a floating large city.

That's a very interesting video! I always thought those "Flash Gordon" type rocket engines were vestigial. Somewhat like, and about as useful as a racing stripe and rear spoiler on a Bentley! I agree wholeheartedly with the wraparound promenade deck. It seems to have gone the way of the midnight buffet. One last question, because, of course, it is me, ... shower curtains in the bathroom? Keep up the great work!

Love a promenade deck! Thankfully though they seem to be making a comeback on the newer ships!😁 the Iona and Arvia have fantastic promenade decks, albeit they’re massive ships 😂

I really liked the Coral princess but we prefer an aft cabin and there are none. We were just on the Diamond Princess in January and that is our new favorite small Princess ship. The Wheelhouse is HUGE!

We have cruised on many different Princess ships and on Coral last September. We absolutely loved it and would love to cruise on her again but it’s based in Brisbane and we are in Melbourne.

I loved your walk through. The Island Princess they took away the fabulous rear lounge. A big mistake. I am looking forward to the rear lounge on Coral Princess on our cruise from Singapore to Los Angeles in October. A lovely ship and similar to Sea Princess. They have gotten rid of some very nice and comfortable ships for the huge ones. I guess $$$$ talk louder. Once again, thank you for your very detailed walk through and your suggestions, although "your suggestions" were well noted and acknowledged. Regards, Dana Rushton (Elite)

What a truly superb video! Just by looking at the deck plans I sort of had my doubts about Coral Princess, but after watching this I’m ready to book!

20 years ago this would have been considered a megaship. Cruise ships keep getting bigger and bigger!

The Coral is coming back to the Caribbean next year. I can't sail on her fast enough.

Looks very nice it’s are size type of ship . Hate the way ships are going these days to big and far to many people for are liking. Do love a promenade deck . 😊

Did our honeymoon cruise on her 15 years ago - did the Panama Canal.

Wonderful review - thank you. We've never cruised on the Coral Princess and are booked for a 35 night cruise in March 2024. Is the Sanctuary included with a suite? If not, how much extra does it cost?

We were on Coral last year and the old girl (the ship!) creaked and groaned at the slightest rolling sea. separately, sadly there is no Sabatini's on Majestic Princess.

Just curious, when did you film this? Thanks!

Our favorite bar on any Princess ship which still has it is the Adagio Bar. Sadly, they seem to be phasing it out.

If I were in charge of welcoming hospitality in heaven, when the time comes I would select Rich as the voice people hear when they pass through the pearly gates.

Very cute and cozy. A doubt; how do your footage show the ships so empty?

Do you have to pay to use the pool and cabanas at the sanctuary please

How much was the Sanctuary and Cabanas please?

We are going on her in a month

This would be the maximum sized ship I would set foot on. The others you may as well be in Las Vegas near the sea. Too many humans swilling in People Juice pools. Gross.

Yes, I am pro-promenade!

It looks like you had an amazing trip but Coral Princess looks old and dated. I'm sure the service and experience was excellent but there's no hiding the age of the ship and the areas that need refurbing. #TooMuchBeech

My last cruise on Princess was a disaster, with unclean stateroom, poor service, and damaged luggage. Never again on Princess. Not for me.

This ship is too old to be in service. I sailed to no indec 2022 and was really disappointed in everything . Won’t be sailing with this line until things improve

Disagree with the menu being very similar between Bayou and Crown Grill. Aside from three cuts of beef in the Bayou, the menus are drastically different. The Bayou is unique among the entire Princess fleet as the only Cajun/creole onboard eatery.