Top 5 BEST Things on Coral Princess! Best things to see and do on Coral Princess Cruise!

I’ve managed to single out my top 5 favourite WOW FACTORS about Princess Cruises’ Coral Princess. Let me know what you think in the comments below.

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There is a lot to like about Coral Princess, so narrowing it down was a challenge!! I was lucky to cruise aboard Coral Princess in October 2022 as a guest of Princess Cruises; enabling me to share the experience with our Big Cruise Podcast audience, as well as experience Princess’ Medallion for the first time. While Princess provided the cruise, I wasn’t paid to make this video – but I want to add a huge thank you to the team at Princess for the opportunity to cruise on the ship.

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Number 5, is the Coral Princess’ open decks. As a slightly older ship, Coral Princess benefits from some design traits that are becoming slightly rarer on some modern cruise ships. One of these features is her excellent open decks. The ship’s promenade, or boat deck, is a fully wrap around deck – and is clad in real teak wood which gives the ship an authentic cruise ship style, despite many aspects of the ship being quite modern. The decks offer a perfect vantage point for arrival and departures into port, and give a great view of the ship’s funky funnel that sports what looks like aircraft engines… to find out why check out my recent short video after this one!

Number 4 goes to Coral Princess’ Bayou Café. It’s immersive design features faux brick walls, Louisiana inspired murals, large windows and a fully stocked bar. In the evenings, the Bayou Café becomes an extra tariff restaurant, with a special menu inspired by Southern US cuisine. I was lucky enough to sample the Lobster and Crème Brulee from this menu – while the cheesy garlic bread was a showstopper – completely delicious.

Number 3 is the Princess Medallion, which I experienced for the first time aboard Coral Princess. The Medallion experience starts pre-embarkation, where the Princess app asks you to pre-fill all your embarkation information such as passport details, vaccination status, credit card details and so on. This means when I got to the port, the embarkation experience was smooth. In fact, it took only around 15 mins from curb to gangway on this cruise – which is impressive. Once aboard, the wearable is used to access your cabin, as well as order drinks from the bars – but you can also use your wearable to interact with large screens around the ship for navigation, to see what’s on, and to find your friends.

Number 2 for me has to be the Coral Princess’ Wheelhouse Bar, which is a treasure trove of maritime history and memorabilia. As Coral Princess was built in the early 2000s, the ship was designed during the P&O Princess era. P&O Princess was a large cruise line, formed by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. It operated a variety of brands, including P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises, Aida, Arosa and Ocean Village. Because of this, there are various cross overs between the Princess and P&O brands, which can be seen in the Wheelhouse Bar. Memorabilia includes authentic items from past ocean liners, including ship’s bells, vintage marketing posters, model ships and other historic items. The Bar also features a large dance floor, lots of comfy seating, a well stocked bar and live music.

Number 1 on this voyage was the Coral Princess crew – who were absolutely superb. With cruising back after the pandemic, every crewmember I interacted with seemed excited, energetic and happy to be at work. The service was personalised and very attentive – with good attention to detail when interacting with crew at the bars, restaurants and up on deck. After the first 24 hours or so, bar staff in the Wheelhouse Bar could anticipate my favourite drink order, while the Matre d’ came and checked on my table each evening in the Bordeaux restaurant. But the real stand out for me was my cabin attendant, who introduced himself to me within the first minute of arriving at my cabin. He remembered my name every time we interacted – both near my cabin but also when I saw him at other parts of the ship. The cabin was kept in excellent condition, with a morning service and a turn down service in the evening. This kind of service is what really stands out, and is one of the things I love about cruising.

There was so much else to love about Coral Princess. Other notable mentions include the atrium area that is surrounded by bars and lounges; the two main show lounges offering a good variety of entertainment, the sports deck high atop the ship and the spacious balcony in my cabin – but this is a top 5 list, and the bar was very high for the 5 things that made the list.

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I travelled aboard Coral Princess as a guest of Princess Cruises

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