Cruising gorgeous destinations in the Mediterranean, northern Europe, Canada and New England, Sapphire Princess is the second of only two Princess Cruises ships to have been built in Japan. She may boast a more exotic background than most of the Princess fleet, but she doesn't lose out on any of the cruise lines signature features, incredible food and personal choice cruising. Whether you're looking to enjoy a relaxing getaway or a memorable family holiday, Sapphire Princess has everything you need for the voyage of your dreams.
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Ship Stats and Features
Ship Facilities
Dining
Dining onboard Sapphire Princess is as spectacular as can be found on any of Princess Cruise’s ships. Choose from traditional set dining in the International Dining Room or the personal choice dining option with the Anytime Dining restaurants. Treat yourself to Princess Cruise’s signature restaurant Sabitini's Italian Trattoria, or try out the Sterling Steakhouse for the finest steaks and freshest seafood.
For a quick bite, head to Horizon Court and take in the panoramic views from this fantastic venue, or check out the outdoor pizzeria and hamburger grill on the deck. Whatever your mood, Sapphire Princess has the perfect eatery for you.
- Traditional Fixed Dining: International Dining Room
- Anytime Dining : Vivaldi Dining Room, Pacific Moon and Santa Fe
- Horizon Court 24-hour international food court
- Sabatini's Italian Trattoria
- Sterling Steakhouse
Entertainment
Sapphire Princess offers a combination of elegant entertainment with the glamour of Broadway- inspired shows at the theatre, or other live performances such as cabaret at the Vista Lounge. Dress to impress at the Captain's cocktail party or sit back and enjoy the live music in the Wheelhouse bar each night. There’s even an onboard nightclub for anyone who doesn’t want their night to end early.
If your holiday spirit has got you feeling lucky, check out the ship’s casino and see if you can hit the jackpot on one of the many slot machines and games tables.
- Princess Theatre
- Explorer's Lounge
- Churchill's Cigar & Spirits Lounge
- Club Fusion
- Wheelhouse Bar
- Skywalkers Nightclub
- Crooners Bar
- Casino
- Bombay Sapphire onboard
Princess Cruises have partnered up with well-known gin manufacturers Bombay Sapphire, to bring guests a bespoke new cocktail, the Sapphire Princess. Not only can guests order a glass of this extra-special drink onboard, but they can also learn how to make it while attending an exciting gin-tasting session. Available only on Sapphire Princess while she is based in Southampton, guests will have the opportunity to sample a range of different gins - both popular brands and some lesser known varieties - and learn about this tasty drink.
Things to do
Spa and fitness
Treat yourself to an afternoon in the adult-only Asian inspired Lotus Spa for a selection of relaxing therapies and treatments or just to take in dip in the peaceful Lotus Pool. There is also a full beauty salon if some special holiday pampering is on the agenda.
For those looking to keep to their daily routine, or in need of burning off some of the incredible food, head to the state of the art fitness room. With the latest equipment and fully trained staff on call, there is everything you need to keep your fitness regime up, or even start a new one at sea. If you prefer to exercise in a group, there are various classes available, from yoga to spinning.
Recreation
Why not try out one of Princess Cruises enrichment programs or pop into the Art Gallery and enjoy the fabulous pieces on show? The Kids and Teens centre offers children great activities and a place to escape. For your duty-free shopping, head into the Boutiques on sea days.
Facilities:- Kids and Teens centre
- Internet Cafe
- Boutiques
- Library
- Writing room
- Wedding chapel
- Art Gallery
- Laundry
- Medical Centre
Useful Information
Dress code
Onboard Sapphire Princess, the dress code is both informal and formal, depending on the evening’s theme. Formal nights, such as the Captain's cocktail party, are often the highlight of the week while informal nights onboard are a smart casual dress code. On quiet evenings, where you don't fancy dressing for dinner,or you are tired after a day of shore excursions, you can head to the buffet restaurant.
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Customer reviews for Sapphire Princess
The choice of dining was good and the service from all the crew was first class. In our experience Jimmy the cabin steward, Max the waiter and Phillip barman in Churchill’s made our cruise even more pleasurable with their attentive and caring manners. Transfers from our hotel to port and vice versa went smoothly and on time every time.
The itinerary was excellent with a variety of interesting ports of call and the captain really helped maximise the experience with a 360 at Cape Horn and getting very close to the Amalia Glacier. The Sapphire Princess is a lovely ship, our stateroom was well equipped and there were no problems with accessing restaurants. Food was excellent in all venues. However, the service in restaurants was very slow, even when they were not busy. . Dress code was not enforced - on a formal evening when we were nicely dressed in evening-wear, people were allowed into the restaurants wearing shorts and t-shirts, which is unacceptable when there are other dining venues available. The variety of onboard entertainment was poor. There was little on offer during the day. The dance classes were excellent, however with over 100 people participating, there was insufficient space. Otherwise there was very little on offer. The evening entertainment was very average and certainly not to the same standard as other cruise lines. A number of ports were accessed via tender and this service was very poorly organised from ship to shore. The concept of ticket numbers was good, however some people waited a VERY long time to get off the ship, they were left to sit on the stairs as there simply weren't enough seats to accommodate everyone being told to wait in a certain area.
Liked the size of the ship, but decor very dark & dated. Food quality in restaurants was variable. Smoking in casino resulted in smoke permeating other areas of ship. Mini suite cabin was a good size - some minor issues with things not working which were unresolved throughout the cruise. Pools were good & able to swim in the day & evening. . Sea days entertainment uninspiring. Disappointed that no art classes during sea days
Embarkation & dis-embarkation were both a nightmare, had to wait in a hot hall & a standing queue for 3 hours to get on board & wait for over 1 hour after our disembarking time, causing a lost taxi booking already paid for. Food good but Freedom Dining non existent we could never get a table when requested system always showed different availability to that offered. Over reliance on Technology & Facial Recognition systems which often did not work & caused problems. Wine Package a joke & relied on paper in the end, but still got overcharged 3 times because it was not in their technology system, according to Guest Services, plus bar services woefully slow. Itinerary good & Antarctica spectacular. Ship clean & comfortable with enough space in public areas & on deck & Captain very good at keeping everybody informed.
