Friday 14 August 2015

The Royal Princess - Part 1 - 'Up Top'





As promised, some pics of the Royal Princess, starting with several from the upper decks.
The first is part of the outdoor eating area, at the rear of the ship, running from the Horizon Court buffet.  
Most others are self-explanatory and had it been warmer, we might well have spent more time outside.  We took several on day 1, just as it started to get cloudy and damp.
In addition to the golf area, there is also an area for bowls - and there were woods up there.
The jogging track is quite clearly marked as running anti-clockwise.  I state this, as on the Sea Princess, there was some debate about the correct direction, as there are no markings, so it was left undecided.  All around the jogging track are outdoor gym machines.
There is no doubt whatever that being modern and large, the recreational areas are way better than on the smaller Sun class ships.  There is also some form of electronic target shooting booth up there, but I think that is locked unless staffed, so I never saw inside.  There are 4 table tennis tables and unlike the Sea Princess, at least there were footballs up there to kick around and even badminton racquets and shuttles.  
There is a retreat pool area (no kids allowed) not to be confused with the paid ‘Sanctuary’ which adjoins it.
 
The feature ‘skywalk’ is an attractive gimmick and certainly adds to the shape of the ship and  the final pic at dusk is one of Paula’s, taken from our own balcony.
 

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