TRAVEL WRITER David Wishart was the sole journalist to

travel aboard the Sun Princess’ maiden voyage. David reporis

that the 77,000 ton cruise ship — tho world’s largest — offers
something. for averyone, The 15-deck behemoth will begin a
Vancouver-Alaska schedule in Apri! offering seven-day cruis-

Sun Princess a
buoyant beauty

New cruise ship to visit Vancouver

FT. LAUDERDALE — Another’
Saturday in: Florida. Yet another
‘new cruise ship, this one the Sun
. -Privcess,: at 77,000 tons the
. biggest in the world,

‘As I'm standing on the dock
marvelling the boldness and beauty
of it all (and wondering how the
captain will steer this monster - ° :
through the narrow harbor

: entrance) a red-eyed passenger

_ . joins me at check-in and asks, ‘Dp’ y

think they’ Il have lunch?” ’:
- We are but two of 2,008 passen-
gers who will be sailing on the
’ ship, shortly to depart for seven -
days in the Caribbean. However,
boarding is swift, and my new :

friend is being directed to lunch on
Deck 14,

As we were soon to find out,
there are in fact 15 decks on Sun
Princess with so much going on
that Princess Cruises gives every
passenger a pocket-sized tour
guide, Nobody gets lost at sea
these days, just on Deck 7. This is
where the action is, an entertain-

- ment alley almost three football

fields long.

Where most cruise ships have
one showroom, Sun Princess has
two, a 500-seater at the bow and
another with 480 seats at the stern.
Pass pengers can watch a production »
show in sumptuous art deco sur--
roundings or take a stroll to the
other end and catch some cabaret:
or go dancing.

Along the way there's a casino,
night club with video-screen floor,
and the Wheelhouse bar with its
nautical paintings and models of

- ships from parent company P&O's

past, ;
- All bar staff are British and in

' their element telling classic tales

such as the one about the Texan
who said he liked a vessel so much

he might just buy it. “Sorry, you

can’t, sir,” he was told, “it’s one of
a Set.” ‘
Italians run the dining rooms,

_ all four of them, including a pizza

See Cruise page 25

January 12-14, PNE & Coliseum

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