Sleep plays a vital role in good health and well-being during your life. Getting sufficient quality sleep at the right times can help protect your mental health, physical health, quality of life, and safety.
A good nights sleep supports healthy brain function and preserve your physical health. In children and teens, sleep also helps support growth and development.
The impairment from lack of sleep can occur immediately (such as a car crash), or it can harm you over time. For instance, enduring sleep deficiency can raise your risk for some chronic health problems. It also can affect how well you think, react, work, learn, and get along with others.
That is why Princess Cruises are committed to guaranteeing guests come back from their cruise holiday feeling reinvigorated, transformed and revitalised with a good nights sleep in the Princess Luxury Bed.
Princess Cruises have worked in partnership with leading Dr. Michael Breus—who served as the official sleep expert of WebMD and appears regularly on the Dr. Oz Show—to create a mattress applying the latest in sleep science research and technology for the ultimate night of sleep on board.
Princess Cruises also enlisted the help of renowned HGTV design star Candice Olson to ensure the bed will make an instant visual impression as guests enter the stateroom, inspiring them to relax and let everything go.
Developed solely for Princess by the creators of some of the most comfortable hotel beds in the world, Princess Cruises luxurious new beds will encircle guests in lavish style and untainted, heavenly comfort.
Princess Cruises have invested in ultra-premium features including a plush two-inch thick pillow top, a nine-inch single sided medium firm mattress for greater care, individually wrapped coils for less partner disturbance, a European-inspired duvet and 100% luxurious Jacquard-woven cotton linens.
As said by board-certified sleep expert Dr. Michael Breus, “It’s important to remember that above all, sleep is a sensory experience. In fact, all five of your senses must be prepared for slumber in order for sleep to come easily and last all night long.”
To prepare guests for the definitive night of sleep at sea, Princess Cruises consulted with Dr. Breus to enhance staterooms for a sleep-friendly sensory experience.
How?
Using all of our five senses – Touch, Sight, Sound, Smell, and Taste
Touch
“It’s important to have a sleep system that cradles you in comfort while providing good support. It’s the mattress, pillow, sheets, duvet, everything. And don’t forget the gentle rocking motion of the ship.”
- The tender rocking motion onboard a cruise ship has been scientifically proven to help you sleep
- Princess Cruises crew can regulate your stateroom thermostat for optimal sleep temperature
- Find a personalized pillow and pillow-top menu in your stateroom, featuring The Dreampad, a pillow that uses patented technology to deliver music through gentle vibration, which stimulates your body’s relaxation response and allows you to reduce anxiety and fall asleep.*
Sight
“Almost no other sense can affect your sleep like sight, or light. We know that your ability to fall asleep and stay asleep is directly related to how much or what type of light is in your stateroom.”
- Morning sunlight from your balcony resets your internal clock and reduces jet lag
- Princess Cruises provides blackout curtains to block outdoor light and foster melatonin production
- Eye shades are offered to protect your eyes from light which inhibits sleep*
Sound
“If it is a snoring bed partner, or your environment, sound affects your sleep. Did you know that the sound of the ocean is one of the only sounds known to help lull you into a idyllic rest?”
- Find a dedicated SLEEP channel with peaceful ocean sounds in your stateroom
- Princess Cruises provides guided SLEEP meditation audio from Dr. Breus to induce sleep
- Princess Cruises offer ear plugs to erase sounds which disturb sleep–like a snoring bed partner!
Smell
“Never underestimate the power of your nose! Aromatherapy has been scientifically proven to help a person relax. And with that relaxation comes a great night’s sleep.”
- Available upon request, Princess dusts your linens with the soothing scent of lavender
Taste
“What we eat affects our sleep - it is as simple as that. Look for SLEEP-friendly evening meals and snacks.”
- Discover functional evening food choices
- Princess Cruises offer calming teas such as chamomile and Dr. Breus’ banana tea as seen on the Dr. Oz Show
*Complimentary for guests in Full Suites. Select items available for nominal fee for all other guests.
