I have booked my first outbound Suites on an A380 and about 10 days away from starting to book the inbound ones.
I can fly A380 on a daytime flight SIN to SYD, or a B777 overnight to MEL. The B777 would allow a better experience of TPR and get me closer to home for the same Krisflyer point expenditure, the A380 would allow the Suites experience to be fully experienced, but breakfast in TPR cannot be as good as dinner, it would also add an overnight stop in SYD or MEL and extra QF points/taxes to get back to Tas.
I have pretty well decided it will be F on the B777 to MEL - are there other pro's / con's I have missed?
Is there much difference between F and Suites with an overnight flight?
I may be wrong BUT
TPR is only available for a Suites booking. If flying First then you have to suffer the first lounge (which you walk through for some minutes to get to TPR). The first lounge has ice cream which is lacking in the self-serve in TPR,
TPR - we decided to totally immerse ourselves in the experience - so I booked the flights to give us 14 hours access. The quality of the food was OK but the first class
Etihad Lounge in Abu Dhabi was IMHO much better for the dinner.
Breakfast (by menu) in the TPR was excellent, the fresh fruits and berries on one of my dishes were so good that I had them for morning tea! It was not crowded at all in the morning through to late afternoon but then became quite full. We went from having it totally to ourselves for 4-5 hours (perhaps) to queuing for the small food area. The range was actually better in the First class lounge you walked through to get to the TPR.
TPR has about 8 tables screened off so there is no view to enjoy whereas EY's have tables by the windows or away from the windows as well as several bars to choose from.
So, personally I would go for the early rather than late visit. If you've not been to Singapore or even if you have briefly then (as we did) you can go in & out and take part say in one of the free morning or afternoon Singapore Tours.
Suites vs First - If you'll be having another chance in the next year or two then six of one and half a dozen of the other. However, with the cost cutting that has started - I'd go for the suites now personally. Although (1st world problem) after seeing a video review of Emirates' suite door closing by remote - I have changed my view of SQ's suites - there is ONE improvement they could make.
There is nothing to stop you having a nap on the day time flight if you so wish - after having your Lobster & Krug!