Princess cruises have announced that they have reached an agreement with Italy’s Fincantieri Shipyard for the construction of a third Royal Princess class ship. The unnamed vessel will join her sisters, Royal and Regal Princess in 2017. I have updated…
UBS Investment Research is claiming that Carnival Corp. intends to place an order for 2 ships this summer. That would place them on track for delivery in 2017. It is not expected that this will be delivered to Carnival Cruise…
Princess Cruises newest ship, Regal Princess, has officially set sail on her inaugural voyage. The grand Mediterranean voyage commenced today in Venice, Italy. Jan Swartz, Princess Cruises president: We’re absolutely delighted to welcome another addition to the Princess family with Regal…
Regal Princess arrived in Trieste, Italy yesterday afternoon to kick off her sailing career for Princess. She will sail a quick preview cruise before her official maiden voyage on May 20th. Here’s an HD video of her arrival. Also make…
This summer UK network ITV1 will premiere a four part documentary called “The Cruise Ship.” The series takes place onboard Princess Cruises newest ship, the Royal Princess. It will be a behind the scenes look at crew and passengers. Keep…
This is an archived post that originally appeared on CruiseInd Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:30 USA Today has a walkthrough of the Regal Princess. Regal Princess in Piraeus Greece. photo and article from Kathimerini Regal Princess has officially…
Regal Princess has successfully completed her sea trials. Shes currently docked back in Monfalcone, Italy at the Fincantieri shipyard. from princess: Regal Princess has accomplished another major milestone in preparation for her May 20 debut, with the completion of her sea…
from Princess: Today Princess Cruises announced its 2015-2016 Americas cruise itineraries including Caribbean, Canada and New England, Panama Canal, Mexico, Hawaiian Islands and West Coast cruises. The array of cruise vacations departing from U.S. ports range from three to 28 days and…
photo via wikimedia To get ready for Princess Cruises’ second season of Japan cruising, Diamond Princess is undergoing an extensive drydock to add enticing new features designed to appeal to Japanese cruisers. During the $30 million-dollar refurbishment, the ship will receive an extensive new Japanese bath…
UPDATE II: via Twitter: Only 5 of 165 passengers reporting norovirus are active out of total of 3102 on @PrincessCruises #CaribbeanPrincess #cruise — Stewart Chiron (@CruiseGuy) January 31, 2014 UPDATE: Here is Princess Cruises response on the early arrival back…
Princess cruises just announced that they will be making a few, somewhat, major changes to the Regal Princess’ layout. The 141,000gt ship, due to launch spring of 2014, will incorporate venues that passengers were missing onboard her currently sailing sister, Royal…
Peter Knego of MaritimeMatters is reporting that the Pacific Princess is now having another listing problem. Last month the Pacific Princess was reflaoted upright after almost capsizing after arriving at the scrap yard in Turkey. Now, shes developing a list…
Princess cruises newbuild will be launched roughly 2 weeks early, Fincantieri, the Italian yard that’s building her, announced today. Subsequently Princess also announced that instead of the inaugural on June 2, 2014, they have added to additional voyages. The new…
The Royal Princess is currently docked in Naples, Italy as the last guests disembark from there shortened cruise. Princess has announced that after their technical team took a look at the situation, there will be no need to cancel her…
Princess Cruises has announced that due to the electrical issue from yesterday morning, the line will cancel the current voyage. She lost power while on transit to Naples Sunday morning. She is expected to arrive Tuesday morning into Naples where…
According to Cruise Currents, the 2013-built Royal Princess has lost power in the Mediterranean. She was enroute to Naples, Italy. Backup generators are keeping essential safety and guest services still functional. Princess has stated that the crew are currently in…
This week Princess Cruises Crown Princess rescued Earlier this week, the Crown Princess rescued 158 Syrian refuges from the Mediterranean Sea. They had left Syria and weren’t spotted until they were off the coast of Sicily, Italy. The Italian coastguard…
Due to issues with a switchboard problem in the ships control room, Princess Cruises have decided to cancel her first post-drydock departure. She was originally scheduled to depart today from Singapore on a 14-night one-way route to Australia. However when…
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Princess Cruises newest flagship has just arrived in Southampton for her debut. She’ll have a few media events before sailing on her maiden voyage from Southampton to Barcelona on June 16th. I look forward to seeing the first few reports…
Fincantieri Cantieri Navali SpA of Monfalcone, Italy, have just handed the keys to Princess’ largest ship over to Princess Cruises. The final figures are in. She comes in at 141,000grt. 1082ft LOA. 124ft Beam. 1,780 pax cabins. Yeilding 3,560 pax…
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Via Princess: SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (March 26, 2013) – Regal Princess reached a significant construction milestone today when the Princess Cruises vessel was “floated out” at its building dock at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy. A traditional ceremony marked the…
NCL and the Port of Houston Authority announced jointly that they have signed an agreement to base a ship seasonally for three years [2014-2016] with the option for two more [2017,2018]. NCL will sail the Norwegian Jewel. She’ll average about…
USA Today’s Gene Sloan was over in Italy recently to check on the progress of Princess’ newest ship, the Royal Princess. While touring Fincanteri, he was able to check out the glass-bottomed SeaWalk. Check out the photos here.