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Italy’s Fincanteri Shipyard just launched the Royal Princess. Check out the most complete photo we have yet of her!
During the 2013-14 season Grand Princess will sail roundtrip from San Francisco to: Alaska — Grand Princess’ first Alaska season features 10-day Inside Passage sailings. The ship will offer 13 voyages featuring the stunning scenery of Glacier Bay National Park…
Princess Cruises today raised the curtain on Princess Live!, a new type of cruise ship entertainment venue that passengers will enjoy aboard the new Royal Princess. Taking the audience behind the scenes to share the excitement of a working television…
A story is circulating around the interwebs about Princess Cruises’ Star Princess that aparently sailed by a vessel in distress. On the morning of March 10th, 3 passengers noticed something floating in the water as their ship sailed on transit…
Click for larger Quite a stubby little bow. Does it look a lot like a Solstice class to anyone else?
We have our first CruiseShipping Miami announcement. Princess announced that their newest 141,000grt ship the Royal Princess have a revamped Dining experience. The Horizon Court buffet will feature new venues with new cuisine options.They include a taqueria, rotissseie, a sandwich…
Big enough Atrium for you The Atrium onboard the Royal Princess will be 50 percent larger than on the newest class of Princess ships and will debut a number of brand new features, including Bellini’s Italian cocktail bar, Ocean Terrace…
Princess Cruises announced the details of they newest flagship. Her maiden voyage will be a 7-night Iberian Peninsula voyage from Southampton to Barcelona. It departs June 16th 2013. After that she will sail Princess signature 12-day Grand Mediterranean between Barcelona…
Princess cruises has announced that the Crown Princess will return to port early due to an outbreak of norovirus. The ‘cruise ship bug’ has already struck 114 passengers and 59 crew members. The 113,000 grt ship will arrive back in…
click photo for high res And thats how you remove the “shopping cart handle” from a cruise ship. Although for some reason i always found it to be attractive. And below is what she looks like sailing now.
The Port of Red Hook Brooklyn has now joined Port Everglades, Alaska, and Los Angeles in allowing ships to plug into shore side power. Princess and Cunard both use the new pier in the “hipster” borough of New York. My…
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UPDATE: Visit here for more photos Royal Princess is the new name of Princess’ newbuild due out in May 2013. Princess unveiled that and some additional details at Cruise Shipping Miami today. The 141,000 grt ship will feature some new…
Princess just announced that they will return to Galveston, TX! The Crown Princess will arrive on December 22, 2012 and sail 7-night Caribbean routes to the usual Roatan, Costa Maya, Belize, and Cozumel. Her last trip for the season will…
Back on December 20th I reported on a rumor that the Grand Princess would be losing its trademark Skywalkers Disco. The “Shopping Cart Handle” will be chopped off in a future drydocking Princess has now confirmed. Check out the below…
Princess will be using the standard propulsion for their newbuilds. Princess has had pretty good luck in the propulsion section. Unlike rivals Celebrity that had a ton of issues with their mermaid pods. They did make it up in the…
There is a rumor that the Grand Princess will have her Skywalkers nightclub removed in a future drydocking. Apparently all the engineering has been completed and all that’s left is the final go-ahead and selection of the shipyard to do…
Princess Cruises Island Princess was the first ship to hook up to shore side power while docked in San Francisco. The ship literally plugs into power cables from the dock. Several of Princess Cruises ships are equipped with the ability…
So due to the changes mentioned in a previous post, here is a webcam grab that is very rare. Princess no longer sails into the New York Passenger Ship Terminal’s finger piers up the Hudson. Since the QM2 gets priority…
UPDATE 11:46: So it turns out that when I go to find a quote from Princess, their news site is down! 96 passengers became ill with the norovirus on Princess Cruises, Sapphire Princess. She was on the return leg of…
As we’ve all seen in the news, there are a lot of protests regarding the Israeli special forces landing on a ship. So far Princess Cruises have cancelled today’s call in the port of Ashdod, Israel. Azmara is the next…
(Click for larger) Is this the new princess newbuild? It could be. This new ship will be the largest Princess ship to date. She made news the other day when Carnival and Princess firmed up the order for her and…
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…for the Princess brand. Maritime Industry insider, Lloyd’s List, is quotes as saying Carnival is in advanced talks with German Meyer Werft for an order of two new cruiseships for its Princess brand, Italian and German shipping sources have said.…
UPDATE 10/24: Check out the comments section of the post to see another account. This time from Lisa. Thanks Lisa. UPDATE 10/21: Another cruiser from that voyage was able to provide us with their take in the incident: We were…