Princess Cruise Ship Coming to U.S. After Finishing Drydock in Italy
With 20 years of service with Princess Cruises below her belt, Caribbean Princess simply accomplished her routine drydock on the Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo, Italy.
After a couple of stops alongside the Mediterranean Sea in Spain, Morocco, and Portugal, the newly refurbished ship will sail throughout the Atlantic to her new house in Florida.
The 16-night voyage on Caribbean Princess will depart Civitacvecchia (Rome) on November 10 and is scheduled to reach in Port Everglades on November 26.
Port Canaveral will then be house to the Grand-class cruise ship with 6- to 14-night sailings provided to the Japanese and Western Caribbean.
In April of 2025, Caribbean Princess will supply two Panama Canal sailings earlier than repositioning to Vancouver for the Alaska season.
Then in September of 2025, a 16-night Panama Canal crusing will transfer the ship from California to Port Everglades, Florida. The vessel will homeport in Port Everglades till a 13-night crusing that can start in Fort Lauderdale and culminate in Port Canaveral in Could of 2026.
The three,142-passenger vessel acquired routine upkeep that included new upholstery, carpets, and technical upgrades. With the ship on blocks work was in a position to be achieved under the water line in addition to above it, however particular particulars as to the precise work achieved have but to be introduced.
A sister ship, Grand Princess, had the Skywalkers nightclub and statement lounge eliminated to enhance gas financial system and stability again in 2011.
This iconic design of the Grand-class vessels has been a controversial subject amongst Princess cruise followers, however to date it seems to be like this “procuring cart deal with”– as some name it — will stay.