December 31, 2013/ altair / Cruises & Ships

Princess Cruises is one of the best world class cruises company. It’s best for many things: best for weddings; best for dining with its “Anytime Dining” and “Chef’s Table” programs; best for learning experiences in areas ranging from cooking to website design – ScholarShip@Sea and Computers@sea programs; best for “Movies Under the Stars” on a giant poolside screen. Princess Cruises’ ships vary so widely in style and services that choosing carefully is a good idea. No matter your age – you’ll definitely find something to like.

Princess Cruises is a British-American owned cruise line, based in Santa Clarita, California in the United States and operated by Carnival Corporation & PLC.

The company became famous by The Love Boat TV series, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977 until May 24,1986 and in which two of Princess’ ships, the Island Princess and Pacific Princess were featured.

Princess Cruises began in 1965, when founder Stanley McDonald chartered Canadian PacificLimited’s Alaska cruise ship Princess Patricia for Mexican Riviera cruises from Los Angeles during a time when she would have usually been laid up for the winter. However, Princess Pat, as she was fondly called, had never been designed for tropical cruising, lacking air-conditioning, and Princess ended her charter in favor of a more purpose-built cruise ship – Italia. The Italia had originally been ordered in 1963 and was one of the first to implement modern design elements, such as lifeboats mounted lower on the ship, allowing for uncluttered upperdecks, and engines placed far in the rear, allowing for spacious public rooms amidships. Gustavo Finali and Romano Boico had designed the ship’s interiors (designers of such ships as the Augustus, Raffaello, Oceanic, and Homeric.

In 1986, P&O Princess Cruises acquired Tour Alaska, which operated on the Alaska Railroad. Based in Anchorage, Alaska, Princess Tours now operates ten luxury railcars with full-service scenic tours of Mount McKinley and can accommodate over 700 passengers per day.

P&O Princess Cruises acquired Sitmar Line in 1988 and transferred all of its major tonnage to Princess, including three cruise ships then under construction. The Dawn Princess and Fair Princess were both ex-Cunarders, and the former Sitmar Fairsky became Princess’s Sky Princess. The first of the three new Sitmar ships came into the Princess brand in 1989 as the Star Princess, the largest British exclusively cruising ship. Two 70,000 grt cruise ships entered service in 1990 as the Crown Princess and Regal Princess, bringing Princess’s fleet up to ten deluxe cruise ships.

Ruby Princess

Ruby Princess is a Grand-class cruise ship owned. She was built in 2008 by Fincantieri in Trieste, Italy and was officially named at Fort Lauderdale, Florida on November 6, 2008. It cost 400 million.

General characteristics:

• Class and type: Grand class cruise ship
• Tonnage: 116,000 gross register tons
• Length: 951ft (290m)
• Beam: 118ft (36m)
• Draught: 8m (26ft)
• Decks: 19 decks
• Installed power: Gas turbines (25,000kW each)
• Propulsion: Twin propellers Speed: 23-knot (43km/h; 26mph)
• Capacity: 3,080 passengers
• Crew: 1,200

“Anytime Dining” program gives passengers the freedom to dine when and with whom they wish. Another popular concept is the “Chef’s Table”. It costs $75 per person and gives passengers the chance to enjoy hors d’oevoures and champagne in the galley, followed by a multi-course tasting menu at the Chef’s VIP table in the dining room. It also includes wine pairing. This can only be booked once you are onboard.

Recently Princess Cruises has introduced the “Bon Voyage Experience – a new program that allows the cruise travelers invite friends and relatives to visit them onboard before sailaway. The guests can join them onboard for approximately four hours, including lunch and a tour. It costs $39 per person. If you get enough of a taste and buy a real cruise, Princess Cruises will credit the $39 toward it.

The Royal Princess – Future Ship

In May 2013, the brand new Royal Princess will become the flagship of Princess Cruises and Carnival Corporation. The ship is designed to have a tonnage of 141,000-GT, with a passenger capacity of 3,600. The ship’s design will be evolutionary, from the current Princess fleet and will offer new innovations in the fleet. 100% of its outside staterooms will have balconies, which will comprise the 80% of all staterooms. The signature Piazza atrium will have an expansion. Other innovations is yet to be unveiled in the upcoming months. Mid-March 2011 Princess released a video of their new ‘Royal Princess’ to debut in May 2013. New features include a cantilevered walkway and bar on the top deck; enlarged Sanctuary with adult-only pool and the largest Movies Under The Stars screen Princess has built so far.

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