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Princess Cruises brings back old name for new ship
Princess Cruises has confirmed its fourth Royal-class ship will be called Sky Princess, taking the name of an old ship in its fleet.
“Sky Princess continues a Princess Cruises legacy and honours one of our previous ships,” said Jan Swartz, Princess Cruises and Carnival Australia group president.
“When Princess merged with Sitmar Cruises in 1988, Sky Princess joined our fleet and sailed with us for 12 years. Now more than 30 years later, a new Sky Princess will join the fleet.”
A sister ship to Royal Princess, Regal Princess and Majestic Princess, Sky Princess will launch in October 2019 and will sail Mediterranean cruises.
The 3,660-passenger vessel will have the usual Royal-class features, including a top-deck outdoor cinema, adults-only Sanctuary and Camp Discovery youth and teen centres.
It will also have various new innovations, which Princess said would be revealed shortly.
Sky Princess’ Mediterranean voyages feature 10 departures on eight itineraries, sailing from Barcelona, Rome or Athens.
The first is a seven-day Mediterranean and Adriatic cruise from Athens to Barcelona on October 20, 2019.
The season will end in November 2019 with a 14-day Spanish Passage from Barcelona to Fort Lauderdale.
Voyages are available to book from December 14 2017.
Princess guests holding Elite status will have the opportunity to secure their booking a day earlier on December 13.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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