Caribbean Princess

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Caribbean Princess at St. Thomas, USVI on May 2, 2011
Career
Name: Caribbean Princess
Owner: Carnival plc
Operator: Princess Cruises
Port of registry: Bermuda Hamilton, Bermuda[1]
Builder: Fincantieri (Monfalcone, Italy)[2]
Cost: US $500 million[1]
Launched: 2004
Christened: April 2, 2004 by Jill Whelan in Fort Lauderdale[3]
Maiden voyage: April 3, 2004[4]
In service: April 2004[1]
Identification: IMO number: 9215490[5]
Call Sign ZCDG8
MMSI 310423000[6]
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class & type: Grand Class cruise ship
Tonnage: 112,894 GT
Length: 951 ft (290 m)
Beam: 118 ft (36 m)
Draft: 26.2 ft (8.0 m)[1]
Decks: 17 total, 15 passenger[1]
Installed power: 2 diesel-electric propellers (42,000kW each)[1]
Speed: 22-knot (41 km/h; 25 mph)[1]
Capacity: 3,080 passengers
Crew: 1,200 crew

MS Caribbean Princess is a Grand Class cruise ship owned and operated by Princess Cruises, with a capacity of over 3,600 passengers, the largest carrying capacity in the Princess fleet up until June 2013 when the new Royal Princess, another Princess ship superseded its record. She has 900 balcony staterooms and a deck of mini-suites. She was the first modern cruise ship with an outdoor theater, which Princess bills as "Movies Under The Stars".[citation needed]

Caribbean Princess is slightly larger than the other ships in her class (Star Princess, Golden Princess, and Grand Princess), due to the addition of an additional deck of cabins called the Riviera deck. Another difference is that, being initially designed to cruise the Caribbean year-round, there is no sliding roof over the pool area for shelter in poor weather.

Incident

On March 12, 2012, Caribbean Princess suffered an issue to her port side propulsion engine, which required her to return to her home port of San Juan, Puerto Rico after a stopover in St. Maarten. The problem caused Princess Cruises to cancel the next two trips (scheduled for March 18 and 25).[7]

Current/Future Cruises

Caribbean Princess sailed her maiden European season from Southampton, England. She later repositioned back to New York City, New York sailing to Canada/New England as well as Bermuda. She then moved to Ft. Lauderdale to sail to 7-Day Southern Caribbean cruises. In April 2013 she moved once again back to Europe, sailing out of Southampton, where she sailed various cruises around the British Isles & Northern Europe during the summer and fall. In November 2013, she began sailing out of Houston, Texas. She will reposition to Fort Lauderdale on the summer of 2014 for a whole series of Caribbean Cruises.

Gallery

  • Caribbean Princess in the Firth of Forth

  • Stern of Caribbean Princess in Aruba, taken from Bow of Coral Princess

  • The outdoor movie theater on board Caribbean Princess

  • The Horizon Court restaurant

  • Caribbean Princess at Princess Cays

  • Caribbean Princess sails out of Port Everglades.

  • Caribbean Princess tendering at Bar Harbor, Maine on August 31, 2010.

  • Caribbean Princess bound for Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Taken from Coral Princess

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Ward, Douglas (2005). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. ISBN 981-246-510-3. 
  2. ↑ "CARIBBEAN PRINCESS". Vessel Assessment System. Retrieved 2008-07-23. 
  3. ↑ "Caribbean Princess Arrives in Ft. Lauderdale". Goliath (PR Newswire). 2004-03-31. Retrieved 2008-07-23. 
  4. ↑ Stieghorst, Tom (2004-10-24). "Cruise lines add big, bold features to entice travelers.". Access my Library (Tribune Business News). Retrieved 2008-07-23. 
  5. ↑ "Caribbean Princess (9215490)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. http://www.equasis.org/EquasisWeb/restricted/ShipList?fs=ShipSearch&P_PAGE=1&P_IMO=9215490. Retrieved 2013-05-20. (subscription required)
  6. ↑ "MV Caribbean Princess (IMO: 9215490)". vesseltracker.com. Retrieved 2008-07-23. 
  7. ↑ Sloan, Gene (2012-03-16). USA Today http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/post/2012/03/caribbean-princess-cruises-ship-cancel/649463/1 |url= missing title (help). 

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