Princess Cruises Takes Delivery of Newest Ship

Princess Cruises introduced its latest ship, Discovery Princess, was delivered on Friday throughout an official handover on the Fincantieri Shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy.

Discovery Princess expands the cruise line’s fleet to fifteen MedallionClass vessels and options an evolution of the design platform used for the cruise line’s earlier Royal-Class ships.

After departing from Italy, the vessel will sail out of Los Angeles on a sequence of Mexican Riviera and California Coast voyages between March 27 and April 24 earlier than providing seven-day Alaska cruises from Seattle.

The handover ceremony was attended by Princess Cruises President John Padgett, Fincantieri Service provider Ships Division Common Supervisor Luigi Matarazzo, Captain Gennaro Arma and different firm officers.

“At present marks a big milestone for Princess Cruises as we formally take possession of the spectacular Discovery Princess,” Padgett stated. “We prolong our immense gratitude to our long-time and trusted companions at Fincantieri, the shipbuilders of all six of our Royal-Class vessels with Discovery Princess and sit up for welcoming our first friends to expertise the great thing about the ship once they embark in only a few weeks.”

The three,660-guest Discovery Princess will provide passengers an array of revolutionary new experiences, 270-degree sweeping views within the Sky Suites, world-class eating choices, Broadway-style manufacturing exhibits and extra.

The brand new ship will use the newest applied sciences to scale back gas consumption, deal with wastewater and assist environmental compliance efforts.

Earlier this month, Princess Cruises introduced it might prolong its E-book with Confidence program to cowl all summer time 2022 sailings, giving cruise-goers the power to plan their much-anticipated summer time holidays with added peace of thoughts.