Grand Princess
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 Grand Princess anchored in South Queensferry |
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| Name: | Grand Princess |
| Owner: | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator: | Princess Cruises |
| Port of registry: | Hamilton, Bermuda |
| Ordered: | 08 Feb 1994 (announced) |
| Builder: | Fincantieri |
| Cost: | US$450 million |
| Yard number: | 5956 |
| Launched: | 20 May 1998 |
| Christened: | 29 Sep 1998, by Olivia de Havilland |
| Maiden voyage: | 27 May 1998 |
| In service: | 26 May 1998 |
| Identification: | Official Number: 10853 Call Sign: ZCBU5 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2009[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 109,000 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 289.86 m (951 ft) |
| Beam: | 35.97 m (118 ft) |
| Height: | 61.26 m (201 ft) |
| Draft: | 7.92 m (26 ft) |
| Decks: | 17 |
| Propulsion: | 2 Fixed Pitch Propellers |
| Speed: | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h) (cruising) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
6 tenders |
| Capacity: | 2,592 lower berth passengers 3,100 maximum passengers |
| Crew: | 1,100 crew |
Grand Princess is a cruise ship owned by Princess Cruises. Built in 1998 by Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani in Monfalcone (Hull Number 5956), Italy, at a cost of approximately US$450 million, she was the largest and most expensive civilian ship ever built at the time. Grand Princess primarily operates in Europe during the summer to early Autumn, and then operates in the Caribbean during winter to late spring.
Grand Princess was the first of the Grand Class ships, and has a different decor scheme to her sister ships, using darker woods, and the interior decor is more similar to the smaller (77,000 grt) Sun Class ships. The cabin layout is also marginally different in the arrangement of the bathroom and the walk-in wardrobe. At a recent refit, the Movies under the Stars feature was added.
She is the sister ship of the Star Princess and the Golden Princess. The Grand Princess was the setting for a task in the second series of the UK version of the reality TV show The Apprentice.
The Grand Princess has two large theatres and a large central performance lounge. The inaugural season featured performances by artists including Lorna Luft, Al Martino, Bob Anderson, Red Buttons, Rita Moreno and showbands including Dominic Halpin with his swing band and Canadian band the Mud Sharks.
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| Preceded by Carnival Destiny |
World's largest passenger ship 1997 – 1999 |
Succeeded by Voyager of the Seas |
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