Caribbean Princess
 Caribbean Princess at St. Thomas, USVI on May 2, 2011 |
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| Name: | Caribbean Princess |
| Owner: | Carnival plc |
| Operator: | Princess Cruises |
| Port of registry: |  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[5] 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 (as of 2011, Royal Princess, another Princess cruise ship, will supersede it in 2013). 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.
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Incident [edit]
On March 12, 2012, the Caribbean Princess suffered an issue to the port side propulsion engine, which required it to return to its home port of San Juan, Puerto Rico after a stopover in St. Maartin. The problem caused Princess Cruises to cancel the next two trips (scheduled for March 18 and 25).[7]
Current/Future Cruises [edit]
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 will once again move back to Europe, to sail out of Southampton, England where she will sail various cruises around the British Isles & Northern Europe. After she will sail to Galveston, replacing the Crown Princess sailing to the Western Caribbean. Afterwards, she will reposition to Fort Lauderdale on the summer of 2014 for a whole series of Caribbean Cruises
Gallery [edit]
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The Caribbean Princess in the Firth of Forth
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Stern of Caribbean Princess in Aruba, taken from Bow of Coral Princess
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The outdoor movie theater on board the Caribbean Princess
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The Horizon Court restaurant
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Caribbean Princess at Princess Cays
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Caribbean Princess sails out of Port Everglades.
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Caribbean Princess tendering at Bar Harbor, Maine on August 31, 2010.
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Caribbean Princess bound for Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Taken from Coral Princess
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Ward, Douglas (2005). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. ISBN 981-246-510-3.
- ^ "CARIBBEAN PRINCESS". Vessel Assessment System. Retrieved 2008-07-23.[dead link]
- ^ "Caribbean Princess Arrives in Ft. Lauderdale". Goliath (PR Newswire). 2004-03-31. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ^ Stieghorst, Tom (2004-10-24). "Cruise lines add big, bold features to entice travelers.". Access my Library (Tribune Business News). Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ^ a b United States Coast Guard (USCG). "Caribbean Princess". Port State Information Exchange. U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
- ^ "MV Caribbean Princess (IMO: 9215490)". vesseltracker.com. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ^ Sloan, Gene (2012-03-16). USA Today http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/post/2012/03/caribbean-princess-cruises-ship-cancel/649463/1
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External links [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Caribbean Princess |
- Caribbean Princess Official Page (Princess site)
- Fincantieri Ship Building
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