| Date Published: April 10, 2002 |
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| Princess Fleet Changes |
Lots of comings and goings over at Princess. First, the cruise line announces its fourth Grand Princess sibling will join the fleet in spring 2004. Princess will call the 109,000-ton mega-vessel the Crown Princess, recycling, as it has done with Island Princess, the name from an earlier ship. Well, let’s not be too hasty: the current 70,000-ton Crown Princess is still part of the company’s roster, at least for a couple more weeks. Then Crown Princess departs to undergo a transformation, when it will be known as A’ROSA Blu as part of A’ROSA Cruises, P&O Princess’ German-oriented line.
Meanwhile, Princess announced today another ship departure from its line, this one a tad more contemporary. The relatively new Sea Princess, a 77,000-ton ship now sailing the Mexican Riviera, will be transferred to P&O Cruises next spring. There it will replace the Arcadia, which, in yet another intercompany move, is heading over to Ocean Village, a new P&O subsidiary that will focus on contemporary, informal cruising.
Already announced, of course, is the departure of 20,000-ton Pacific Princess in November; this 1970s-era ship, much beloved as the “Love Boat,” has been sold (already in fact -- the cruise line has actually been leasing it back until November). That will leave the 45,000-ton Royal Princess with the title of the fleet’s “grande dame”. Royal Princess, launched in 1984, is another much-loved ship not only for its “no-inside-cabins” but also because the vessel was christened by the late Princess Diana.
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