Princess Cruises announced its 2017 European voyages, including the inaugural sailings of the line’s newest ship, Majestic Princess.
The European season features six ships – including the three newest in the fleet – sailing to 119 destinations from the Mediterranean to the northernmost tip of Europe.
Guests can choose from 64 itineraries on 153 cruise departures, visiting 27 countries.
The 3,560-guest Majestic Princess will launch in April 2017. Her maiden season will start with cruises from five- to 28-day Mediterranean voyages from Barcelona, Athens and Rome. As of July 2017, Majestic Princess will be based in China year-round.
The 3,080-guest Crown Princess will be based in Southampton from April-September. The ship will offer seven and 14-night round-trip cruises across Europe including to the Mediterranean and Scandinavia.
Princess Cruises’ two recent additions to its fleet – Royal Princess and Regal Princess – will be based in Europe. Royal Princess, which was named by HRH, the Duchess of Cambridge in 2013, will feature new 11-day Grand Mediterranean and 10-day Western Mediterranean combinable for a 21-day Grand Mediterranean Collection. Seven, 14-, 21- and 28-day sailings throughout the Mediterranean will also be on offer.
Regal Princess, launched last year, returns to northern Europe for cruises to Scandinavia & Russia including an overnight stay in St Petersburg.
Meanwhile, there will be the line’s largest British Isles season with 12 departures on the 3,140-guest Caribbean Princess, including last night stays in Edinburgh for the Military Tattoo on select sailings. All 12-day British Isles cruises feature a new late evening stay in Belfast and an option of an overnight in Dublin on select departures from Southampton.
Finally, Pacific Princess will sail on round trips out of Dover from June to September. The smaller, 680-guest ship will sail on several northern Europe itineraries, including visiting off-the-beaten-path ports in Iceland and the Shetland Islands. She will also offer voyages around the British Isles and cross to the land of fire and ice on a transatlantic passage featuring Iceland.
Both Crown Princess and Pacific Princess will offer North Cape voyages to the Arctic Circle during the peak midnight sun period around the summer solstice.
The sailings are open for bookings on Thursday, December 3 2015 at 4pm.
Jan Swartz, Princess Cruises’ president, said: “Princess is known for offering the best cruise itineraries around the globe and our 2017 Europe season is sure to inspire our guests with our newest and largest ships in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe. We’re especially excited to debut Majestic Princess in the Mediterranean before she officially sails to Asia for her maiden China cruise season.”
Princess now offers the ‘More Ashore’ programme, which gives guests more time at select destinations with either late night departures (9pm or later), an overnight, or a two-day experience. Highlights of the ‘More Ashore’ programme includes overnights in Dublin and St. Petersburg on select sailings and late evening stays in more than 15 countries.
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