Princess Cruises has announced Diamond Princess’ maiden season.

The 2,670-passenger cruise ship, which was at the heart of the Covid-19 outbreak back in February, will sail to South America and Antarctica in autumn 2021 and spring 2022.

She will replace Sapphire Princess on the same deployment from December through March.

Diamond Princess‘ itineraries in the maiden season include:

· 1 December 2021 Andes & South America
· 1 December 2021 Antarctica, Andes & Cape Horn Grand Adventure
· 19 December Antarctica & Cape Horn
· 4 and 20 January 4 2022 Antarctica & Cape Horn
· 5 and 19 February and 5 March 2022 Cape Horn & Strait of Magellan
· 5 March 2022 Andes & Cape Horn Grand Adventure
· 19 March 2022 Andes & South America

In addition, Diamond Princess will sail on two new Pacific Crossings to and from Asia in autumn 2021 and spring 2022 and sail the North Pacific Ocean with either Southeast Asia and Hawaii or Hawaii and Japan.

These sailings are between Los Angeles and either Singapore or Yokohama (Tokyo), which was where the cruise ship was forced to go into quarantine for two weeks after an outbreak of coronavirus on board in February.

As a result of the change, Princess Cruises has cancelled three Sapphire Princess Baja Peninsula & Sea of Cortez cruises, and three Hawaiian Islands cruises in autumn 2021 and spring 2022.

In a statement, Princess Cruises said: “We are currently enhancing our health and safety protocols with input from global health leaders in light of Covid-19 and assessing how they may impact our future itinerary offerings.

“Our actual offerings may vary from what is displayed in marketing materials.”

Visit princess.com for more information.