Princess Cruises

Princess Cruises informed travel agents that it intends to raise the daily gratuity rate on all voyages departing on or after May 21, 2019.

The new gratuity rates are going up by $1:

• Interior/Oceanview/Balcony — $14.50 USD per guest, per day
• Mini suites (including Club Class) — $15.50 USD per guest, per day
• Full Suites — $16.50 USD per guest, per day

Guests who wish to prepay their gratuities at the current amount may do so through May 14, 2019 at 11:59PM PST.

Princess Cruises' Royal Princess will be sailing from the West Coast and offers guests the  opportunity to hear from an impressive line-up of celebrity speakers as they sail to the sunny Mexican Riviera.

Now through April 27, 2019, Royal Princess departs on seven-day cruises to the Mexican Riviera from the Port of Los Angeles (San Pedro, Calif.) before heading up for a new Alaska season in early May. 

Princess Cruises announced that its recently announced cruise around the world has become the fastest-selling World Cruise in the cruise line's history. 

The 111-day roundtrip voyage on Island Princess from Ft. Lauderdale departs on January 3, 2021, and the 111-day roundtrip cruise from Los Angeles departs January 17, 2021. A 97-day World Cruise from Los Angeles to Ft. Lauderdale is also offered, setting sail on January 17, 2021. 

Princess Cruises announces its 2021 World Cruise itinerary ever with more ports and countries than ever before.

The 111-day sailing will visit 50 destinations in 32 countries, across six continents, including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America and North America.

The 111-day roundtrip voyage from Ft. Lauderdale departs on January 3, 2021, and the 111-day roundtrip cruise from Los Angeles departs January 17, 2021. A 97-day World Cruise from Los Angeles to Ft. Lauderdale is also offered, setting sail on January 17, 2021.

Princess Cruises announced it has entered into a deal with Fincantieri to build two new 175,000-ton cruise ships.  These will be the largest ships ever built in Italy.

Each ship will have double-occupancy capacity for approximately 4,300 passengers and feature a dual-fuel system, primarily powered by LNG.

The new ships will be delivered in Monfalcone in late 2023 and in spring 2025.

Today's deal follows up on a memorandum of agreement signed in July 2018.

Princess Cruises announced the Sky Princess will offer guests a new French restaurant, which is the first time in the cruise line's history a French restaurant will be offered to North American guests.

The new restaurant, La Mer, is the creation of Three-Michelin Star Chef, Emmanuel Renaut. Sky Princess will arrive in Ft. Lauderdale in December 2019 for an inaugural season of Caribbean cruises.

Princess Cruises today announced an exciting series of Latin-themed cruise itineraries on 7-day Caribbean cruises on two Caribbean Princess sailings in July 2019. The "Sabor Latino" themed cruises promise to deliver the Caribbean cruise experience, tailored to the preferences of the Latin American guest, with late night DJ dance parties, an onboard Spanish-speaking host, shore excursions guided in Spanish, and Latin-inspired cocktails.

The first Sabor Latino sailing will be on the Caribbean Princess on July 13, 2019, followed by the July 20, 2019 sailing of Caribbean Princess.

After nearly 30 years, Illene and Howard Weiner are being celebrated by Princess Cruises for being the most-travelled guest on the cruise line, with 2,500 days at sea spread over 282 cruises.

"We're incredibly honored to have the loyalty and passion for Princess Cruises that Ms. Weiner exudes as our most-travelled guest," said Jan Swartz, Princess Cruises president. "Not only has she celebrated her own milestones throughout the years, she's found pure joy and happiness in discovering the world's beauty and local cultures from a cruise ship."

Princess Cruises announced it will expand its MedallionNet internet service on additional ships by the end of 2019.

MedallionNet will expand to six additional ships this year:

• Coral Princess (April 5)
• Island Princess (May 15)
• Crown Princess (June 30)
• Emerald Princess (August 3)
• Golden Princess (December 20)
• Sky Princess (October 12)

MedallionNet is currently available on Caribbean Princess, Regal Princess, Royal Princess and Ruby Princess.