Princess to Base Five Ships in Europe for 2007 Season

godking
13 April 2006 6:00am

Princess Cruises will make its largest ever Europe deployment in 2007 when it sends five ships to the Continent, offering 81 departures and 31 itineraries visiting 110 ports, a 33 percent increase over last year. The extended season will start in April and run through December 2007.

The Emerald Princess, Princess Cruises´ next ship currently under construction at Italy´s Fincantieri shipyard, and the Royal Princess, the ship it will acquire from U.K.- based Swan Hellenic, will both make their Princess debuts in 2007 in the Mediterranean and will offer Med itineraries throughout the season.

The Emerald Princess´ first sailing will be out of Rome, scheduled for April 11, 2007. The 113,000-ton vessel will embark on a 12-day Greek Islands itinerary and will then offer a series of Greek Islands and Mediterranean cruises before heading to Fort Lauderdale in October.

The Royal Princess will add new ports to Princess´ itineraries, visiting Ravenna, Italy; Split, Croatia; Kotor, Montenegro; and Canakkale, Turkey. The ship also will resume Holy Land trips to Israel and Egypt, which had been on hiatus.

In addition, the Grand Princes will sail a mainly Northern Europe series; the Star Princess, predominantly in the Baltic region, with a few late-season Greek Isles sailings; and the Sea Princess will sail out of Southampton, England, with a series of Iberian, Mediterranean and Scandinavian sailings.

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