Postcard Crown Princess 1991

[Iamcruzin]

I was visiting my patents and my mom brought out a photo album with pictures of from of wedding 22 years ago. Mixed in the album was a postcard from the old Crown Princess which we spent our honeymoon on. I don't know how she got it but I'm glad she saved it. Thank God for Moms.

 

 

Edited September 12, 2013 by Iamcruzin

[CCFC]

Wonder why its got P&O on the side!

[Iamcruzin]

Wonder why its got P&O on the side!

 

P&O owned Princess cruise lines before Carnival Corp acquired them in 2003.

[skynight]

We were on this Crown Princess in 1995. The ship now sails for P&O Australia as the Pacific Jewel. It went through major refitting since we were on it, and was owned/operated by four different cruise companies. It also carries about 500 additional passengers.

1990—2002: Crown Princess

2002—2004: A'Rosa Blu

2004—2007: AIDAblu

2007-2009: Ocean Village Two

2009-present: Pacific Jewel

[RickEk]

Wonder why its got P&O on the side!

 

If you look closely at the ships that were built before the merger with Carnival, you'll see the P&O logo painted over on the side of the ship.

[f-mattox]

Here are two photos of the original Island Princess in Skagway in 1974 before P&O took over--she was still flying the Norwegian flag:

 

 

[cswee1932]

On 9/12/2013 at 4:04 PM, skynight said:

We were on this Crown Princess in 1995. The ship now sails for P&O Australia as the Pacific Jewel. It went through major refitting since we were on it, and was owned/operated by four different cruise companies. It also carries about 500 additional passengers.

1990—2002: Crown Princess

2002—2004: A'Rosa Blu

2004—2007: AIDAblu

2007-2009: Ocean Village Two

2009-present: Pacific Jewel

This was the first time I ever went on a cruise! It was April, 1995, and I thought it was amazing! I remember really rough seas one night and watching the picture frames hanging off the walls of our room as the ship rolled left and right! Lol, I didn't care, it was still amazing! That boat seemed gigantic back then!

[JEMS]

Thanks for posting the post card!! Our first cruise was on the Crown and was also in 1991.

Can't believe that was so long ago

Ed & Jean

[Astro Flyer]

We sailed the Crown's sister ship the Regal Princess to Hawaii in 2004 which is currently operated by P&O Australia as the Pacific Dawn.

 

Based on this information the Pacific Jewel (Crown Princess) is now the Jalesh Cruises Karnika since March 2019.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnika

 

I recall this class of ship was being described as "dolphin-like" due to the curved raised front section of these ships but had forgotten that they were ordered by my favorite cruise line Sitmar before merging with Princess in 1988.

Edited June 2, 2019 by Astro Flyer

[Iamcruzin]

4 hours ago, JEMS said:

Thanks for posting the post card!! Our first cruise was on the Crown and was also in 1991.

Can't believe that was so long ago

Ed & Jean

I can’t believe someone found this thread from 2013. I forgot I posted it and what’s worse I have no idea where I put the post card. I should have left it with my mother.

[MishelleMcc]

12 minutes ago, Iamcruzin said:

I can’t believe someone found this thread from 2013. I forgot I posted it and what’s worse I have no idea where I put the post card. I should have left it with my mother.

Oh No!!

[Lucky TGO]

On 9/12/2013 at 1:56 PM, Iamcruzin said:

I was visiting my patents and my mom brought out a photo album with pictures of from of wedding 22 years ago. Mixed in the album was a postcard from the old Crown Princess which we spent our honeymoon on. I don't know how she got it but I'm glad she saved it. Thank God for Moms.

 

 

That’s a great looking ship thanks for sharing your photo.

Tony

[RLK33853]

We loved that ship.  Certainly not the bells and whistles of today's ships, but it had the best swim up bar and subsequent waterfall into the pool.

[1emerald1]

I too sailed on this ship and at the time was one of the first in the fleet to have balcony staterooms, however the balcony was only a foot deep, standing room only!

[cruisingrob21]

5 hours ago, RLK33853 said:

We loved that ship.  Certainly not the bells and whistles of today's ships, but it had the best swim up bar and subsequent waterfall into the pool.

 

I was too young to use the swim up bar on the original Star Princess which was built around the same time.  But golly, what an idea that is great in theory...i heard that it hasn't been repeated often on ships since spilled drinks can sure make a pool gross.