Sascol Posted July 21, 2016 #1 Share Posted July 21, 2016 When I look through the Princess message board, I quite often see people refer to the names of the ships in an odd manner. Regal Princess, for example is referred to as "Princess Regal". Golden Princess as "Princess Golden". Why is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiser411 Posted July 21, 2016 #2 Share Posted July 21, 2016 When I look through the Princess message board, I quite often see people refer to the names of the ships in an odd manner. Regal Princess, for example is referred to as "Princess Regal". Golden Princess as "Princess Golden". Why is this? Because they are used to other companies that put the corporate name first, i.e. Celebrity Summit, Norwegian Getaway, Carnival Dream, etc. Princess has always named their ships with "Princess" as the last part of the ship's name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverbeenhere Posted July 21, 2016 #3 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Some people haven't cruised many times. They also call the giant boxes in the ocean: boats. The food preparation area on the boxes: Kitchen and the personal services area: Restroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare gotta cruise again Posted July 21, 2016 #4 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) Some people haven't cruised many times. They also call the giant boxes in the ocean: boats. The food preparation area on the boxes: Kitchen and the personal services area: Restroom Don't forget: they call the 'steward' by his first name: 'Stewart'!!:o:eek: Edited July 21, 2016 by gotta cruise again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverbeenhere Posted July 21, 2016 #5 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Stewart's real name is; Piso Mojado I see him with a sign saying that all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabySarge Posted July 21, 2016 #6 Share Posted July 21, 2016 stewart's real name is; piso mojado i see him with a sign saying that all the time. :d lol!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisyloo Posted July 21, 2016 #7 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Also, in some languages the order of the sentence structure is different to English. That might be the reason for some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverbeenhere Posted July 21, 2016 #8 Share Posted July 21, 2016 e.g. In English, Piso's name would be Mojado Piso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plainsman Posted July 21, 2016 #9 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Some eat in the Dinning room! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notentirelynormal Posted July 21, 2016 #10 Share Posted July 21, 2016 My young grandson had always say we were sailing on Princess so when we booked our next cruise he insisted that it was Princess Ruby and not Ruby Princess. Of course he was only 5 years old. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted July 21, 2016 #11 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Some eat in the Dinning room! They are the ones who complain about the high noise levels :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted July 21, 2016 #12 Share Posted July 21, 2016 From the title, I thought this thread was going to be about the way experienced Princess cruisers refer to the ships in shorthand. I haven't quite got the hang of that yet, with both Caribbean and Crown eligible for 'CP' and now Royal and Regal both for 'RP' Maybe we need a Sticky with the magic decoder ring ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted July 21, 2016 #13 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) From the title, I thought this thread was going to be about the way experienced Princess cruisers refer to the ships in shorthand. I haven't quite got the hang of that yet, with both Caribbean and Crown eligible for 'CP' and now Royal and Regal both for 'RP' Maybe we need a Sticky with the magic decoder ring ;)These are the 2-letter abbreviations Princess uses in the URL for each ship. If you're not sure, just go to the Princess website. Main fleet: • CB - Caribbean Princess • CO - Coral Princess • KP - Crown Princess • DP - Dawn Princess • DI - Diamond Princess • EP - Emerald Princess • NP - Golden Princess • AP - Grand Princess • IP - Island Princess • GP - Regal Princess • RP - Royal Princess • RU - Ruby Princess • SA - Sapphire Princess • CP - Sea Princess • TP - Star Princess • SP - Sun Princess The Small Ships of Princess: • PA - Pacific Princess Edited July 21, 2016 by Pam in CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeagoingMom Posted July 21, 2016 #14 Share Posted July 21, 2016 From the title, I thought this thread was going to be about the way experienced Princess cruisers refer to the ships in shorthand. I haven't quite got the hang of that yet, with both Caribbean and Crown eligible for 'CP' and now Royal and Regal both for 'RP' Maybe we need a Sticky with the magic decoder ring ;) There is such a sticky or thread or decoder ring somewhere -- just don't remember where I found it! But I do remember being roundly chastised some years back by Princess-cruisers-in-the-know for abbreviating Caribbean Princess as "CP" (as you might expect) instead of "CB," which is the official abbreviation. Don't know how Regal and Royal are distinguished, but I am certain that there are Princess die-hards out there who know and will slap your wrist for using the incorrect abbreviation, but who also will disdain to tell you what is correct! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted July 21, 2016 #15 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Thanks Pam. It's good to know Princess' official abbreviations, but some of these don't seem familiar from CC usage. E.g. I have never seen reference to KP -- and I certainly hope that I won't be expected to peel potatoes on my Canada/New England cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clan Posted July 21, 2016 #16 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Another possible reason for the reversed name: The large on-line agency that I deal with will list the ship's name as "Princess Grand" or "Princess Emerald" on the documentation that they send you. Guess their system is set up to have cruise line's name first and then the name of the vessel. If some people are looking at that to get their info, I can see why they might be confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted July 21, 2016 #17 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) Another possible reason for the reversed name: The large on-line agency that I deal with will list the ship's name as "Princess Grand" or "Princess Emerald" on the documentation that they send you. Guess their system is set up to have cruise line's name first and then the name of the vessel. If some people are looking at that to get their info, I can see why they might be confused. Personally I don't care for the Princess name first then the ship. :rolleyes: But thats me. :p Edited July 21, 2016 by Colo Cruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiser411 Posted July 21, 2016 #18 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Another possible reason for the reversed name: The large on-line agency that I deal with will list the ship's name as "Princess Grand" or "Princess Emerald" on the documentation that they send you. Guess their system is set up to have cruise line's name first and then the name of the vessel. If some people are looking at that to get their info, I can see why they might be confused. Well, that's just wrong... :p The official name of the ships include Princess at the end. So that agency should be putting the names down like "Princess Emerald Princess" or "Princess Grand Princess". It's only been within the last decade or so that other lines have been adding their corporate name to their ships. So, for example, it would have been written as Celebrity's Summit but it's now Celebrity Summit. Gotta get that branding in. Princess was fortunate enough to have the brand built-in from the get-go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted July 21, 2016 #19 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I like the way they are named. Those who say it the other way around just aren't frequent Princess cruisers. That would be the same reason they often refer to the cruise card (Princess nomenclature) as a "Sail and Sign" card. We only have 7 cruises to date (with a 28 day booked for next year) but they are all with Princess so the way they do things seems "normal" to us. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherryf Posted July 21, 2016 #20 Share Posted July 21, 2016 To me, the ship names sound right as they are, because "Princess" is a noun, and many of the ship names can be used as adjectives. In English, we say "adjective noun" though I guess people who speak other languages (Spanish, for example) are used to them being the other way around. So Royal Princess, Regal Princess, Golden Princess, Grand Princess, etc. make sense. A few (Crown Princess, Star Princess) make less sense that way, but we are so used to the names being in that order, that they still sound right to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceleven Posted July 21, 2016 #21 Share Posted July 21, 2016 There are times, when I am not paying close attention to what I am reading here on CC, that someone will mention "Royal" and at first glance I think they are talking about any given ship on Royal Caribbean. I also certainly hope that the 2 letter abbreviations that Pam supplied will never be used here on CC. I enjoy reading CC and the occasional comment I might add but I certainly don't want to add more acronyms than are already being used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted July 21, 2016 #22 Share Posted July 21, 2016 When I look through the Princess message board, I quite often see people refer to the names of the ships in an odd manner. Regal Princess, for example is referred to as "Princess Regal". Golden Princess as "Princess Golden". Why is this? Because they don't know the name of the ship they're going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipsAreTheBest Posted July 22, 2016 #23 Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) Interestingly enough, the first three Princess ships were named that way: Princess Patricia (one of Canadian Pacific's coastal steamers chartered by Stanley MacDonald in 1965 - hence the name Princess Cruises), then there was Princess Italia (officially just "Italia", also chartered) and then in 1968 Princess Carla (officially "Carla C" chartered from Costa Lines and the first ship to wear the "Seawitch" on her funnel). It wasn't until 1973 when the Island Venture was chartered and became Island Princess was the naming convention we know now was adopted. Island Princess, of course, was sister to Sea Venture which became Pacific Princess in 1975 and the rest is history... Edited July 22, 2016 by ShipsAreTheBest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted July 22, 2016 #24 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Does it really matter what some call it as long as they make it clear about which ship they are posting? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted July 22, 2016 #25 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Personally I don't care for the Princess name first then the ship. :rolleyes:But thats me. :p I agree. It's like they're talking about royalty or a Disney princess, not the name of a ship. Sounds weird to me... kind of like saying Summit Celebrity or Gem Norwegian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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