Star Princess 2025

[voljeep]

7 minutes ago, dides said:

There was another announcement today amongst the Sun Princess christening excitement and Sanctuary Collection press release:

 

Star Princess to sail to Alaska

Also announced today was future plans for Star Princess, Princess’ second ship in its sphere class which recently has her first sailing delayed from 29 July 2025 to 26 September 2025.

Veering away from the news of delays however was Vicki Johnson, the head of communications at Princess Cruises, who unveiled the news that Star Princess will sail to Alaska in 2026 after a debut summer in the Mediterranean and a season in the Caribbean.

 

and waiting for all the posts about how STAR P is a turrible ship for Alaska ...

[dides]

1 minute ago, voljeep said:

and waiting for all the posts about how STAR P is a turrible ship for Alaska ...

Well unlike the Royal-class ships, the Sphere class funnels can apparently be lowered so they don't have to wait for low tide to depart from Vancouver.

[dides]

30 minutes ago, dides said:

Veering away from the news of delays however was Vicki Johnson, the head of communications at Princess Cruises, who unveiled the news that Star Princess will sail to Alaska in 2026 after a debut summer in the Mediterranean and a season in the Caribbean.

 

More details in another article:

 

Its Alaska cruises will be bookable from 18 July 2024.

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Attending the ceremony, Princess President John Padgett said Star Princess will ‘essentially be a twin to Sun Princess,  ‘with a few tweaks’, adding: “It will be a slightly more refined Sun Princess.”