March 15, 2011. As the first steel plate was cut today marking the official start of construction of Princess Cruises’ next ship, the line unveiled the vessel’s profile, released preliminary details about some of its features, and revealed its name – Royal Princess. This will be the third time the name Royal Princess has been [...]

December 9, 2009. Small Ship Will Transfer in May 2011; Spring Deployment Changed One of the small ships of Princess Cruises, the 710-passenger Royal Princess, will depart the line’s fleet in spring 2011, transferring to sister company P&O Cruises in the U.K.  The ship will be renamed Adonia. As a result, five sailings in April [...]

The engine room fire that took place near Alexandria, Egypt, on Royal Princess took out two engines and will require the ship to have extensive repair work done before it can resume it regularly scheduled itineraries. The fire occured last last and although no one was injured it did require that all of the passengers [...]