Caribbean Princess
| 300px Caribbean Princess at St. Martin on October 5, 2005. | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Caribbean Princess |
| Owner: | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator: | Princess Cruises |
| Port of registry: | 22x20px Hamilton, Bermuda[1] |
| Builder: | Fincantieri (Monfalcone, Italy)[2] |
| Cost: | US $500 million[1] |
| Launched: | 2004 |
| Christened: | April 2, 2004 by Jill Whelan in Fort Lauderdale[3] |
| Maiden voyage: | April 3, 2004[4] |
| In service: | April 2004[1] |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9215490[5] Call Sign ZCDG8[5] MMSI 310423000[6] |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Grand Class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 112,894 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 951 ft (290 m) |
| Beam: | 118 ft (36 m) |
| Draft: | 26.2 ft (8.0 m)[1] |
| Decks: | 17 total, 15 passenger[1] |
| Installed power: | 2 diesel-electric propellers (42,000kW each)[1] |
| Speed: | 22-knot (41 km/h; 25 mph)[1] |
| Capacity: | 3,622 passengers |
| Crew: | 1,200 crew |
MS Caribbean Princess is a Grand Class cruise ship owned and operated by Princess Cruises. She is also known as the Grand daddy of the Princess fleet with the largest carrying capacity. Being able to carry over 3,600 passengers, she is an impressive sight. She has 900 balcony staterooms and also has an entire deck of mini-suites. She is slightly larger than her sisters, the Star Princess, Golden Princess, and Grand Princess, due to the addition of an additional deck of cabins called the Riviera deck. No new public areas were added to absorb the increase in passengers, which results in the main theater filling rather earlier than her sister ships. She was the first modern cruise ship to replicate a drive-in movie theater outdoors. Princess calls its outdoor theater "Movies Under The Stars" and this feature was initially intended to provide an additional evening entertainment venue to prevent the additional passengers overcrowding the ship's theater.
Caribbean Princess differs from the other Grand Class ships in that, being initially designed to cruise the Caribbean year-round, there is no sliding roof over the pool area for shelter in poor weather.
Gallery
- MoviesOutdoor.jpg
The outdoor movie theater onboard the Caribbean Princess.
- HorizonCourt.jpg
The Horizon Court restaurant.
- Caribbean princess.jpg
Caribbean Princess at Princess Cays.
- Caribbean princess2.jpg
Caribbean Princess at Princess Cays.
- Caribbean Princess3.jpg
Caribbean Princess sails out of Port Everglades.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Ward, Douglas (2005). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. ISBN 981-246-510-3.
- ↑ "CARIBBEAN PRINCESS". Vessel Assessment System. http://www.xvas.it/SPECIAL/VTship.php?imo=9215490&mode=CK. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ↑ "Caribbean Princess Arrives in Ft. Lauderdale". Goliath (PR Newswire). 2004-03-31. http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-189532/Caribbean-Princess-Arrives-in-Ft.html. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ↑ "Cruise lines add big, bold features to entice travelers.". Access my Library (Tribune Business News). 2004-10-24. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-7132659_ITM. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 United States Coast Guard (USCG). "Caribbean Princess". Port State Information Exchange. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. http://psix.uscg.mil/PSIX/PSIXDetails.aspx?VesselID=670768.
- ↑ "MV Caribbean Princess (IMO: 9215490)". vesseltracker.com. http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Mv-Caribbean-Princes-9215490.html. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
External links
| Princess Cruises ships
]]- Caribbean Princess Official Page (Princess site)
- Fincantieri Ship Building
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