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I was recently in Maui staying near Lahaina on the West coast of the island. (It was my first trip to Hawaii and was great by the way).
Moored off-shore during my stay were quite a few cruise ships. I wasn’t able to get a good video of them, but here is the Golden Princess anyways (note I couldn’t actually find any pics of it in Lahaina itself so these are from all over).
The Golden Princess is one of the Grand Class of ships for Princess cruiselines. It entered service in 2001 and was Christened by Dr. Quinn herself, Jane Seymour.
It mostly operates on the Mexican Riviera and the West coast of the US and Canada. This particular trip that I saw was from Los Angeles to Hawaii.
At 109,000 gross tonnes and 951 feet in length, its a pretty large ship. It holds 2,600 passengers and 1,100 crew. It has 17 decks.
The Golden Princess has 3 pools, both indoor and outdoor. One good feature, both for teens and non-teens is that there is a teen-only sun deck.
Here is the Princess Cruises Sun Princess ship waiting to head to Alaska here in Vancouver. However, this is not a normal Vancouver – Alaska cruise.
The Sun Princess is the sister of the Dawn Princess and the Sea Princess. It was built in 1995.
The most critical fact you need to know is that it was the setting for the 1998 TV show Love Boat: The Next Wave starring the incomperable Robert Urich.
At 77,000 tonnes and 857 feet it is not the largest Princess ship (anymore).
The Sun Princess is permanently based in Australia, sailing out of Sydney in the winter and Melbourne in the summer.
You might ask what an Australian based ship is doing in Vancouver?
It’s in the middle of a 75 night “Grand Pacific World Cruise”. Among other stops, it goes from Sydney to Hawaii, to San Francisco, then Victoria and Vancouver, then up to Alaska, then over to Japan, China, Vietnam, down to Singapore, and then finally back to Sydney.
Have you been on a cruise that long? I can’t imagine it personally. Leave a comment with what you think about that, or if you have been on the Sun Princess or any other Princess ship.
As a bonus, here is the theme to Love Boat: The Next Wave. Quality Television!
Princess Cruises’ Diamond Princess is in Vancouver about to leave for Alaska. Diamond Princess Cruise Ship In Vancouverby dockedcruiseThe Diamond Princess is one of the biggest Princess cruise ships. At 951 feet in length and 115,875 gross tonnes it’s a monster.
It holds 2674 passengers and 1238 crew.
The Diamond Princess mostly goes around the Mexican Riviera in the winter, but goes to Alaska in the summer.
It was built in Japan and is the sister ship to the Sapphire Princess.
The Diamond is a good ship for multi-generational family trips because it has almost 10,000 square feet of space dedicated to kids and teens.
If you’ve been on the Diamond Princess or any other Princess Cruise ships, leave a comment and let us know about it.
The Coral Princess is back at Canada Place after a 2 week trip to Alaska.
Rather than showing another video of the Coral Princess in Vancouver, here is a cool timelapse video of the cruise ship going through the Miraflores locks at the Panama Canal.
Have you been on the Coral Princess or another Princess Cruise? Let us know in the comments how it was.
Today the Island Princess is in Vancouver docked at Canada Place. It spends most of the year in Central America, but in the summer it hits the Alaska route.
The Island Princess cost $330 million to build and is the sister ship of the Coral Princess. In this video I said it about 50x, but its a big one (at least for the ones that come to Vancouver).
It’s got the usual luxuries that you would expect in a $330m ship like a swim-against-current pool and onboard golf.
The Island Princess is 964 feet long, 91,627 tonnes and holds 1970 passengers & 900 crew.
This actually is not the first ship in the Princess fleet called the Island Princess. There used to be another one, but it has now been renamed Discovery.
Have you been on the Island Princess or any other Princess Cruise? Let us know in the comments how it was!
The Tahitian Princess is called a “small ship” by Princess Cruises, and it certainly is compared to the big ones like the Coral Princess.
Here it is at Canada Place in downtown Vancouver waiting to head up to Alaska.
It’s a little on the windy side but a storm was a-brewin’.
The Tahitian Princess spends most of its time in the French Polynesian Islands (no surprise from the name) but in summer it hits the Alaska route. Here’s some stats:
30,277 tonnes
593 ft 10 in
826 passengers capacity
Apparently in 2009 it is going to be renamed the “Ocean Princess” which makes sense I suppose.
Have you been on the Tahitian Princess? Did it seem “small” or were you happy with it?
The Coral Princess cruise ship from Princess Cruises was at Canada Place in Vancouver on May 26. It had arrived from Alaska and was heading back there that same day.
Accommodates 1,970 passengers
Over 700 balcony staterooms
Wrap-around Promenade Deck
965 feet in length
92,000 gross tons
Have you been on the Coral Princess? What did you think?
