PRINCESS Cruises has today announced plans to expand its capacity in Sydney by 40% in 2021, compared with the current 2018/19 season, with the deployment of its royal-class ship, Regal Princess.
The 3,560-passenger vessel will join sister ship Majestic Princess in Sydney for Princess Cruises’ biggest ever local season, where she will homeport from Dec 2020 until Apr 2021.
Princess Cruises Senior Vice President Asia Pacific, Stuart Allison made the announcement onboard Majestic Princess at the 2018 Carnival Australia Partnership Summit this morning.
“Further to the incredible response to Majestic Princess’ maiden season in Australia, I’m delighted to now share that Regal Princess will also call Sydney home in the Summer of 2020,” Allison said.
“Not only will this be the first time in history that Princess Cruises has deployed two Royal-Class ships from the same homeport outside the Caribbean, but it will be the biggest deployment we’ve ever had in Sydney,” he added.
Regal Princess will offer Australian travellers a range of features similar to those on board Majestic, including 13 dining venues, atrium, an over-the-ocean glass walkway, poolside cabanas, Princess Live! television studio, dedicated pastry shop plus a Chef’s Table Lumiere private dining experience.
It will also offer 1,780 staterooms, with balconies included on every outside room.
Regal Princess will make her inaugural journey to Sydney from Rome in late 2020, crossing four continents on the way.
A detailed itinerary will be announced in late Mar 2019, with bookings for her maiden voyage on sale from 20 Nov.
Princess Cruises currently ranks Australia as its biggest market outside of the United States, with five of its 18 ships cruising local waters throughout 2019.
Majestic Princess began homeporting from Sydney in Sep (TD 17 Sep) – for more from the conference, see page four.
Source: traveldaily