Grand Princess is a large cruise ship owned by Princess Cruises with a maximum passenger capacity of 2600 passengers in 710 staterooms. At the time of her launch, she was the biggest and the most expensive cruise ship ever built. She is the sister ship of the Star Princess and the Golden Princess. Fincantieri is an Italian shipbuilder. ... Monfalcone (TržiÄ in Slovene) is a small coastal city on the North-East of Italy, Bay of Triest ... Image File history File links Grandprincess. ... Image File history File links Grandprincess. ... MV Pride of Aloha docked in Port of NÄwiliwili, Kauaâi in the Hawaiian Islands A cruise ship, or less commonly cruise liner or luxury liner, is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the amenities of the ship are considered an essential part... Sea Princess at Fort-de-France Princess Cruises is an American cruise line made famous by The Love Boat TV series, in which two of its former ships, the Island Princess and Pacific Princess were featured. ... The Star Princess is a Princess Cruises cruise ship. ... The Golden Princess is a cruise ship for Princess Cruises. ...
Trivia
The Grand Princess was the setting for a task in the second series of the UK version of the reality TV show The Apprentice.
The second series of the UK version of The Apprentice commenced airing on 22 February 2006. ... The Apprentice is a television programme, first aired in the UK in 2005. ...
And while GrandPrincess had indeed spent a year as the biggest, fastest and most elaborate ship at sea, it is now dwarfed by many others...
There are five pools on GrandPrincess: the spa pool, which is supposed to be for adults only; the family-friendly and always active Neptune's Reef; the quieter and elegant Calypso Reef; the aft Terrace Pool for adults; and the Splash Pool for kids, located in the children's center.
Princess does impose an age restriction: Infants under six months are not allowed on board on most itineraries, and 12 months on "exotic" itineraries.
The 2,600-passenger GrandPrincess was the first Grand-class (Golden Princess, Star Princess, Caribbean Princess) ship and she was the largest cruise ship to date when she entered service in 1998.
Despite the size of GrandPrincess, lounges, theaters and dining rooms are small and romantic, so passengers don't feel they are on a megaliner.
GrandPrincess had the first wedding chapel at sea (the Captain performs the nuptials).