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Princess Debuts 2018-2019 Exotics Sailings
Worldwide Cruise Vacation Destinations Will Visit 47 Countries
SANTA CLARITA, Calif.(May 25, 2017) –Princess Cruiseshas debuted its 2018-2019Exotics program which will take guests to culturally rich and iconic cruisedestinations around the globe. With more than 50 departures, ranging in lengthfrom three to 111 days, these worldwide cruise itineraries go on sale today.
Thediverse deployment includes six ships sailing on 27 unique itinerariesthroughout five continents, visiting 93 destinations and 47 countries. Guestscan book cruises to South America, Southeast Asia and China. In addition, cruisers will experienceless-traveled ports aboard the cruise line's small ship that will circumventthe globe on a 111-day World Cruise sailings roundtrip from Los Angeles or Ft.Lauderdale.
"OurExotics program offers our guests the chance to travel to intriguingdestinations all over the world, allowing our guests to experience differentcultures in places they've dreamed of visiting," said Jan Swartz, PrincessCruises president. "We're proud that these award-winning itineraries make us adestination leader in the cruise industry."
Exoticsdeployment highlight include:
OCEAN Medallion-enabled RoyalPrincess sails her maiden voyage around Cape Horn on a 49-day South AmericaGrand Adventure – the cruise line's largest ship ever to visit South America.Guests will experience the highly anticipated, wearable device powered by afirst-of-its-kind interactive technology platform within theOne CruiseExperience Access Network™. (O·C·E·A·N™), making possible a new level ofpersonalization that delivers an enhanced guest experience not previouslyavailable in the global vacation industry.
CoralPrincess sails a new 60-day Circle North Pacific voyage roundtrip Los Angeles,calling to 22 destinations in 8 countries, including Asia, Alaska and Hawaii.
PacificPrincess sails a new route on the 111-day World Cruise circumnavigating theAfrica's Cape of Good Hope.
Twonew 14- and 15-day Grand Asia voyages on Sapphire Princess sailing out ofShanghai and Singapore, complement the previously announced 14-day MajesticGrand Asia voyages on Princess Cruises' newest ship, Majestic Princess.
MOREASHORE evening stays and overnights will be offered on select itineraries in 18ports across 5 continents.
Guestswill enjoy bucket-list destination to more than 20 UNESCO World Cruise HeritageSites, including Glacier Bay National Park, Singapore Botanical Gardens, KomodoNational Park, Great Barrier Reef, Robben Island in Cape Town and more.
Princess'2018-2019 Exotics cruise program includes:
Asia: Coral Princess, Diamond Princess andSapphire Princess
Guests can choose from three ships, sailing18 itineraries to 34 destinations, from four homeports with 31 departures,ranging from three to 60 days.
Coral Princess debuts an epic 60-day CircleNorth Pacific voyage (roundtrip Los Angeles) that includes Japan, South Korea,China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Guam and Hawaii, as well as the bestof Alaska, including Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising, Juneau, Icy Strait Point andour first call to Kodiak in nearly a decade. Nine ports feature MORE ASHOREevening stays in Juneau, Tokyo (Yokohama), Osaka, Seoul (Incheon), Beijing(Tianjin), Shanghai, Taipei (Keelung), Hong Kong and Honolulu. This voyage willalso be offered as the following voyages:
28-dayCircle North Pacific: Los Angeles to Shanghai
32-dayCircle North Pacific: Shanghai to Los Angeles
Diamond Princess and Sapphire Princess bothreturn to homeport in Singapore together for a season of cruises ranging fromthree to 21 days, with stops in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
For the Christmas and New Year's Eveholidays, Diamond Princess sails a 10-day Southeast Asia and 11-day MalaysianPeninsula & Indonesia voyage, which can be combined for a 21-day vacation.
Additionally, Sapphire Princess sails a15-day Grand Asia voyage, featuring an overnight in Hong Kong. For the 2019Lunar New Year, Sapphire Princess will be sailing a seven-day Vietnam &Thailand voyage (roundtrip Singapore).
South America: Royal Princess and EmeraldPrincess
In South America, two ships sailing sevenitineraries to 25 destinations from 4 homeports, with 15 departures rangingfrom 14 to 49 days are offered.
OCEAN Medallion-enabled Royal Princess sailsher maiden voyage to South America on a 49-day South America Grand Adventure,sailing from Ft. Lauderdale to Los Angeles. In addition, Emerald Princessreturns to South America, navigating around Cape Horn on five departuresbetween Santiago (Valparaiso) and Buenos Aires.
Royal Princess and Emerald Princess bothfeature Peru, Chile and an overland to Machu Picchu on the 16-day Andes &South America cruises between Los Angeles and Santiago (Valparaiso), which canbe combined with a 14-day Cape Horn cruise for a 30-day Andes & Cape HornGrand Adventure.
Both ships also sail 19-day BrazilianAdventure cruises between Fort Lauderdale and Buenos Aires, which can becombined with the 14-day Cape Horn cruises for a 33-day Cape Horn & BrazilGrand Adventure.
World Cruise: Pacific Princess
PacificPrincessoffers a 111-day World Cruise voyage roundtrip from Los Angeles or Ft.Lauderdale, with 41 destinations, in 27 countries on 5 continents, featuring acircumnavigation around the Cape of Good Hope with overnights in Cape Town andSingapore.
The cruise includes three maiden ports ofcall to Stewart Island (New Zealand), the remote island of St. Helena (U.K.territory) and Guadeloupe (Pointe-à-Pitre).
For a shorter world voyage, Pacific Princessoffers the opportunity to sail a 96-day World Cruise embarking in Los Angelesand disembarking in Ft. Lauderdale. Princess Cruises also offers theopportunity to join the World Cruise for a portion of the journey including a72-day South Pacific & Indian Ocean, 43-day Australia & Africa, 39-dayAfrica, South America & Panama Canal, 29-day Hawaii & South Pacific,24-day Africa & South America and a choice of two 15-day Panama Canal Connoisseurvoyages sailing between Los Angeles and Ft. Lauderdale.
Cruisetours
To further enhance the cruise vacation,Princess Cruises is pleased to offer two cruisetours for South America onEmerald Princess and Royal Princess.
During the Iguazú Falls Adventure cruisetour,guests visit Rio de Janeiro with a full-day sightseeing tour taking them toSugar Loaf Mountain and Christ the Redeemer statue. The tour continues into thejungle at the border of Brazil and Argentina to incredible Iguazú Falls, a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site. During the Machu Picchu Explorer cruisetour, guests ascendinto the Andes to magical Machu Picchu, another UNESCO World Heritage Site andvisit the historic city of Cusco and the Sacred Valley with sightseeing toSacsayhuaman, Ollantaytambo and an authentic Pisac Market.
Additional information about Princess Cruisesis available through a professional travel agent, by calling 1-800-PRINCESS, orby visiting the company's website atprincess.com.
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About Princess Cruises:
One of thebest-known names in cruising, Princess Cruises is a global cruise line and tourcompany operating a fleet of 18 modern cruise ships renowned for theirinnovative design and wide array of choices in dining, entertainment andamenities, all provided with the experience of exceptional customer service. Arecognized leader in worldwide cruising, Princess carries 2 million guests eachyear to more than 360 destinations around the globe on more than 150itineraries ranging in length from three to 111 days. The company is part ofCarnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE:CUK).
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For further information contact:
Brea Burkholz,661-753-1542, bburkholz@princesscruises.com
Negin Kamali, 661-753-1539, nkamali@princesscruises.com
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