1 February 2022 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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Crown Princess in Cockburn Town, Grand Turk Island © CB2379/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Crown Princess is a
Crown -class cruise ship owned and operated by
Princess Cruises . Her maiden voyage took place on June 14, 2006, departing
Red Hook, Brooklyn (
New York ) for
Grand Turk (
Turks and Caicos Islands ),
Ocho Rios (
Jamaica ),
Grand Cayman (
Cayman Islands ), and
Port Canaveral (
Florida ).
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1 January 2022 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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MSC Preziosa at Hook of Holland © flickr.com – kees torn/cc-by-sa-2.0
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MSC Preziosa is a
Fantasia -class cruise ship owned and operated by
MSC Cruises . She entered service in March 2013. She is an enhanced version of her first two class member ships,
MSC Splendida and
MSC Fantasia , and is identical to the previous
MSC Divina . She debuted on March 13 as the fourth ship in the
Fantasia class.
MSC Preziosa was constructed from 2010 to 2013 at the STX shipyard in
St. Nazaire , France, and was delivered in March 2013, being named
MSC Preziosa while under construction in 2012. She has a capacity of 3,502 passengers in 1,310 outside cabins and 327 inside cabins, who are accommodated with a crew complement of 1,370. She was the 13th cruise ship of the MSC Cruises line. Homeport ist
Panama City in
Panama .
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1 December 2021 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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Royal Princess in Antigua © flickr.com – Ian Gratton/cc-by-2.0
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Royal Princess is a
Royal -class cruise ship operated by
Princess Cruises , a subsidiary of
Carnival Corporation & plc , and is the third ship to sail for the cruise line under that name. The largest ship to have been built for Princess at the time of delivery in 2013, she became the flagship of Princess. As the lead vessel of the
Royal class, she lends her name to the company’s
Royal class, which will consist of six ships upon the last ship’s delivery in 2021. The ship measures 142,714
GT and has a capacity of 3,560 passengers.
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1 September 2021 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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Viking Sea is a
cruise ship built by Italian
shipbuilders Fincantieri for
Viking Ocean Cruises . It is the second ship to grace the name
Viking Sea , the first being
Viking Sky which was originally assigned this name. Homeport is
Bergen .
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1 June 2021 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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at Grand Harbour in Malta © Estormiz
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MSC Meraviglia is a
cruise ship owned and operated by
MSC Cruises , built at the
Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in
St. Nazaire , France, by
STX France .
MSC Meraviglia is the
lead ship of MSC’s new “Vista Project” vessels, the
Meraviglia class, with
MSC Bellissima following in 2019. Each vessel has a passenger capacity of 4,500. When it entered service in June 2017, it was the sixth
largest cruise ship in the world , behind
Royal Caribbean’s Oasis -class cruise ships and
AIDAnova .
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1 April 2021 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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Symphony of the Seas is an
Oasis -class cruise ship owned and operated by
Royal Caribbean International . She was built in 2018 in the
Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in
Saint-Nazaire , France, the fourth in Royal Caribbean’s
Oasis class of cruise ships. At 228,081
GT , she is the
largest cruise ship in the world by
gross tonnage , surpassing her
sister ship Harmony of the Seas , also owned by Royal Caribbean International.
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1 March 2021 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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Carnival Pride is a
Spirit -class cruise ship operated by
Carnival Cruise Line . Built by
Kværner Masa-Yards at its
Helsinki New Shipyard in
Helsinki ,
Finland , she was laid down on March 30, 2000, launched on March 29, 2001 and completed and delivered to Carnival on December 12, 2001. She was christened by American scientist and astronaut
Tamara Jernigan in
Port Canaveral , Florida, on January 7, 2002.
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1 February 2021 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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Enchantment of the Seas is a
Vision -class cruise ship operated by
Royal Caribbean International . In September 2017,
Enchantment of the Seas evacuated the company’s employees and their families from
Miami when they had been endangered by
Hurricane Irma . In the 2021 season, the
Enchantment of the Seas will operate from
Baltimore ,
Maryland . Home port is
Nassau in the
Bahamas .
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1 January 2021 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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MSC Seaside is a
Seaside -class cruise ship currently owned and operated by
MSC Cruises . As the lead vessel of the
Seaside class, she lends her name to the company’s
Seaside class. At 153,516
GT , she would become the largest cruise ship ever to be constructed by Italian shipbuilder
Fincantieri , and the 14th
largest cruise ship in the world , behind
Norwegian Epic , upon her delivery in December 2017.
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