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Retirees twice rebooked cancelled cruise, but Princess sold the ships! Then they cancelled the FCC…

Retirees Bob McMaster and his wife, Adeline, twice rebooked their cancelled cruises using their Future Cruise Credit on Sea Princess and Pacific Princess –  but Princess Cruises sold the ships. Princess Cruises then claimed their […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Apr 16 2021
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Video: the HBO documentary that could set back the start of cruise

The restart of cruise travel has had some heartrending mis-steps over the past few weeks. First there was New Zealand’s extraordinary ban on Ponant’s attempts to sail out of Auckland, even though it had been […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Apr 1 2021
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Pandemic pause allows Princess to upgrade ships to MedallionClass

Princess Cruises’ global fleet will be upgraded to include its much-anticpated MedallionClass experience when the line returns to service in 2021. Princess announced today that Coral Princess, Diamond Princess, Emerald Princess, Grand Princess, Island Princess, […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Dec 4 2020
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Diamond Princess passengers: “It hasn’t put us off cruising one little bit”

It was an emotional moment for Australian cruise passengers from the Diamond Princess. They had finally been allowed to return home. Karen Shakhovskoy, from Queensland was onboard the cruise ship along with her husband Mark […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Mar 6 2020
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First Australian death recorded from coronavirus

Australia has recorded its first death from coronavirus – a 78-year-old from the Diamond Princess died in the early hours of Sunday at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The unnamed man and his wife were among […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 28 2020
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99 more cases of coronavirus aboard Diamond Princess as US pasengers are evacuated

Another 88 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed aboard the Diamond Princess in Japan, which means the vessel now has the largest concentration of cases outside of mainland China at 542. The toll of cases […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Feb 16 2020
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150 Diamond Princess coronavirus cases confirmed this week, including one Japanese health official on board

An additional 44 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed on the Diamond Princess, the Japanese health minister announced on Thursday. This includes 43 passengers and 1 crew member. Elderly people made up the large majority […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 10 2020
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Princess boosts capacity 25% with record five ships, including Majestic and Ruby

Bigger and more modern – Princess Cruises has announced its largest ever cruise season for 2019-20 with the deployment of five Princess ships to cruise in Australian waters. The five Princess ships – Majestic, Ruby, […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Mar 23 2018
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New Asian inspired musical to debut on Princess Cruises

Award-winning composer Stephen Schwartz is working on a new Asian musical to debut on Princess Cruises. Mr Schwartz, an Oscar, Grammy and Tony lyricist of Broadway musical hits Wicked, Pippin and Godspell revealed he is […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . May 18 2017
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Passenger Reviews

Diamond and Sapphire Princess cruise review

I love the Princess Cruises package especially on the larger ships, which provide the most venues across the ship for almost all activities be it dining, entertainment, swimming and deck activities.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jan 29 2016
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Curtis Stone hops onboard Princess Cruises’ Golden Princess

Celebrity chef Curtis Stone stepped onboard Princess Cruises’ Diamond Princess yesterday after she arrive at Circular Quay to kick off the Australian summer cruise season. And Aussies will be the first to try Curtis’ new […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Sep 30 2015
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