What is the newest class of Princess ships?

The Sphere-class cruise ship is a class of cruise ships currently under construction that will enter service with Princess Cruises in February 2024. They will be the largest ships built for Princess Cruises and the company's first ships powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).



The newest and most advanced class of ships in the Princess Cruises fleet is the Sphere Class. The flagship of this class, the Sun Princess, debuted in early 2024, followed by its sister ship, the Star Princess, which launched in late 2025. These ships are the largest ever built for Princess and are powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), making them the line's most environmentally friendly vessels. The Sphere Class is defined by its revolutionary architectural features, most notably "The Dome," a glass-enclosed top-deck entertainment space inspired by the terraces of Santorini, and "The Sphere," a suspended glass Piazza that offers stunning panoramic ocean views. In 2026, these ships are headlining major itineraries in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and Alaska, representing a significant "next-gen" leap for the brand.

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Our newest ship- now sailing! Discovery Princess®, our third vessel designed from the ground up with Princess MedallionClass® and the final Royal-class ship, will continue to deliver an array of innovative new experiences.

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A Princess Cruises cabin primer As is typical for many cruise ships, Princess vessels offer cabins in four broad categories: Windowless inside cabins, ocean-view cabins, balcony cabins and suites.

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Sun Princess - Our Next Generation Cruise Ship Arriving 2024 - Princess Cruises.

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Loyalty Tiers and Accessing Your Benefits
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Midship staterooms on the lowest passenger deck are the most excellent spot to be on a cruise ship in this instance because you don't feel the vessel sway as much.

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The Program provides select booked guests with an opportunity to submit an offer to PCL to upgrade from their originally purchased stateroom category to a higher stateroom category for select PCL cruises. Program is not open to general public and is only open to guests that PCL has selected to participate.

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The final Royal-class ship, the Discovery Princess entered service in spring 2022.

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The wreck and sinking of the steamship Princess Sophia exactly a century ago has been called Alaska's worst maritime tragedy. As many as 353 passengers and crew died after the ship grounded on Vanderbilt Reef north of Juneau on Oct. 23, 1918, and then sank 40 hours later in stormy weather.

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The big difference between the line's three classes of ships is the size of the vessels in the classes. If you're a fan of big ships, you'll want to gravitate to the new Royal Class vessels. If you like your cruise ships more intimate, you'll probably want to steer to the Grand Class or Coral Class vessels.

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Princess appeals to an older demographic than lines such as Carnival and Norwegian. The average age of passengers is around 57, and you'll usually see a lot of couples on board in their 50s, 60s and 70s. As noted above, these aren't people necessarily craving go-kart tracks and ropes courses at sea.

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What is the smallest Princess cruise ship? The smallest Princess cruise ship is the 2,000-passenger Coral Princess. Measuring just 91,267 gross tons, it's about 36% smaller than Discovery Princess, making it a significantly smaller vessel.

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The oldest Princess cruise ship is Grand Princess. Unveiled way back in 1998, it's the namesake vessel for the line's Grand class of vessels, which remain at the core of the Princess fleet. There are seven Grand-class vessels in the Princess fleet in all, making it the biggest grouping of ships at the line.

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Costa Concordia disaster, the capsizing of an Italian cruise ship on January 13, 2012, after it struck rocks off the coast of Giglio Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. More than 4,200 people were rescued, though 32 people died in the disaster.

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In 2005, Seabourn Spirit was about 100 miles off the coast of Somalia when pirates fired AK-47 machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades in an attempt to highjack the ship. They failed. An April 2008 pirate attack on Le Ponant, a French luxury sailing vessel, was more successful.

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Cruise ship balcony cabins are the most popular cabin category. So many travelers choose this type of cruise ship cabin that some ships put private verandas on all of their outside cabins.

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