Royal Announcement...

Princess Cruises have announced the name of the next New Ship to be added to the fleet in Spring 2014 - This will be called the Regal Princess....

The Regal Princess will be the sister ship to the Royal Princess which is due to launch June 2013.

The Keel (the bottom most part of the ship) was lowered into position today marking the start of the building process at the Fincantieri ship yard in Monfalcone, Italy. It was officially blessed by a priest before being laid with a computer guided Manoeuvre that took only minutes to do.

The building of this beauty is expected to take more than 2 million man power hours - wow that’s some work!

She is going to be 141,000 gross tin ship and carry 3,600 passengers, This seems to be the normal size nowadays for the new ships as bigger is certainly becoming better!

If you want to know what the Regal Princess will feature you need only look to the Royal Princess as she will carry a lot of the same features. This includes an expanded atrium; a new been done before over-water SeaWalk clickhere to read more of this; Plus private poolside cabanas; the new Princess Live! Television Studio to name but a few....



Look out for more information and itineraries which will be announced sometime next year....