PRINCESS Cruises’ newest ship, the 3,560-guest Majestic Princess will call Australia home for six months from Sep next year, in what will be the company’s largest single ship deployment as part of its 2018/19 Australia and NZ program (CW breaking news). Revealed yesterday to trade and media, Majestic Princess will...
PRINCESS Cruises’ newest ship, the 3,560-guest Majestic Princess will call Australia home for six months from Sep next year, in what will be the company’s largest single ship deployment as part of its 2018/19 Australia and NZ program (CW breaking news).
Revealed yesterday to trade and media, Majestic Princess will arrive in Sydney following its first full season in China in 2018.
Debuting in Italy earlier this month, the 143,000-tonne ship has 20 restaurants & bars, four of which are unique to Majestic, including two created by Michelin-star chefs – Harmony and La Mer.
Over 80% of her staterooms are private balconies.
“We’re thrilled to be welcoming our newest, most stylish & most luxurious flagship to our shores,” said Princess Cruises vice pres Australia/NZ, Stuart Allison.
Majestic is also the third ship in Princess’ Royal class, joining both Regal Princess and Royal Princess.
Both Regal and Royal are set to be configured with Carnival Corp’s Ocean Medallion wearable technology that enables pax to personalise their experience.
Allison told Cruise Weekly the Medallion product would need to be adapted for the China market for Majestic, and that it could be the first Princess ship to offer the tech to the Australian market.
“I’m hopeful one of the ships will have it down here. Watch this space,” Allison added.
Princess Cruises’ 2018/19 program, which will go on sale on 27 Apr, also features three local favourites, Golden Princess, Sun Princess and Sea Princess.
The program will offer close to 100 cruises from Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle and Auckland.
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