Majestic Princess being constructed in Italy (Sep 2015)
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Owner: | Carnival plc |
Operator: | Princess Cruises |
Port of registry: | London, UK |
Builder: | Fincantieri (Monfalcone, Italy) |
Yard number: | 6232 |
In service: | 2017 (Projected) |
Status: | In production |
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Class and type: | Royal-class cruise ship |
Tonnage: | 143,000 GT |
Capacity: | 3,560 passengers |
Majestic Princess is a ship in under construction for Princess Cruises. She is a Royal-class vessel, and is a sister ship to Regal Princess and Royal Princess. Her keel was laid on 10 July 2015 and her name was announced 9 October 2015. It was also announced that she will conjointly carry the Chinese name, 盛世公主号 (Shèngshì Gōngzhǔ Hào), An interpretation selected by Carnival PLC's China employees, which means "Grand World" or "Grand Spirit". She is scheduled to begin operating during the summer of 2017. Home-ported in Shanghai, she will be the first international vessel to exclusively serve the Chinese market year-round.
Her design includes "Movies Under the Stars" (the largest outdoor screen at sea), a multi-level piazza style atrium, glass-floor walkway which extends 8 meters beyond the edge of the ship and cuisine from Italy, France, North and South America, Southeast Asia, Japan and China.
Majestic Princess is being constructed at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. She was launched on 8 February 2016.
Majestic Princess will begin her maiden voyage from Civitavecchia, Italy on March 31, 2017 from Trieste, Italy