♦ The name Princess Cruises came from
the name of the first vessel the company
chartered from Canada, Princess Patricia,
which was owned by the Canadian Pacific
Railroad.
♦ Princess Cruises first set sail in 1965 with a
single ship cruising to Mexico.
♦ Princess Cruises was catapulted to stardom
in 1977 when one of its ships, Pacific Princess,
was cast in a starring role on a new television
show called “The Love Boat”.
♦ The company’s newest ship, Royal Princess
has 14,000KW of transverse (sideways)
thruster power. The original Love Boat,
Pacific Princess had a forward propulsion
power of about 13,500KW so Royal Princess
can go faster sideways than Pacific Princess
could go forward!
♦ Princess Cruises is the Alaska expert! The
cruise line is the largest cruise and tour
operator in the state, operating its very
own Direct-to-the-Wilderness Alaskan
rail service, and four beautiful Wilderness
Lodges for its guests.
