NEW YORK -- Princess Cruises set several revised itineraries for
2002 based on "passengers' interest in additional U.S.-based
cruising opportunities," said company officials.
The 1,950-passenger Sun Princess will offer 10-day Mexican
Riviera cruises departing roundtrip from Los Angeles between Sept
27, 2002 and Jan. 15, 2003, and again from March 26, 2002, to April
25, 2003.
The sailings replace the ship's previously scheduled Asia and
South Pacific cruises, to be assumed by 1,590-passenger Regal
Princess.
That vessel, meanwhile, will offer a series of 10-day Alaska
cruises departing roundtrip from San Francisco from May 29 to Sept.
6, 2002; the Alaska cruises replace the ship's previously scheduled
European sailings.
Princess also eliminated several eastern Mediterranean ports
from 2,600-passenger Golden Princess' 2002 Mediterranean cruises.
Port calls on the ship's 10-day itinerary, scheduled to begin in
May 2002, will feature calls at Messina, Sicily, and Monte Carlo,
Monaco, in place of a previously scheduled overnight call in
Istanbul, Turkey.
Golden Princess' new 12-day itinerary replaces calls in Istanbul
and Kusadasi, Turkey, with visits to Civitavecchia, Italy, (the
port city for Rome) and Malta.
Also, the ship's 15-day transatlantic cruise departing Aug. 30,
2002 will replace stops in Istanbul; Pireaus, Greece, and
Civitavecchia with Venice, Naples and Livorno, Italy.