NEW YORK -- Princess Cruises' 109,000-ton Star Princess will debut
with a 26-day Pacific Rim cruise in February 2002, making the
2,600-passenger vessel the first 100,000-plus ship to call at Asian
and Pacific ports.
Currently under construction at Italy's Fincantieri shipyard,
Star Princess will sail without passengers from the yard to
Singapore, prior to its maiden voyage on Feb. 13.
The cruise ends in Los Angeles and includes calls at Okinawa,
Japan, and Taiwan, new ports for Princess. Following the Pacific
cruise, Star Princess will become the largest ship to offer regular
Mexican Riviera sailings departing roundtrip from Los Angeles.
Princess will debut another 109,000-ton ship, Golden Princess,
in April with a series of 12-night voyages between Barcelona,
Spain, and Istanbul, Turkey.