By
Rebecca Gibson |
Royal Princess, the first of Princess Cruises’s two newbuilds, will offer a range of new entertainment venues and programmes when it debuts in June 2013.
The 3,600-passenger vessel will have a casino with the latest slots and table games, Bellinis bar, Crooners, Club 6 and the Vista Lounge, which will host a variety of live bands, comedians and illusionists, as well as themed parties and special events.
Guests will be able to enjoy Movies Under the Stars – the line’s signature poolside theatre – water and light shows in the top deck pools, and live bands which will play on a stage above the pool area during evening parties. The Princess Theater has been expanded and fitted with high-definition screens and a new lighting system ready for the line’s original productions , as well as four new shows - Colours of the World, Sweet Soul Music, What the World Needs Now and Spectacular!
In addition, passengers can visit the first Princess Live! television studio to watch talk shows, demonstrations and performers throughout the day, while all cabins feature an in-room television entertainment system.
“Royal Princess will feature the widest variety of entertainment we have ever offered at sea,” said Jan Swartz, Princess Cruises executive vice president. “No matter how passengers like to spend their evenings at sea, we’ll have an exceptional array of options to keep passengers entertained.”Further features include an extended atrium, expanded food and beverage menus, a mobile-friendly intranet site, a large art collection – with an outdoor installation by marine artist Wyland – and SeaWalk, a glass-bottomed walkway which extends more than 28ft over the edge of the ship. All outside staterooms have balconies.
Energy efficiency plays a large part onboard Royal Princess, the cruise line’s greenest ship. The vessel’s hull and propeller design, a distributed air conditioning system, a tunnel washer in the laundry and variable speed drive functions on various pieces of equipment are designed to help reduce carbon emissions.
Royal Princess will embark on her inaugural cruise from Southampton on 16 June and then cruise on the line’s signature Grand Mediterranean itinerary throughout the summer. She will sail in the Eastern Caribbean region in autumn, before arriving at her Port Everglades homeport where she will offer Caribbean cruises during the winter season.