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Exciting cruise news just dropped from Princess Cruises. The line has confirmed an order for three brand-new ships, built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. Sounds impressive, right? It is… but here’s the catch.
They won’t be coming for 9 years… Seems a bit premature, right?
Plenty of time to get excited though.
A brand-new ship class is coming
These ships will introduce something completely new for the line, called the Voyager Class.
Details are still pretty thin (classic cruise announcement move), but we do know a few key things:
- Around 183,000 gross tons
- Capacity for roughly 4,700 guests
- Powered by LNG (liquefied natural gas)
That makes them the largest ships in the Princess fleet once they arrive.
If you’ve sailed the newer ships like Sun Princess, this feels like the next step in that direction…
We’re not talking Icon of the Seas level size, but still 4k guests is pretty big for Princess!
What information do we know right now?
Well, nothing to be honest.
But you can expect new designs, new venues, maybe a new interior designer taking the lead. It’ll be exciting to watch, to be honest.
Princess Cruises: Old School vs New Generation
There’s a bit of a quiet divide happening with Princess right now… and it’s becoming more obvious.
On one side, you’ve got the loyal, long-time cruisers who love the “classic” Princess experience. Think pre-Sun Princess. For a lot of them, the newer ships just don’t hit the same. Some have tried them… and decided they’re not for them. So they stick with the older ships they already know and love.
And then on the flip side, you’ve got a completely different crowd emerging.
These are the people discovering Princess because of ships like Sun Princess and Star Princess. They’re drawn to the more modern design, the scale, the updated feel… and interestingly, many of them aren’t that interested in going backwards to the older ships.
So you end up with two groups cruising the same brand, but almost treating it like two different products.
Some are staying loyal to what Princess has always been. Others are only here for what it’s becoming.
And with these new ships on the horizon, it feels like Princess is leaning into that shift rather than trying to pull it back.
