Princess to send fewer ships to Europe in 2014. Any guesses why?

Eph60 · April 9, 2013

I would love to see the Pacific Princess in Alaska. It would be great if they put back the 14 day cruise that they use to do with the smaller ships there. It had a great itinerary and was my favorite cruise in Alaska and I know the larger ships could not go to some of the places that the smaller ships went on that 14 day schedule.

With the ships getting so much larger perhaps they do not need as many ships heading to the med, especially with problems in Egypt and Isreal.

I personally would like more options from England into the baltic. My mothers family came from England and my dads family came from the baltic areas so it is high on my wish list.

JohnG · April 9, 2013

The Europeans aren't spending money due to the economic crisis over there, and as a result Princess isn't the only line reducing the number of berths available over there.

Jan115 · April 9, 2013

Good. By the time we get to the Mediterranean next summer 2014, maybe we'll have the ports to ourselves!

One thing I am happy about is that Princess is putting a ship back in the Caribbean again this summer. We sailed that region in 2010 on Emerald, the final year the line had a ship there during the summer months.

WeCruiseToo · April 10, 2013

There are some really great itineraries mentioned in this story! There’s so much (most!) of Europe that we haven’t seen yet but the price of air is so high we can go on two (or three?) cruises closer to home. And you certainly can’t fault them for putting extra ships in Alaska – that’s an amazing destination too!