Can a cruise still be booked on this ship?

No. Pacific Princess left the Princess fleet in 2021 and no departure is on sale under that name. She is still afloat, though, and she works the Mediterranean under another brand.

Where is this ship today?

She works the Mediterranean as Azamara Onward.

Why does this page still exist?

Because the name still circulates and a 404 answers nobody. We keep it to say what happened, where the hull went, and which Princess ship comes closest today.

Was this ship scrapped?

No. She works the Mediterranean as Azamara Onward. All five Princess ships that left between 2016 and 2021 are still sailing.

Which Princess ship comes closest today?

Island Princess and Coral Princess are the two smallest ships left at Princess and now carry the long itineraries, the Panama Canal first among them.

Where was this ship built?

At Chantiers de l'Atlantique, at Saint-Nazaire.

30,312 gross tons, 181 metres by 25, eleven decks of which nine are open to guests, 352 cabins, 672 guests at double occupancy and 804 with every berth filled, and 373 crew.

When did she last sail under this name?

She was built as R Three for Renaissance Cruises, which failed in 2001. Princess renamed her Pacific Princess at Sydney on 8 December 2002, after the 1971 Pacific Princess of The Love Boat.

Will I find aboard what Princess offers today?

No. Neither the Medallion nor the Sanctuary ever fitted this hull: they arrived after 2021. Azamara Onward follows Azamara's way of doing things.

Is there a risk of confusing this ship with another?

Nothing at Princess now goes below 2,000 guests. The 672-guest format no longer exists there, and it is worth knowing before you book.

How many departures does this page sell?

None, and that zero is accurate. We measured it: the line carries no departure under this name. It is the first thing this page should say.

Who protects me if the trip falls through?

Your agency, and it alone. Voyages AquaTerra operates under a licence from Quebec's Office de la protection du consommateur, your payments pass through a trust account, and the compensation fund for travel agency clients covers your departure. That applies to the ship you book instead of this one.

Pacific Princess

Q: Why did Princess let her go?

The sale to Azamara was announced on 21 January 2021. A 14-million-euro refit at Damen Shiprepair in Amsterdam, in April 2022, turned her into Azamara Onward, named at Monaco.

Q: Did she change flag or owner?

She went back into dry dock for maintenance at Navantia, in Cadiz, from 7 to 12 November 2024.

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Pacific Princess

Pacific Princess is a Princess Cruises ship offering itineraries in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Alaska, and Europe. It provides a boutique-style all-inclusive cruise experience focused on luxury, families, and couples, featuring gastronomy, spa services, entertainment, and organized shore excursions. The ship offers various cabin categories and ocean cruise voyages, emphasizing international destinations and small-ship cruising.

Itineraries of the Pacific Princess

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Technical specifications

Classe: Small ships Class
Tonnage: 30277
Passengers: 670
Decks: 11
Length: 180 m
Width: 25 m

History

27 avril 2003: Croisière inaugurale
2017: Modernisation

Pacific Princess: sold to Azamara in 2021, she sails today as Azamara Onward

The Pacific Princess left the Princess Cruises fleet in 2021 and cannot be booked under that name. The ship still exists and works the Mediterranean as Azamara Onward. She is a 30,312-ton hull, 181 metres by 25, eleven decks of which nine are open to guests and six hold cabins, 352 staterooms, 672 guests at double occupancy and 804 with every berth filled, with 373 crew. Built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire in 1999 as R Three.

A television name on a Renaissance hull

Renaissance Cruises failed in 2001 and Princess took the ship on, renaming her Pacific Princess in Sydney on 8 December 2002, after the 1971 Pacific Princess of The Love Boat, long gone from the fleet by then. From 2002 to 2007 she led a double life, operated by P&O Cruises Australia from November to April and by Princess from May to October.

What she did that big ships cannot

She was the small format at Princess and served what 3,000-guest hulls cannot: hard-to-reach ports, genuinely remote calls and world cruises of more than 100 days. That kind of programme needs shallow draught and guests willing to live aboard for months. The trade-off was giving up everything that makes deck life on a big ship, and her regulars treated that absence as the whole point. She struck a breakwater at Nice in 2016 and rescued fishermen in the North Sea in 2018.

Where she is now

Her sale to Azamara was announced on 21 January 2021. A 14-million-euro refit at Damen Shiprepair in Amsterdam in April 2022 turned her into Azamara Onward, christened in Monaco and in service that same year. She returned to drydock for maintenance at Navantia in Cadiz from 7 to 12 November 2024. Today she works the Mediterranean out of Piraeus, Venice, Civitavecchia, Barcelona and Lisbon, on formats of 5 to 28 days, with long crossings toward Asia, Australia and Africa.

Which current Princess ship picks up the thread

The Island Princess and the Coral Princess are the two smallest ships left at Princess, and they now carry the long itineraries, the Panama Canal above all. The Sapphire Princess steps up in size while keeping the extended Asia and Australia programmes. None of the three drops below 2,000 guests: the 672-guest format no longer exists at Princess, and that is worth knowing before you book. Our Princess Cruises page covers the full fleet.