Coral Princess
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Coral Princess
The Coral Princess is a Princess Cruises ship offering itineraries through the Panama Canal, Alaska, Australia, Mexico, Costa Rica, and transatlantic crossings. It provides a boutique-style cruise experience focused on luxury, gastronomy, wellness, and entertainment, featuring the MedallionClass system. Onboard facilities include the Princess Theater and Skywalkers Nightclub. The ship caters to both adult and family cruise travelers seeking a premium all-inclusive experience combining comfort, enrichment, and diverse destination-focused voyages.
Itineraries of the Coral Princess
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decks plans
Deck - 16
Sports
Deck - 15
Sun
Deck - 14
Lido
Deck - 12
Aloha
Deck - 11
Baja
Deck - 10
Caribe
Deck - 9
Dolphin
Deck - 8
Emerald
Deck - 7
Promenade
Deck - 6
Fiesta
Deck - 5
Plaza
Deck - 4
Gala
Ship's attributes
Services And Amenities
- Elevators
- Self-service laundry room
- Casino
- Jacuzzi
- Pool
- Beauty salon
- Spa & body care
Specific needs
- Wheelchair accessible staterooms
Technical specifications
- Classe: Coral Class
- Tonnage: 91627
- Speed: 22.0 knots
- Passengers: 2000
- Decks: 15
- Length: 294 m
- Width: 32 m
History
- 2003: Année de construction
- 17 janvier 2003: Croisière inaugurale
- 2019: Année de rénovation
Frequently Asked Questions
Coral Princess measures 91,627 gross tons and 294 m long by 32.2 m wide, making it the smallest ship in the Princess fleet alongside its twin, Island Princess. It carries 2,000 guests at double occupancy and 895 crew across 15 decks, 12 of them open to you. For scale, Royal Princess is 142,714 gross tons for 3,560 guests and Sun Princess carries over 4,000. You are boarding a ship that sails with roughly half the crowd of the newest hardware.
Because those are two different measurements. The 2,000 figure is double occupancy: two people in each of the ship's 1,000 staterooms, and it is the number Princess publishes and the one that describes the real feel on board most of the year. Maximum capacity sits near 2,390 and is only reached when many cabins take a third or fourth berth, which happens mainly during March break and summer. One more mix-up worth clearing: the 294 m length is the hull, not the berth length at any given port.
Cabin count. Island Princess went through a 2015 rebuild that removed a lounge and the aft section of its outdoor promenade to fit 121 additional staterooms; Coral Princess never received that work. The result is 2,000 guests instead of 2,214, an intact original promenade, and the better space-per-guest ratio of the two. There is also a visual signature: its funnel was designed with two dummy cylindrical turbines on top to echo the gas turbine housed inside, a detail Island lost in 2015.
It is finishing its Alaska season out of Vancouver and Whittier, running 8-day one-way voyages between the two and 15-day round trips from Vancouver, through September 16. On September 23 it leaves Vancouver on a 23-day repositioning to Fort Lauderdale with a Panama Canal transit. From October 15 it is based in Fort Lauderdale for 8- to 15-day Caribbean and Panama Canal voyages, including a 12-day departure on December 26.
2027 is an unusual year: on January 21 it leaves Los Angeles on a 115-day round-trip world cruise, also sold in segments to Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo. It returns to the West Coast in May and runs Alaska from Vancouver and Whittier from May 19 to September 8, then crosses to New York on September 22, spends the autumn there, and heads down to Fort Lauderdale on November 26. From Montréal: Vancouver is a nonstop of roughly 5 h 30, New York 1 h 30, Fort Lauderdale 3 h 30. Whittier has no airport, so you fly into Anchorage with at least one connection and cover the last 100 km by Princess rail or motorcoach.
A balcony on Dolphin (9), Caribe (10) or Baja (11) deck, midship, where motion is least and the central lifts are closest. Balcony cabins run about 15.8 m² and account for 581 of the ship's 1,000 staterooms, so they sell out early on Alaska dates. Inside cabins on Plaza (5) and Fiesta (6) are the cheapest and also the closest to the dining rooms and casino, which means the noisiest at night. Skip Aloha deck (12), directly beneath the pool deck.
Two complimentary main dining rooms, Bordeaux on deck 5 and Provence on deck 6, plus the Horizon Court buffet and the poolside Bar & Grill. Extra-charge dining is Sabatini's for Italian and Bayou Cafe & Steakhouse for Cajun. Lounges include the two-level Universe Lounge, Explorers Lounge, Crooners, Wheelhouse Bar, Churchill cigar lounge and La Patisserie. Up top, The Sanctuary is an adults-only deck and Movies Under the Stars runs films on an LED screen above the pool.
Its age and its restraint. The ship was completed in December 2002, and the September 2024 Singapore dry dock was routine maintenance rather than a redesign. Against a Royal-class ship it has no cantilevered SeaWalk and no large retail Piazza; against Sun Princess in the Sphere class there is nothing resembling the glass dome. Two specialty restaurants, a modestly sized theatre and cramped stateroom bathrooms all point the same way: this is a ship built around ports, not attractions.
The base fare covers your stateroom, the Bordeaux and Provence dining rooms, the Horizon Court buffet, shows in the Princess Theater and Universe Lounge, the pools and the fitness centre. Drinks, Wi-Fi, service charges, shore excursions, Sabatini's and Bayou Cafe & Steakhouse all cost extra. Princess bundles several of those into two packages, Princess Plus and Princess Premier, added on top of the base fare. Your AquaTerra advisor will tell you which one matches how you actually travel: 1-866-628-6241.
Not in the base fare. Princess applies a daily charge called Crew Appreciation to your onboard account, scaled by stateroom category from inside cabin to suite. It is covered outright if you book Princess Plus or Princess Premier. On a 23-day repositioning from Vancouver to Fort Lauderdale, length changes the arithmetic completely, so run it with your advisor before you book.
Princess does not sell a standalone drink package; it sells two bundles. Princess Plus covers fifteen drinks a day under a capped per-drink value, including specialty coffees and bottled water, and also covers Wi-Fi and service charges. Princess Premier drops the daily limit, raises the per-drink ceiling and adds meals in the specialty restaurants. On board, your regular stops will be Crooners, the Wheelhouse Bar and Explorers Lounge, with the Churchill cigar lounge pouring the darker spirits.
The ship is MedallionClass and runs on MedallionNet, quick enough for video calls on most of its itineraries. The Medallion is a disc about the size of a quarter, worn on your wrist or around your neck: it unlocks your stateroom, acts as your payment method, speeds up embarkation and lets you order food and drinks wherever you are through OceanNow. It does track your location on board, which is what makes delivery work, and sharing that location with other guests stays optional. On the Alaska legs, expect the signal to thin out deep in the fjords and near the glaciers.
Adequate rather than family-focused. The Camp Discovery youth programme splits into The Treehouse for ages 3 to 7, The Lodge for 8 to 12 and The Beach House for teens, complimentary during the day. With 2,000 guests, a mature crowd and no waterslides, a ten-year-old may run out of ship after three sea days. On an 8-day Alaska sailing in July there will be families; on a 23-day September repositioning there will be almost none.
It starts paying off at the third tier. Gold comes with your first cruise, Ruby after three cruises or thirty days, Platinum after five cruises or fifty days, Elite after fifteen cruises or 150 days. The Wi-Fi discount lands at Ruby; complimentary laundry, shore excursion discounts and priority disembarkation at Platinum. A single 23-day Vancouver to Fort Lauderdale repositioning moves your day count sharply, which is exactly why regulars chase Coral Princess crossings.
It depends entirely on the segment. The Inside Passage between Vancouver and Ketchikan is sheltered and barely moves; the Gulf of Alaska crossing to Whittier is open water and you will feel it. At 91,627 gross tons, Coral Princess is lighter than the Royal-class ships and responds more to swell, particularly on the long Pacific legs in 2027. If you are sensitive, book midship on Emerald (8) or Dolphin (9) rather than high and forward, and pack tablets for the sea days.
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