Emerald Princess
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Emerald Princess
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The Emerald Princess is a Princess Cruises ship offering itineraries in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Alaska, and Europe. It provides an all-inclusive cruise experience oriented toward families and couples, with onboard gastronomy, spa facilities, and entertainment. The ship features a range of cabin categories, organized shore excursions, and ocean-going cruise holidays. It is positioned as a luxury cruise product focused on comfort and international itineraries. This ship is well suited for travelers seeking a relaxed premium cruise experience combining diverse destinations, onboard wellness, and a balance of leisure and exploration.
Itineraries of the Emerald Princess
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decks plans
Deck - 19
Star
Deck - 18
Sky
Deck - 17
Sports
Deck - 16
Sun
Deck - 15
Lido
Deck - 14
Riviera
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: Caribbean Class
- Tonnage: 113561
- Speed: 21.0 knots
- Passengers: 3080
- Decks: 18
- Length: 290 m
- Width: 48 m
History
- 2007: Année de construction
- 11 avril 2007: Croisière inaugurale
- 2019: Modernisation
- 2019: Année de rénovation
Frequently Asked Questions
113,561 gross tons, 288.6 metres long, 36 metres wide, an 8-metre draught, 15 passenger decks and 1,533 staterooms, 31 of them wheelchair accessible. The crew numbers 1,200. It is a Crown sub-class ship, meaning two more decks than Grand Princess on an identical hull length. For comparison it is roughly three-quarters the tonnage of a Royal Princess and about 40 per cent smaller than a Sphere-class Sun Princess.
Because there are two ways of counting. Emerald Princess carries 3,066 guests at double occupancy — two people per stateroom — and up to 3,679 once third and fourth berths are used, which mostly happens in summer and over school breaks. That gap of six hundred-plus people does not change the number of lifts, tables in the World Fresh Marketplace or loungers around the pools. Wikipedia lists 3,114 lower berths where the operator publishes 3,066; the difference comes from stateroom reclassifications through successive refits. In practice an October sailing from Los Angeles feels far roomier than a mid-July Alaska run.
Mostly the food. Emerald lost Sabatini's in the December 2015 drydock: the deck 16 room became Share, Curtis Stone's shared-plates restaurant, while Crown Princess kept its Italian. The Wheelhouse Bar hosts the Salty Dog Gastropub, added in 2016, and the buffet was renamed World Fresh Marketplace with a Steamers seafood counter aft. That same 2015 drydock converted about a hundred staterooms into family configurations through connecting doors, further than either Crown or Ruby went. Since then, the April 2019 drydock in Victoria, the 2022 one in Rotterdam and April 2025 in Palermo have all been technical: maintenance, classification inspections, hull work and paint, not an interior rebuild.
Alaska, then the west coast. It runs 7- and 8-day round trips from Vancouver until 1 September, calling at Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan and Tracy Arm, then repositions Vancouver to Los Angeles in 7 days on 8 September. From 14 September it works out of Los Angeles on 17-day Mexican Riviera and Hawaii loops, broken up by shorter 5- and 8-day runs in November. The season closes with an 11-day departure on 30 December.
Four phases. From January to early May it stays based in Los Angeles on 17-day Hawaii loops and 8-day California and Mexico runs. It heads back up to Vancouver in mid-May and works Alaska on 8-day round trips from 18 May to 7 September. It then returns south to Los Angeles before switching to the Caribbean for winter 2027-28, out of Fort Lauderdale, San Juan and Bridgetown. For Montreal that means three different airports depending on the season: Los Angeles and Vancouver, both nonstop from Trudeau, then Fort Lauderdale, also nonstop and the easiest of the three in January.
Deck 10 Caribe if you want balcony space, deck 11 Baja if you want not to be seen. The hull is stepped on decks 8 Emerald, 9 Dolphin and 10 Caribe: each level is set back from the one above, which lengthens the Caribe balcony and leaves it half covered, but also exposes it to the view of guests on the deck above. Decks 11 Baja and 12 Aloha are fully sheltered and unoverlooked. On a 17-day Los Angeles to Hawaii loop with five consecutive sea days each way, a balcony genuinely changes the cruise; inside cabins start to feel long. Mini-suites, wider and with a sitting area, sit on decks 8 and 9.
Three main dining rooms: Michelangelo aft and Da Vinci forward run Anytime Dining from 5:30 to 10 p.m., while Botticelli keeps fixed seatings at 6 and 8:15 p.m. Extra-charge tables are Crown Grill for steaks and seafood and Curtis Stone's Share. Elsewhere: the World Fresh Marketplace buffet on Lido deck 15, the Steamers seafood counter aft, Trident Grill, Prego, the round-the-clock International Café, the Vines wine bar, Crooners, Adagio, Explorers Lounge, the Wheelhouse Bar with its Salty Dog Gastropub, the Speakeasy and Tradewinds. Up top and on stage: the two-level Princess Theater, Club Fusion, Skywalkers Disco, the Calypso Reef and Neptune's Reef pools, Movies Under the Stars, the adults-only Sanctuary, the Lotus Spa, the Princess Links mini-golf course and a sports court.
That nothing much has changed since 2016. The last hotel refit was December 2015 with additions in 2016; the 2019, 2022 and 2025 drydocks were technical. Stateroom bathrooms are cramped, storage is limited, and soft furnishings and carpets have seen service. It has no Alfredo's pizzeria, unlike Grand Princess, and replacing Sabatini's with Share disappoints anyone who came for the Princess Italian. Add the tiered lower-deck balconies, the absence of a SeaWalk, a glass dome and everything else that makes Royal and Sphere class appealing, and five consecutive sea days on the Hawaii runs — not a fault, but a reality to know before booking.
The base fare covers your stateroom, the three main dining rooms, the World Fresh Marketplace buffet, Trident Grill and Prego, Princess Theater shows, the pools, the gym and the self-service launderettes. Extra: alcohol and specialty coffees, Wi-Fi, the daily service charge, shore excursions, The Sanctuary, Lotus Spa treatments, Crown Grill and Share. Princess sells two bundles, Princess Plus and Princess Premier, which combine drinks, connectivity and service charges. On a 17-day Hawaii loop with five sea days, the bundle question does not look the same as on an 8-day Alaska run: 1-866-628-6241.
No, they sit on top of the fare. Princess posts a daily Crew Appreciation charge to your onboard account, calculated per person and by stateroom category — inside, balcony or suite. The Princess Plus and Princess Premier bundles absorb it. A service amount is also added to every drink served at Crooners, the Wheelhouse Bar or Tradewinds. On a 17-day sailing from Los Angeles that daily line runs for seventeen days, which is exactly the kind of math to do before booking rather than after.
It exists only inside the Princess Plus and Princess Premier bundles. Plus gives fifteen drinks a day under a per-drink ceiling, along with specialty coffees, juices and bottled water; Premier removes the daily cap and raises the per-drink ceiling. Both also add Wi-Fi and the daily service charge. On board, the service points are Vines and Crooners in the Piazza, the Salty Dog Gastropub in the Wheelhouse Bar, Adagio, Explorers Lounge and Tradewinds beside the pools. The bundle is bought for the full cruise and for every adult in the stateroom: 1-866-628-6241.
Emerald Princess is MedallionClass, as the whole Princess fleet now is. The Medallion is a contactless disc the size of a quarter: it opens your stateroom door as you approach, replaces the cruise card for purchases, speeds up embarkation in Vancouver or Los Angeles, and lets you order a drink delivered wherever you are, including mid-film at Movies Under the Stars. It locates you on board, which is what lets you find travel companions on a deck plan; that sharing can be turned off in the app. What annoys: the Princess app is slow and has to be completed before departure with a photo and documents, the wearable accessories are sold separately, and on a 2007 hull the stateroom door reader is not always instant. MedallionNet Wi-Fi remains among the best at sea and holds up for video calls, one device on Princess Plus, four priority devices on Princess Premier, which matters over five sea days between Los Angeles and Hawaii.
It welcomes them, with honest facilities and a firmly adult atmosphere. The ship has a Youth Center with a paddling pool and outdoor play areas plus a Teen Center, supervised by age group and free during the day; the 2015 drydock also converted about a hundred staterooms into family configurations with connecting doors, which helps a family of five or six. There is no water slide and no water park: children who sail here come with parents who like quiet ships. On a July Alaska sailing from Vancouver you will see some; on a 17-day Hawaii loop in February, almost none. The daily service charge applies to them as well.
Yes, provided you count days rather than cruises. Tiers are Gold on the first cruise, Ruby at three cruises or thirty days, Platinum at five cruises or fifty days, Elite at fifteen cruises or 150 days, whichever count is more favourable. Ruby opens a Wi-Fi reduction; Platinum adds complimentary laundry, priority embarkation and disembarkation and a shore excursion reduction; Elite adds dry cleaning, a mini-bar setup and a Lotus Spa treatment. Status is personal and does not transfer. Two 17-day Hawaii loops on Emerald give you thirty-four days and put you at Platinum in just two cruises.
It depends a great deal on the season. In Alaska out of Vancouver the Inside Passage is sheltered and the ship barely moves; on the 17-day Hawaii loops you cross five days of open Pacific each way, and the North Pacific winter swell is long and regular rather than violent, which rocks some people to sleep and unsettles others. The 113,561 tons and the stabilizers do their job, but no stabilizer cancels a ground swell. If you are sensitive, book midship on deck 8 Emerald or 9 Dolphin, start medication the day before the first sea day, and stay away from forward on deck 12 Aloha.
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