Island Princess
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Island Princess
Island Princess is a Princess Cruises ship offering itineraries in Alaska, the Panama Canal, and Europe. It provides an 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 vacations, combining adventure and exploration in a mid-sized international cruise setting.
Itineraries of the Island 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: 92822
- Speed: 22.0 knots
- Passengers: 2200
- Decks: 15
- Length: 294 m
- Width: 32 m
History
- 2003: Année de construction
- 12 juillet 2003: Croisière inaugurale
- 2017: Modernisation
- 2017: Année de rénovation
Frequently Asked Questions
Island Princess measures 92,822 gross tons, 294 m long by 32 m wide. It carries 2,214 guests at double occupancy and 900 crew in 1,107 staterooms across 15 decks, 12 of them open to you. With Coral Princess it forms the pair of smallest ships in the Princess fleet, well below the 142,714 gross tons of Royal Princess. That 32 m beam is deliberate: the original Panama Canal locks accept nothing wider than 32.31 m, and Island Princess was cut to fit them.
Because of the 2015 rebuild. Princess removed a lounge and the aft section of the outdoor promenade to build 121 extra staterooms, raising double occupancy from 1,974 to 2,214. Coral Princess never had that work done and still carries 2,000. Maximum capacity on Island sits near 2,657, reached only when a large number of cabins take a third or fourth berth.
Its stern and its funnel. The 2015 refit changed the profile twice over: the aft end was rebuilt to hold 121 staterooms, and the two dummy cylindrical turbines mounted on top of the funnel, meant to echo the gas turbine housed inside, were taken off. Princess regulars spot Island Princess instantly by that bare funnel, while Coral Princess kept its pair. A detail that lands well in Québec: Island Princess was named by Jamie Salé and David Pelletier, Canada's Olympic pairs champions.
It wraps up its Alaska season from Vancouver and Whittier through September 9, then runs down to Los Angeles on September 16. On September 20 it makes the 17-day crossing to Fort Lauderdale through the Panama Canal. On October 6 it leaves Fort Lauderdale on a 26-day transatlantic to Athens and returns the other way on October 31. December puts it back on its real job: 17-day full Panama Canal transits between Fort Lauderdale and Los Angeles.
From January to mid-April it runs back-to-back 17-day full Panama Canal transits between Fort Lauderdale, San Diego and Los Angeles. It then heads to Alaska from May 12 to September 8 out of Vancouver and Whittier, comes back through the canal in October and closes the year in the Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale. From Montréal, Fort Lauderdale and Los Angeles are nonstop at roughly 3 h 30 and 6 h, Vancouver about 5 h 30. The 17-day sailings are coast-to-coast one-ways, so book a multi-city air ticket rather than a return to the same airport.
A midship balcony on Dolphin (9), Caribe (10) or Baja (11). On a Panama Canal transit a balcony genuinely changes the day: you watch the Gatún and Miraflores locks from your own chair instead of elbowing for rail space. The 581 balcony staterooms run about 15.8 m² out of 1,107 cabins total, so a little over half the ship. If newer accommodation matters to you, note that the 121 staterooms added in 2015 are grouped aft, where the old lounge used to be.
Complimentary dining is the Bordeaux and Provence dining rooms, plus the Horizon Court buffet and the poolside Bar & Grill. Extra-charge venues are Sabatini's for Italian and Bayou Cafe & Steakhouse for Cajun cooking and steaks. Lounges include the two-level Universe Lounge, Explorers Lounge, Churchill Lounge and the Wheelhouse Bar, alongside the Princess Theater. The Sanctuary up top is the adults-only retreat.
The shortened promenade. Since 2015 you can no longer walk a full lap of the ship outdoors, and morning walkers notice on day one. The ship also carries 240 more guests than it used to in the same public rooms, so the buffet and theatre feel tighter than on Coral Princess. Add a 2003 hull with narrow bathrooms, only two specialty restaurants, no Royal-class SeaWalk and nothing close to the glass dome on Sun Princess.
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 are extra. On a Panama Canal transit, note that the excursions in Panama City and Cartagena book out early. Princess sells two bundles, Princess Plus and Princess Premier, that fold several of these together: 1-866-628-6241.
Not in the base fare. Princess adds a daily Crew Appreciation charge to your onboard account, scaled by the stateroom category you occupy. It is covered if you book Princess Plus or Princess Premier. On the 17-day Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles sailings, length weighs heavily on that decision, so check the arithmetic with your advisor before you choose.
It only sells as part of a wider bundle. 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 specialty restaurant meals. Your regular stops on board will be the Wheelhouse Bar, Explorers Lounge and Churchill Lounge, plus the pool bar on canal transit days.
The ship is MedallionClass and runs MedallionNet, good enough for video calls on most itineraries. The Medallion, a disc about the size of a quarter, replaces your key card, works as your payment method, speeds embarkation and lets you order food and drink from anywhere through OceanNow. It tracks your location on board, which is how delivery works, and you decide whether other guests can see it. On canal transit day everyone is on deck at once, so expect the network to be busy.
It works well for curious teenagers and less well for kids who want action. Camp Discovery 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. The ship has no waterslide and no theme-park deck, and the crowd runs older. A 17-day Panama Canal transit is an extraordinary geography lesson for a 14-year-old and a very long week for a 6-year-old.
It becomes useful at the third tier. Gold arrives 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 starts at Ruby; complimentary laundry, shore excursion discounts and priority disembarkation come at Platinum. Two 17-day canal transits put you at Platinum inside a single year, which explains the loyal following this ship has.
The Panama Canal and the Caribbean are generally calm, and so is the Alaska Inside Passage. The two legs to watch are the Gulf of Alaska crossing to Whittier and the 26-day transatlantic to Athens in autumn 2026, both open ocean. At 92,822 gross tons, Island Princess is lighter than the newer ships and moves more in a long swell. A midship cabin on Emerald (8) or Dolphin (9) plus tablets in the suitcase settles it for most people.
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