Regal Princess Float Out & Royal Princess Tour
Today is a big day for Princess Cruises with the float out of Regal Princess at the Monfalcone shipyard in Venice. Several people are covering the event online today, and afterwards they will be touring Royal Princess as she gets closer to her debut in June. I will be sailing on Royal’s maiden Caribbean cruise in October, so I’m really interested to see what progress has been made since the last update.
If you’re interested in checking out the tweets for today’s events, watch the hashtags #RoyalPrincess and #RegalPrincess, as well as the following folks who are reporting from Italy:
- Avid Cruiser (@AvidCruiser)
- Chris Owen (@OrlandoChris)
- Cruise Critic (@CruiseCritic)
- Gene Sloan w/USA Today (@CruiseLog)
- John Honeywell aka Captain Greybeard (@CaptainGreybeard)
- Phil Davies (@travjournalist)
- Shannon Hurst Lane (@CajunMama)
Paul Ludlow, UK Director for Princess Cruises (@PaulLudlowUK) is there as well, and I’ve included a few of his tweets below with pictures of the two vessels. First some looks at Regal Princess:
Wow #RegalPrincess, last time I was here (September) she was just a few blocks on the ground. twitter.com/PaulLudlowUK/s…
— Paul Ludlow (@PaulLudlowUK) March 26, 2013
The stage is set.. #RegalPrincess twitter.com/PaulLudlowUK/s…
— Paul Ludlow (@PaulLudlowUK) March 26, 2013
The champagne is set to celebrate #RegalPrincess meeting the water for the first time. twitter.com/PaulLudlowUK/s…
— Paul Ludlow (@PaulLudlowUK) March 26, 2013
Take a good look, this part is soon to be underwater. #RegalPrincess twitter.com/PaulLudlowUK/s…
— Paul Ludlow (@PaulLudlowUK) March 26, 2013
Now a look at Royal Princess:
The sun had just come out, #RoyalPrincess looks spectacular! twitter.com/PaulLudlowUK/s…
— Paul Ludlow (@PaulLudlowUK) March 26, 2013
She’s coming along nicely.. 1000’s hard at work. #RoyalPrincess twitter.com/PaulLudlowUK/s…
— Paul Ludlow (@PaulLudlowUK) March 26, 2013
The perfect setting for a movie (under the stars) #RoyalPrincess twitter.com/PaulLudlowUK/s…
— Paul Ludlow (@PaulLudlowUK) March 26, 2013
The 100 jet water fountain on the top deck of #RoyalPrincess has wind sensors so our passengers don’t get splashed! twitter.com/PaulLudlowUK/s…
— Paul Ludlow (@PaulLudlowUK) March 26, 2013
Inside the SeaWalk, has to be seen to be believed. Incredible! #RoyalPrincess twitter.com/PaulLudlowUK/s…
— Paul Ludlow (@PaulLudlowUK) March 26, 2013
Just one more pic of the SeaWalk. Very clever! Floating above the Sea. #RoyalPrincess twitter.com/PaulLudlowUK/s…
— Paul Ludlow (@PaulLudlowUK) March 26, 2013