Princess Cruises Ships by Age: Newest to Oldest

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Princess Cruises has 15 cruise ships in service in 2024 with more under construction. If you’re planning a Princess cruise and are wondering about the older and newer ships and which is the best, then you should find this article useful.

Sky Princess

Here, I’ve listed all of the Princess Cruises ships in age order, from newest to oldest. Then below that, you’ll find some facts, statistics and photos for each ship.

This table shows Princess Cruises ships by age from newest to oldest:

Ship NameClassBuiltRefurbishedGuests
Star PrincessSphere Class2025*4,300
Sun PrincessSphere Class2024*4,300
Discovery PrincessRoyal Class20223,660
Enchanted PrincessRoyal Class20213,660
Sky PrincessRoyal Class20193,660
Majestic PrincessRoyal Class20173,560
Regal PrincessRoyal Class201420173,560
Royal PrincessRoyal Class201320183,560
Ruby PrincessGrand Class200820183,080
Emerald PrincessGrand Class200720193,080
Crown PrincessGrand Class200620183,080
Caribbean PrincessGrand Class200420193,140
Diamond PrincessGrand Class200420192,670
Sapphire PrincessGrand Class200420182,670
Island PrincessCoral Class200320172,200
Coral PrincessCoral Class200220192,000
Grand PrincessGrand Class199820192,600
*Under construction

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What is the newest ship for Princess Cruises?

The newest Princess Cruises’ ship will be Star Princess. She will be the sister ship to Sun Princess, and she is due to launch in 2025.

Currently under construction at the Fincantieri shipyard, Sun Princess has been floated out and is and set to depart in February 2024, this will be the cruise line’s largest ever ship with accommodation for 4,300 guests.

Read more: The Newest Princess Cruises Ships (In Order)

Princess Cruises’ newest ship that is currently sailing is Discovery Princess. Originally scheduled to debut in November 2021, Discover Princess set sail for the first time on 27th March 2022 from Los Angeles.

Suggested read: The best and worst cabins on Discovery Princess

Discovery Princess

What is Princess Cruises’ biggest ship?

When the newest Princess Cruises ships, Sun Princess and Star Princess, launch in 2024 and 2025 respectively, they will be the biggest ships in the cruise line fleet by quite some way. As a new class of ship, the Sphere Class vessels will have a gross tonnage of 175,500 tons and accommodation for 4,300 guests.

The largest ship in the Princess Cruises fleet currently is Discovery Princess. This 19-deck cruise ship has an internal volume of 145,000 gross tonnes and is 1,083 feet long and 217 feet high. She can accommodate 3,660 guests at double occupancy, more with extra beds in use, as well as 1,346 crew members.

Princess Cruises has six Royal-class cruise ships that are all similarly sized. Discovery Princess is the largest as she is 20cm taller than her sister ships.

Suggested read: The best and worst cabins on Discovery Princess

Which is the smallest Princess cruise ship?

The smallest cruise ship in the Princess Cruises fleet is Coral Princess. This ship has a gross tonnage of 91,627 and a length of 964 feet. She accommodates 2,000 passengers over 16 decks.

Unlike most Princess ships, Coral Princess is small enough to fit through the Panama Canal.

Coral Princess

Until January 2021, Princess Cruises had one small ship – Pacific Princess. With a gross tonnage of 30,277 and a length of 592 feet, this 11-deck cruise ship was just a third of the size of Coral Princess. Pacific Princess accommodated just 670 guests.

Read more: Princess Cruises Ships By Size

What is Princess MedallionClass?

On MedallionClass cruises, each guest receives a wearable device that is the size of a ten-pence piece in the UK or a quarter in the US. It functions in the same way as a traditional cruise card, but with some added benefits.

The Ocean Medallion allows you to:

  • Board the ship touch-free
  • Find your way on board
  • Order food and drinks
  • Locate your family and friends
  • See how busy onboard venues are
  • Unlock your stateroom door
  • Check-in for muster drills
  • Make purchases without cash

Which Princess ships have Ocean Medallion?

It used to be the case that only the newer ships had Medallion Class, but since 2022, every Princess Cruises ship has Ocean Medallion technology.

Read more: What You Need To Know About Princess Ocean Medallion

Are newer Princess Cruises ships better?

Newer Princess Cruises ships aren’t necessarily any better than the older ones. Each ship is refurbished every three to five years, so even the oldest ships will never have peeling paint or worn carpets.

Princess Cruises ships have an American-style decor and the older ships can look a little dated in terms of style. So you’ll probably see more dark wood, blue carpets and orange curtains than on the newer ships which have a more modern, neutral colour scheme.

The facilities are similar on the older and newer ships. Whereas with Royal Caribbean, the newer cruise ships have all the best things like skydiving simulators and robot bartenders, you won’t find these things on Princess Cruises ships which are much more elegant.

Suggested read: Princess Cruise Ships Ranked From Best To Worst

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Princess Cruises Ships Information

Here’s an overview of each of the ships in the Princess Cruises fleet…

Star Princess

Launch: August 2025
Guests: 4,300
Crew: TBC
Decks: 21
Tonnage: 175,500
Length: 1,133 feet
Height: TBC

Star Princess
Star Princess
Photo credit: Princess Cruises

Sun Princess

Launch: February 2024
Guests: 4,300
Crew: TBC
Decks: 21
Tonnage: 175,500
Length: 1,133 feet
Height: TBC

Sun Princess
Sun Princess
Photo credit: Princess Cruises

Discovery Princess

  • Launch: March 2022
  • Guests: 3,660
  • Crew: 1,346
  • Decks: 19
  • Tonnage: 145,000
  • Length: 1,083 feet
  • Height: 217′ 6¼ feet
Doscovery Princess
Discovery Princess
Photo credit: Princess Cruises

Enchanted Princess

  • Launched: November 2021
  • Guests: 3,660
  • Crew: 1,346
  • Decks: 19
  • Tonnage: 145,000
  • Length: 1,083 feet
  • Height: 217 feet
Enchanted Princess

Sky Princess

  • Launched: October 2019
  • Guests: 3,660
  • Crew: 1,346
  • Decks: 19
  • Tonnage: 141,000
  • Length: 1,083 feet
  • Height: 217 feet
  • Christened by: Captain Kay Hire and Poppy Northcutt
Sky Princess
Sky Princess

Majestic Princess

  • Launched: March 2017
  • Guests: 3,560
  • Crew: 1,346
  • Decks: 19
  • Tonnage: 143,700
  • Length: 1,083 feet
  • Height: 224 feet
  • Named by: Yao Ming and Ye Li
  • Chinese Name: 盛世公主号 (Shèng Shì Gōng Zhǔ Haò)
Majestic Princess
Majestic Princess
Photo credit: Princess Cruises

Regal Princess

Regal Princess
Regal Princess
Photo credit: Princess Cruises

Royal Princess

  • Launched: June 2013
  • Refurbished: December 2018
  • Guests: 3,560
  • Crew: 1,346
  • Decks: 19
  • Tonnage: 142,229
  • Length: 1,083 feet
  • Height: 217 feet
  • Christened by: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge
Royal Princess
Royal Princess
Photo credit: Princess Cruises

Ruby Princess

  • Launched: November 2008
  • Refurbished: October 2018
  • Guests: 3,080
  • Crew: 1,200
  • Decks: 19
  • Tonnage: 113,561
  • Length: 951 feet
  • Height: 195 feet
  • Christened by: Trista and Ryan Sutter from ‘The Bachelorette’
Ruby Princess
Ruby Princess
Photo credit: Princess Cruises

Emerald Princess

  • Launched: April 2007
  • Refurbished: April 2019
  • Guests: 3,080
  • Crew: 1,200
  • Decks: 19
  • Tonnage: 113,561
  • Length: 951 feet
  • Height: 195 feet
  • Christened by: Florence Henderson and Susan Olsen (From The Brady Bunch), Erin Moran and Marion Ross (From Happy Days)
Emerald Princess
Emerald Princess
Photo credit: Princess Cruises

Crown Princess

  • Launched: June 2006
  • Refurbished: April 2018
  • Guests: 3,080
  • Crew: 1,200
  • Decks: 19
  • Tonnage: 113,561
  • Length: 952 feet
  • Height: 195 feet
  • Christened by: Martha Stewart
Crown Princess
Crown Princess
Photo credit: Princess Cruises

Caribbean Princess

  • Launched: April 2004
  • Refurbished: May 2019
  • Guests: 3,140
  • Crew: 1,200
  • Decks: 19
  • Tonnage: 112,894
  • Length: 952 feet
  • Height: 193 feet
  • Christened by: Jill Whelan (‘Vicki’ from The Love Boat)
Caribbean Princess
Caribbean Princess
Photo credit: Princess Cruises

Diamond Princess

  • Launched: March 2004
  • Refurbished: February 2019
  • Guests: 2,670
  • Crew: 1,100
  • Decks: 18
  • Tonnage: 115,875
  • Length: 952 feet
  • Height: 205 feet
  • Christened by: Yoshiko Tsukuda (wife of the president of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
Diamond Princess
Diamond Princess
Photo credit: Princess Cruises

Sapphire Princess

  • Launched: May 2004
  • Refurbished: March 2018
  • Guests: 2,670
  • Crew: 1,100
  • Decks: 18
  • Tonnage: 115,875
  • Length: 952 feet
  • Height: 205 feet
  • Christened by: Nancy Gore Murkowski, former First Lady of Alaska
Sapphire Princess
Sapphire Princess
Photo credit: Princess Cruises

Island Princess

  • Launched: July 2003
  • Refurbished: December 2017
  • Guests: 2,200
  • Crew: 900
  • Decks: 16
  • Tonnage: 92,822
  • Length: 964 feet
  • Height: 204 feet
  • Christened by: Jamie Salé and David Pelletier (Olympic Gold Medalists)
Island Princess
Island Princess

Coral Princess

  • Launched: January 20003
  • Refurbished: January 2019
  • Guests: 2,000
  • Crew: 895
  • Decks: 16
  • Tonnage: 91,627
  • Length: 965 feet
  • Height: 203 feet
  • Christened by: Mireya Moscoso, President of Panama
Coral Princess
Coral Princess
Photo credit: Princess Cruises

Grand Princess

  • Launched: May 1998
  • Refurbished: March 2019
  • Guests: 2,600
  • Crew: 1,150
  • Decks: 17
  • Tonnage: 107,517
  • Length: 949 feet
  • Height: 188 feet
  • Christened by: Olivia de Havilland
Grand Princess
Grand Princess
Photo credit: Princess Cruises

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To conclude

Princess Cruises is a family-friendly cruise line with 16 ships that cruise to destinations across the globe. Each ship is regularly refurbished, so whether you choose an older ship like Grand Princess or a brand new ship like Enchanted Princess, you can be sure that you’ll be accommodated in luxurious surroundings.

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