Princess entering Japanese cruise market...

[RickEk]

Interesting press release...

 

http://www.princess.com/news/article.jsp?newsArticleId=na1225

 

And this is probably the reason that a new set featuring the Sun Princess appeared on Flickr earlier this week...

 

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjyF6tUG

[TorontoTL]

I read that today as well, it is interesting that Princess is entering a new market. I wonder how many of the staff will be able to speak Japanese as that will be a challenge for them if they cannot communicate well with their new clientele.

 

I miss the Sun, it is a great ship. I especially love the teak promenade deck. : )

[FLACRUISER99]

I wonder if it's going to be an "immersion cruise".

[Desert Cruisers]

Very excited about this development as it may allow us to combine independent and travel in Japan with a cruise.

[rkmw]

why take a ship from Australia....we are getting the Sea Princess so why cant they use something else

[RickEk]

why take a ship from Australia....we are getting the Sea Princess so why cant they use something else

 

It appears, at this point, to be a 4 month deployment. I think Princess (and Carnival Corp.) does see an untapped market in Japan and is testing the waters...

[Putterdude]

As a wet coaster it certainly has my attention.:)

[Cruise Junky]

The itineraries definitely look interesting. Good for Princess, thinking outside the box. I'm sure there are a few untapped markets out there. Hopefully it works out.

[Jasperdo]

And this is probably the reason that a new set featuring the Sun Princess appeared on Flickr earlier this week...

That explains it. I was wondering why Princess was uploading brochure photos of the Sun to their Flickr site.

[bdjam]

The Flickr set is gorgeous...I miss old Sun Princess.

[TorontoTL]

The Flickr set is gorgeous...I miss old Sun Princess.

 

Me too. My second Princess cruise was on the Sun and I thought it was a wonderful ship.

[jameeees]

hmm, very very interesting. Will be good to see how it changes for the Japanese market and if we'll get it back in Australia. Looks like quite a few cruises will be getting the flick - including the 75 day grand pacific cruise. I'm sure they will get some very angry customers while giving out that news!!

 

Fingers crossed we'll get a nice new (or at least newer) ship heading down here from Princess!!