2 GRAND CLASS PRINCESSES SET FOR ROYAL CRUISE DEBUTS.Byline: Daily News With the Crown Princess already under construction in Italy Italy (ĭt`əlē), Ital. Italia, officially Italian Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 58,103,000), 116,303 sq mi (301,225 sq km), S Europe. for an April 2006 launch, Valencia-based Princess Cruises' next new ship will be named Emerald Princess Emerald Princess is a Grand Class cruise ship for Princess Cruises that entered service in April 2007. Her sister ships include Caribbean Princess and Crown Princess. She features two nightclubs, a piazza style atrium, multiple pools and hotubs, a spa, and a gym. when it debuts in spring 2007. The 116,000-ton Emerald Princess will be built at Italy's Fincantieri shipyards as a sister ship to the Crown Princess and the Caribbean Princess. ``Emerald Princess will continue the hallmark hallmark, mark impressed on silverwork or goldwork to signify official approval of the standard of purity of the metal, also called plate mark. The hallmark was introduced by statute in England in 1300 and enforced by the Goldsmiths' Hall, London. Princess features that have made our Grand Class of ships so popular among passengers,'' said Jan Swartz, the cruise line's senior vice president for customer service and sales. Emerald Princess will feature the line's trademark Movies Under the Stars poolside pool·side n. The area next to or around a swimming pool. screen, many dining and entertainment options, an Asian- style Lotus Spa with fitness center, centers for children and teens, a wedding chapel and nearly 900 staterooms with private balconies. Details about the ship's inaugural season will be announced soon. The Princess line, headquartered at the Valencia Town Center, is a global cruise and tour company operating a fleet of 14 ships. Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, the company is part of Carnival carnival, communal celebration, especially the religious celebration in Catholic countries that takes place just before Lent. Since early times carnivals have been accompanied by parades, masquerades, pageants, and other forms of revelry that had their origins in Corp. |
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