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Newly enhanced with our latest innovations, Grand Princess continues to offer the signature service for which Princess Cruises is renowned. Along with our signature features like Movies Under the Stars®, our Italian-inspired Piazza and The Sanctuary®, fresh venues onboard offer new ways to help you escape completely. Sip on a variety of soothing teas at Leaves Tea Lounge & Library, or enjoy hand-tossed pizza in Alfredo’s, our full-service pizzeria. Plus, our new nightclub, The One5, provides a vibrant ambience to dance the night away. Suite with Private Balcony: This deluxe room with breezy balcony provides ample space to feel at home. Grand Princess Luxury Cruise Ship Includes a separate sitting area with sofa bed, two TVs, refrigerator with wet bar, walk-in closet, and bathroom with tub and shower. Its two modular twin beds can be made up into one queen-size bed. Approximate size: 470 sq. ft., including balcony. Grand Princess Luxury Cruise Ship Mini-Suite with Private Balcony: In addition to this room's two modular twin beds, which can be made up into one queen bed, it has a separate sitting area with sofa bed, balcony, two TVs, refrigerator, spacious closet, and bath with shower. Approximate size: 280-302 sq. ft., including balcony. Grand Princess Luxury Cruise Ship Outside Double with Private Balcony: This room features a sitting area with desk, balcony, refrigerator, TV, spacious closet, and bath with shower. The two twin beds can be make up into a queen-size bed. Approximate size: 217-248 sq. ft., including balcony. Grand Princess Luxury Cruise Ship Outside Double: A coveted feature of this room is its picture window. It also has a refrigerator, TV, spacious closet, writing desk, and bath with shower. The twin beds can be made up into one queen-size bed. Approximate size: 162-212 sq. ft. Grand Princess Luxury Cruise Ship Inside Double: This room's modular twin beds can easily be made up into one queen-size bed for optimum flexibility. Includes a refrigerator, TV, spacious closet, and bath with shower. Approximate size: 156-166 sq. ft.

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When Grand Princess was being built back in 1998, it was described by the company as "the biggest, the fastest, the most elaborate, the most technologically advanced ... the grandest ship on the ocean." My, how times have changed. Grand Princess did indeed spend a year as the biggest, fastest and most elaborate ship at sea, but it is now dwarfed by many others that are bigger, faster, newer and more technologically sophisticated. And yet, more than a decade later, the basic ship design that anchors Princess' most popular class (which includes Caribbean Princess, Star Princess, Golden Princess, Crown Princess, Ruby Princess and Emerald Princess) still holds its own thanks to a massive overhaul in May 2011. The multi-million dollar refurbishment of Grand Princess included a complete transformation of the ship's atrium into the much jazzier Piazza (a newfangled addition introduced by the fleet's most recent ships that combines theater in the round with food and drink outlets). It finally got its own version of The Sanctuary, a popular adult-only sun deck that debuted on Crown Princess in 2006. Other additions included new restaurants and lounges ranging from Alfredo's Pizzeria to the Tea Leaves tea salon, the Crown Grill steakhouse and the snazzy One5 nightclub. A seven-night cruise from Southampton gave me ample opportunity to check out the new and improved Grand Princess. There was barely a nook or cranny that didn't get some sort of special overhaul -- with two exceptions. One of the biggest complaints we heard onboard was that the central bank of elevators was old, creaky and unreliable. (Two were out of service during our cruise, which didn't help matters.) Because the original design of Grand Princess did not include a central stairwell servicing all decks, you've either got to walk forward or aft from the middle of the ship or wait, interminably, for a lift. The second area that did not get much love was cabins. The public areas received the lion's share of attention (the massive refurbishment also addressed mechanical systems and such), and there has been much chat on our Princess' forums about how dated the cabins continue to look. Frankly, I disagree; our cabin was comfortable and pleasant. Though it's true the color scheme isn't terribly dynamic, Princess has kept up with necessary upgrades, such as flat-screen televisions, and new mattresses and duvets. Ultimately, what Princess does better than most lines is offer a seamless blend of traditional cruising with the more contemporary options that are necessary these days. Grand Princess may not be the newest ship in the fleet, but (aside from those balky elevators) you'll never know it.

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Review Grand Princess itineraries, browse photos, view deck plans, and explore the staterooms, accommodations and amenities available onboard. Grand Princess is more than the biggest, most expensive cruise ship ever. Built at a cost of over $430 million, Grand Princess has more ways to relax, dine, shop, play, swim, sun, dance and indulge than you can imagine. With nine different places to dine and three shows from which to choose nightly, you can do what you want, when you want. Grand Princess, the flagship of Personal Choice CruisingSM, is the largest, most expensive ship afloat and the most innovative. No other ship offers so much choice in dining, entertainment and accommodations including more balconies than any other ship and much more. Grand Princess Luxury Cruise Ship Atrium Calypso Pool Michelangelo Dining Room - One of three main dining rooms onboard, the room features Anytime Dining with intimate seating arrangements and decor inspired by the work of its namesake. Grand Princess Luxury Cruise Ship Art Gallery Swim-Against-Current-Pool Trattoria Sabatini Restaurant Sabatini's serves up an authentic Italian dining experience in a remarkable eight-course meal. The stellar menu features both local seafood specialties and other regional favorites. Sterling Steakhouse: Experience a more refined approach to the traditional steakhouse. Enjoy the best, most tender cuts of beef, such as New York steak and porterhouse, plus a prime-rib carving station. Princess Links Nine-hole golf putting course and two computerized golf simulators that enable passengers to virtually play the finest courses in the world. Grand Princess Luxury Cruise Ship Video arcade Wedding chapel featuring wedding-at-sea program officiated by the ship's captain Sports bar Center Court - Topside sports court for paddle tennis with space for spectator seating. Wrap-around promenade deck Four pools - including one swim-against-the current pool Jogging track Lotus spa with ocean-view gym Da Vinci Dining Room - Also offering Anytime Dining, the room's setting features intimate seating arrangements and decor inspired by the work of its namesake. Grand Princess Luxury Cruise Ship Seats 486. Botticelli Dining Room - The ship's Traditional Seating dining room, it also features elegant artwork and warm furnishings. Seats 504. Atlantis Casino - The largest casino at sea at 13,500 sq. ft. with an underwater theme featuring 3-D hologram artwork to entertain while playing the latest in casino games. Grand Princess Luxury Cruise Ship Skywalk - This dramatic glass-enclosed moving sidewalk is the only way to travel to Skywalkers Lounge. Skywalkers Disco & Observation Lounge - A futuristic space suspended above the stern of the ship, 150 feet above the water. By day, a spectacular observation lounge with floor-to-ceiling windows. After dark, it is transformed into a lively nightclub with state-of-the-art lighting, sound and video effects. Two-story child and teen centers 24-hour Internet Cafe A specialty restaurant southwestern restaurant Outdoor hamburger grill, pizzeria and ice cream bar 24-hour buffet/bistro, plus round-the-clock room service A wide variety of bars and lounges, Grand Princess Luxury Cruise Ship including a wine and caviar bar Three unique show lounges Easy wheelchair access staterooms and most public areas 710 staterooms have private balconies Full deck of mini-suites.

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Princess Cruises revealed specifics on the removal of the Skywalkers Lounge pod and other changes being made to its 2,600 passenger GRAND PRINCESS. The first in a class of nine Princess and two P&O ships (that more or less utilized her blueprint), the 109,000 gt GRAND PRINCESS was the largest passenger ship in the world when she debuted in 1998. Her futuristic profile, the creation of Fincantieri architect Giacomo Mortola, was considered edgy and controversial for the pod suspended over the ship’s stern containing Skywalker’s Lounge. A quiet nook by day and disco at night, Skywalkers was dismissed by many as a “shopping cart handle” that marred the ship’s profile. Some also complained that the underutilized space cast a shadow over the Terrace Pool atop the stern. Naysayers will now get their wish in seeing the structure removed as part of a multi-million dollar upgrade to the ship this spring at Freeport’s Grand Bahama Shipyard. The pod was the first of its type installed on a ship and subsequent pods utilized lighter materials. Its removal will improve the GRAND PRINCESS’ handling and efficiency and save fuel. There are no plans to remove similar structures from the line’s other Grand Class ships, GOLDEN PRINCESS, STAR PRINCESS and CARIBBEAN PRINCESS. The 24 day refit will also include the installation of a new nightclub on aft Deck 15 called One5, the transformation of the atrium into Princess’ signature Piazza, including the addition of Vines tapas and wine bar. A Crown Grill steakhouse and Crooner’s martini bar will also be added and a new Alfredo’s Pizzeria will feature an open kitchen. New to the fleet will be the Leaves Tea Lounge and Library, complete with tea sommelier that can assist passengers in blending specialized tea creations. Further enhancements will be made to the Horizon Court, Lotus Spa and wedding chapel. “This is the largest makeover we’ve ever undertaken for any of our ships,” said Jan Swartz, Princess Cruises executive vice president. “When Grand Princess was launched she was the most innovative ship at sea, and now we’re adding some of the later innovations we introduced on subsequent ships.” When GRAND PRINCESS emerges from her makeover, she will head to Fort Lauderdale for a May 5 transatlantic crossing to her summer home port of Southampton.

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Grand Princess is a Grand-class cruise ship owned by Princess Cruises. Built in 1998 by Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani in Monfalcone (Hull Number 5956), Italy, at a cost of approximately US $450 million, she was the largest and most expensive passenger ship ever built at the time. Grand Princess primarily operates in Europe during the summer to early Autumn, and then operates in the Caribbean during winter to late spring. She is the flagship in the Princess Cruises fleet. Grand Princess was the first of the Grand-class ships, and has a different decor scheme to her sister ships, using darker woods, and the interior decor is more similar to the smaller Sun-class ships. The cabin layout is also marginally different in the arrangement of the bathroom and the walk-in wardrobe. At a recent refit, the Movies under the Stars feature was added. She is the sister ship of the Star Princess and the Golden Princess. The Grand Princess was the setting for a task in the second series of the UK version of the reality TV show The Apprentice. The Grand Princess has two large theaters and a large central performance lounge. The inaugural season featured performances by artists including Lorna Luft, Al Martino, Bob Anderson, Red Buttons, Rita Moreno and showbands including Dominic Halpin with his swing band and Canadian band the Mud Sharks. In May 2011, Grand Princess completed the most extensive drydock in Princess Cruises history, a refit that involved the removal of the iconic "Skywalkers" lounge on the ships stern. Passengers now find a completely new Piazza atrium, several new eateries – including Alfredo's Pizzeria and the Crown Grill – and the line's first specialty tea lounge called Leaves. Also included in the renovation were seven new window suites; remodeled casino, boutiques and art gallery; enhancements to the Horizon Court, Lotus Spa, and wedding chapel; and the addition of Crooner's Martini Lounge. The new nightclub, The One5, replaced Skywalkers.