VIDEO: Supply of Solar Princess delayed

Carnival Company’s Princess Cruises says that it and Fincantieri have mutually agreed to delay supply of the 4,300 passenger, Solar Princess, the most important vessel ever constructed in Italy and the primary ship in a brand new platform designed solely for the Princess model.

The postponement has led to the cancellation of the ship’s inaugural 10-day voyage, initially set to depart from Barcelona on February 8.

“We perceive that this information is disappointing, and we share in that disappointment. We acknowledge the anticipation that surrounded this crusing, and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this cancellation causes,” stated John Padgett, president of Princess Cruises.

Movies of the ship on sea trials earlier this month have lately appeared on YouTube and neither Princess nor Fincantieri have given any cause for the delay nor stated when supply is now anticipated..

Delays in first-in-series ships, significantly ships as complicated as cruise ships usually are not unparalleled. In addition to being giant, the 21-deck, 1,133 feet-long Solar Princess can be each Fincantieri’s and Princess’s first LNG fueled cruise ship. As we reported on the time the vessel was floated out at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard in March of final yr, the ship is filled with quite a few different improvements.

The postponement has led to the cancellation of the ship’s inaugural 10-day voyage, initially set to depart from Barcelona on February 8..

Visitors who have been booked on of the inaugural voyage will obtain a full refund of the cruise fare together with any further onboard companies that have been pre-purchased, in addition to a 50% future cruise credit score (FCC) that can be utilized on a future Princess voyage. Visitors additionally will obtain as much as $200 per particular person for change charges associated to air journey plans.

Princess can be defending journey agent commissions.