Wikipedia had an article about our ship, the Royal Princess.
It was the eighth of the "R" Class of smaller cruise ships, built in 2001 for Renaissance Cruises. As such, it is the sister ship of the Tahitian Princess and Pacific Princess, also of the Princess line.
It was bought after Renaissance Cruise Line collapsed in 2001 and sailed for Swan Hellenic from 2003-2007 as the MS Minerva II. On April 7, 2007, it was transferred to Princess Line and renamed the Royal Princess. On June 18, 2009, while on a 12-day cruise in the Mediterranean, the engine room caught fire outside of Port Said, Egypt, and the passengers were once again made subject to the Egyptian "mosquitoes" when it returned to port.
Fortunately, there were no injuries, but a lot of disappointed people when they didn't get a chance to go to the Holy Land. However, Princess was nice enough to refund the full cost of the voyage and give 25% off the next cruise and made arrangements to fly everyone home. Something you just don't see often in today's corporate world.
Maybe Next Time. RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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