Introduction

 

Sun Princess Vital Statistics

Guest Capacity : 1,950
Crew : 900
Gross Tonnage : 77,441
Length : 856 ft.
Width : 106 ft.
Draft : 26 ft.
Built : 1995, Monfalcone, Italy
Maximum Speed : 21 knots
Sun Princess set a new standard in ship design for Princess Cruises with the birth of the 'Sun Class' ships while continuing the Princess Cruises legacy of classy and soothing interiors.

Right :
Godmother Lady Sterling christened the Sun Princess on December 1st, 1995. 
Sun Princess is host to a wide variety of art that is pleasing to the eye.  Very much a Princess tradition is the use of light woods, pastels, and brass finishing in central areas.
Left : 'Coastline' by Beatrice Findlay, USA.

Right : 'Rose Window' by Gianmaria Potenza, Italy.
Left : Aptly crowning the Grand Atrium is this brass figure resembling the sun.
 
Right : 'Venice Canal' by Frederick Brosen, USA.  Watercolor on paper.

 

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