F1guynz Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 Originally scheduled to sail 8th February. Very upsetting for those who were booked on the inaugural sailing. New Princess Cruise Ship Delayed, Inaugural Voyage Cancelled (cruisehive.com) WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 Very unfortunate and surprised they had to wait until now to make the call to delay. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1guynz Posted January 26 Author Report Share Posted January 26 8 hours ago, twangster said: Very unfortunate and surprised they had to wait until now to make the call to delay I was surprised as well. I assume they follow a similar process to Royal so the fact the ship is still at the ship yard must mean there is a work to complete and then coast guard approval and maybe test sailings. Princess haven’t cancelled the 18th cruise but I suspect it would be ambitious to be ready by then as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 It's also possible an incident occured on the ship, such as a small fire, that escaped making it to the media. The shipyard and the cruise line try very hard to keep negative incidents out of the news. It was interesting to me that Royal finished Icon early but avoided the temptation to sell a few early "pre-inaugural" cruises to the public. We'll probably never know what really happened to the Sun Princess to cause a late delay this close to the finish line. Maybe it's on the shipyard. Too much bravado and not enough project management. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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