San Francisco year-round base for Grand Princess
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Princess announced last week it will base a ship in San Francisco year-round for the first time starting next year. The recently-upgraded Grand Princess will cruise to Alaska from the City by the Bay from May 2013 in the summer months, followed by a schedule of Hawaiian Islands, Mexico and the California Coast sailings from autumn 2013 through spring 2014.
In Alaska the Grand Princess will feature 13 10-day Inside Passage voyages between 10 May and 7 September 2013. On completion of the Alaska season the ship will offer 10-day Mexican Riviera cruises on 17 September 2013 and 5 March 2014 with two new ports of Loreto and La Paz both in Baja California, in addition to calls at Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta.
An increasingly popular itinerary will take passengers along the coast of California calling at Santa Barbara, Long Beach, San Diego and Ensenada. Four cruises in all are available on 27 September and 19 October, 2013 and 15 March and 6 April 2014.
The Grand Princess will also offer two 12-15 day Hawaii voyages between 4 October 2013 and 28 April 2014, calling on the Big Island (Hilo , Honolulu (Oahu), Kauai, Maui and Ensenada.
In 2011, the 2600-pasenger Grand Princess underwent a major makeover, adding a host of new features to bring it in line with the rest of the Princess newer ships.
