Sea Princess
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Sea Princess (formerly Adonia) is a operated by the Princess Cruises
Princess Cruises
Princess Cruises is a British-American owned cruise line, based in Santa Clarita, California in the United States. Previously a subsidiary of P&O Princess Cruises PLC, the company is now one of ten cruise ship brands operated by Carnival Corporation & PLC and accounts for approximately 19% share...
line. She has three sister ships: and Dawn Princess
Dawn Princess
Dawn Princess is a Sun class cruise ship built in 1997 in Italy operated by Princess Cruises. The ship features eight restaurants, four swimming pools, five Jacuzzis, seven lounges and bars, and two children centres. Some restaurants offer “anytime dining” where passengers can dine with whom they...
in the Princess Cruises
Princess Cruises
Princess Cruises is a British-American owned cruise line, based in Santa Clarita, California in the United States. Previously a subsidiary of P&O Princess Cruises PLC, the company is now one of ten cruise ship brands operated by Carnival Corporation & PLC and accounts for approximately 19% share...
fleet and Oceana in the P&O Cruises
P&O Cruises
P&O Cruises is a British-American owned cruise line based at Carnival House in Southampton, England, and operated by Carnival UK. Originally a constituent of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, P&O Cruises is the oldest cruise line in the world, having operated the world's first...
fleet.
History
The vessel was delivered to Princess Cruises from the shipbuilders of FincantieriFincantieri
Fincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. is a shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy. It was formed in 1959 and is the largest shipbuilder in the Mediterranean, and one of the largest in Europe...
, Italy and began operation in 1998, under the name Sea Princess.
Sea Princess was transferred to P&O Cruises
P&O Cruises
P&O Cruises is a British-American owned cruise line based at Carnival House in Southampton, England, and operated by Carnival UK. Originally a constituent of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, P&O Cruises is the oldest cruise line in the world, having operated the world's first...
in late 2002/early 2003. The vessel was renamed Adonia on 21 May 2003, at a launching ceremony with sister ship Oceana
P&O Oceana
This article is about the former Princess Cruise Lines ship known as the Ocean Princess from 2000 to 2002. For the current Princess cruise ship see Ocean Princess ....
. The Princess Royal and her daughter Zara Phillips named the sister ships in the first double ship naming ceremony ever.
Adonia filled the gap left in the P&O Cruises fleet in the period between Arcadia leaving the fleet to become Ocean Village and the launch of the new Arcadia in 2005, when the vessel was transferred back to Princess Cruises taking her old name once more. The ship also received the "Movies Under The Stars"
Cruise ship poolside theater
A cruise ship poolside theater is a giant LED screen, ranging from around 250 to . It is complemented with a large, 50,000-80,000 watt sound system. The theater is usually placed facing the main swimming pool of a cruise ship...
feature.
Whilst sailing as Adonia the vessel was dedicated as an adults only ship - which may have influenced the choice of name - Ad On ia - and for this period the children's playroom was refitted as a quiet lounge which featured massage chairs facing the panoramic windows. The children's play pool was converted into a Feng Shui relaxation area.
Refit
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.
Norovirus outbreak
At the end of May 2006, 250 people, including 18 crew, were affected by a norovirus. Evidence of a gastrointestinal virus had been found during the last two days of the previous cruise, but the company stated that it did not believe the two outbreaks to be linked. The passengers were notified of this occurrence by a letter found in their cabins after boarding. Although the ship's itinerary had been altered, and the vessel itself ordered to dock away from other vessels, no other countermeasures were effected. Sea Princess returned to port in SouthamptonSouthampton
Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest...
a day early, and the vessel underwent a complete sanitisation and decontamination before resuming cruising. Passengers were offered a 30% refund and a £150 voucher for use on a later Princess cruise, some have demanded a full refund.
Norovirus occurred again on the following cruise, although to a lesser extent, and visible precautions included waiter service at the buffets and the absence of salt and pepper shakers. This cruise was also affected by force 11-12 winds in the vicinity of Ushant
Ushant
Ushant is an island at the south-western end of the English Channel which marks the north-westernmost point of metropolitan France. It belongs to Brittany and is in the traditional region of Bro-Leon. Administratively, Ushant is a commune in the Finistère department...
, causing the first scheduled port to be missed, while the remaining itinerary remained unaltered. The ship was undamaged, the nearby Legend of the Seas
Legend of the Seas
MS Legend of the Seas was the first of the Vision Class cruise ships owned by the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. With a gross tonnage of , the ship can carry 2,074 passengers. Its maiden voyage was May 16, 1995...
suffered broken windows, and the Pride of Bilbao
Pride of Bilbao
MS "Princess Anastasia" is a cruiseferry owned by St. Peter Line. Until September 2010, she was known as "Pride of Bilbao", operated by P&O Ferries on their Portsmouth–Bilbao route. The vessel was built in 1986 as the Olympia by the Wärtsilä shipyard in Turku, Finland for Rederi AB Slite, Sweden...
terminated its Spain-bound voyage in France due to storm damage. It is likely that the rough seas, caused increased use of the handrails, contributed to the difficulty of eradicating Legionella.