All Princess Cruises Ships by Size and Age

Princess Cruises currently has 14 cruise ships, with more being built in the next few years. This post includes a list of Princess Cruises ships by size and by year built. This is a handy guide to help you decide which Princess ship is best for you.

List of Princess Cruises ships by size

The smallest ship in the Princess Cruises fleet is Coral Princess in terms of number of passengers and gross tonnage but Sapphire and Diamond Princess have the least amount of decks and are shorter in length. It’s important to consider Coral Princess offers a good space to passenger ratio.

Cruise Ship	Passengers	Length	Gross Tonnage	Number of Decks
Coral Princess	2,000	294m	91,627	16
Island Princess	2,200	294m	92,822	16
Grand Princess	2,600	289.86m	107,517	17
Diamond Princess	2,670	290.2m	115,875	13
Sapphire Princess	2,670	290m	115,875	13
Crown Princess	3,080	290m	113,561	19
Emerald Princess	3,080	290m	113,561	19
Ruby Princess	3,080	290m	113,561	19
Caribbean Princess	3,140	289.9m	112,894	19
Royal Princess	3,560	330m	142,714	19
Regal Princess	3,560	330m	142,714	19
Majestic Princess	3,560	330m	144,216	19
Enchanted Princess*	3,660	330m	144,650	19
Sky Princess	3,660	330m	145,281	19
Discovery Princess*	3,660	TBC	144,650	19

Which is the largest Princess Cruises ship?

The Royal-class ships are all similar in size but Sky Princess has the largest gross tonnage and therefore overall, Sky Princess is the largest ship in the fleet.

List of Princess Cruises ships by age

The table below lists all Princess Cruises ships from oldest to youngest. It’s also useful to note when these ships were last refurbished. Some of the oldest ships have had the most recent ship refits so things like beds, carpets and venues will have had a refresh and update.

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Cruise Ship	Class	Year Built	Last Refurbished
Grand Princess	Grand	1998	March 2019
Coral Princess	Coral	2002	January 2019
Caribbean Princess	Grand	2003	May 2019
Island Princess	Coral	2003	December 2017
Diamond Princess	Gem	2004	February 2019
Sapphire Princess	Gem	2004	March 2018
Crown Princess	Crown	2006	April 2018
Emerald Princess	Crown	2007	April 2019
Ruby Princess	Crown	2008	October 2018
Royal Princess	Royal	2013	December 2018
Regal Princess	Royal	2014	April 2017
Majestic Princess	Royal	2017
Sky Princess	Royal	2019
Enchanted Princess	Royal	2020
Discovery Princess	Royal	2022
Sun Princess*	New LNG class	2024
Star Princess*	New LNG class	2025

Which is the newest Princess Cruises ship?

Discovery Princess, launched in 2022, is the final Royal-class ship and will spend its summer seasons in Alaska. The next two ships planned for 2024 and 2025 will be the first of a new class.

Which is the oldest Princess Cruises ship?

Grand Princess is the oldest cruise ship in the Princess fleet but was last refurbished in 2019. The ship continues to offer cruises to Hawaii, which I thoroughly enjoyed in 2015. Check out my Hawaii cruise videos to see if it’s a cruise you would like to do.

Which Princess Cruises ship is the best?

This is very subjective, depending on what you enjoy. If you don’t want to cruise on a large ship, I would recommend booking on Grand or Coral-class ships but be aware that these are some of the oldest in the fleet. One benefit of these ships is that the public areas and balconies are likely to be bigger than the newer ships.

Royal-class ships are the newest to enter the Princess fleet but are also the largest cruise ships. These ships have grand piazzas (atriums) with more venues and restaurants.

The destinations you want to visit on your cruise will also determine which ships you have to choose from. You can expect the newer, larger Princess Cruises ships to be deployed to the most popular cruise destinations: the Caribbean, Alaska and Europe.

Smaller, older ships will be deployed to more interesting itineraries (in my opinion) such as Hawaii, Panama Canal and world cruise segments.