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Crown Princess

Crown Princess - Arosa Blu - AIDAblu - Ocean Village Two

 

 

Sitmar Cruises had two ships on order from Fincantieri in Italy when the company was taken over by P&O/Princess. These were completed as Crown Princess and Regal Princess but were essentially Sitmar designs. Crown Princess of 1990 is shown on this page. Both ships were intended to transfer to a new P&O Cruises company aimed at the German market called AROSA. Crown Princess moved in Summer 2002 to be the Arosa Blu. Regal Princess was due to follow in 2004, but low loadings caused this plan to be abandoned, and in September 2003, Carnival announced that Arosa Blu would join the Aida fleet as AIDAblu from 2004. Following the start of the extensive new building programme for AIDA Kreuzfahrten, AIDAblu was transferred again to Ocean Village as Ocean Village Two.

 

 

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Ocean Village Two - Ocean Village (2007- )

 

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Crown Princess

Company Postcards

(Princess Cruises: 1990-2002)

 

Sitmar Cruises had two ships on order from Fincantieri in Italy when the company was taken over by P&O/Princess. These were completed as Crown Princess and Regal Princess but were essentially Sitmar designs. Crown Princess of 1990 is shown below. Both ships will transfer to a new P&O Cruises company aimed at the German market called A'ROSA. Crown Princess will move in Summer 2002 as the Arosa Blu. Regal Princess was due to follow in 2004, but low loadings caused this plan to be abandoned, and in September 2003, Carnival announced that Arosa Blu would transfer to the Aida fleet as AIDAblu.

 

 

Official Princess postcard of Crown Princess of 1990.

 

 

The card of Crown Princess included in the Princess Postcard Set

A variation on the card above

 

 

Additional cards will be added

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crown Princess - Commercial Postcards

(Princess Cruises: 1990-2002)

 

 

Postcard of Crown Princess (or Regal Princess) at the new Yokohama Cruise Terminal.

 

 

Postcard of Crown Princess (or Regal Princess) at the new Yokohama International Passenger Terminal.

 

 

Additional cards will be added

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arosa Blu

(Arosa Cruises/P&O: 2002-2003)

 

Official Arosa postcard of Arosa Blu.

 

 

An enlarged image of the ship from the official Arosa postcard of Arosa Blu shown above.

 

 

Official Arosa postcard of Arosa Blu.

 

 

Official Arosa postcard of Arosa Blu.

 

 

 

Photograph of Arosa Blu.

Photos: © Peter Therkildsen

 

 

Photograph of Arosa Blu.

Photos: © Peter Therkildsen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AIDAblu

(Built: 1990 - AIDA: 2004-2007)

 

70210 GT - 245 m long - 19.5 knots - 1664 pass (1792 max)

 

Sitmar Cruises had two ships on order from Fincantieri in Italy when the company was taken over by P&O/Princess. These were completed as Crown Princess and Regal Princess but were essentially Sitmar designs. Both ships were due to transfer to a new P&O Cruises company aimed at the German market called A'ROSA. Crown Princess moved in Summer 2002 to be the Arosa Blu. Regal Princess was due to follow in 2004, but low loadings caused this plan to be abandoned, and in September 2003, Carnival announced that Arosa Blu would join the Aida fleet as AIDAblu from 2004. In 2007 she became Ocean Village Two.

 

 

AIDA Kreuzfahrten postcard of AIDAblu

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AIDA Kreuzfahrten postcard of AIDAblu

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AIDA Kreuzfahrten postcard of AIDAblu

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AIDA Kreuzfahrten postcard of AIDAblu

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AIDA Kreuzfahrten fleet postcard showing AIDAblu

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AIDA Kreuzfahrten fleet postcard advertising the art auctions on AIDAblu

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Grafipost postcard of AIDAblu at Madeira

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AIDAblu

Photo: © Ingelese Jorgensen.

 

AIDAblu

Photo: © Ingelese Jorgensen

 

 

AIDAblu at Funchal, Madeira

Photo: © Clive Curry, Funchal, April 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ocean Village Two

(Ocean Village: 2007- )

 

 

Ocean Village postcard of Ocean Village Two

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Schöning postcard of Ocean Village Two

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Ocean Village Two at Southampton for her renaming ceremony

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2007 - In thick mist, visible only through the trickery of Photoshop

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Ocean Village Two at Southampton for her renaming ceremony

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2007

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