The
first cruise ship to be based year round in San Francisco, Grand
Princess,
sailed through the Golden Gate for the first time yesterday. The city
celebrated the Princess Cruises vessel’s arrival by declaring the
day “Grand Princess Day.”
The
ship departed from Pier 35 on a voyage to the Hawaiian Islands. The
2,600-passenger Grand
Princess will
be based at the Port of San Francisco through spring 2014, offering
37 roundtrip sailings to Alaska, Mexico, and the California coast in
addition to Hawaii. Grand
Princess will
accommodate approximately 96,200 passengers during the inaugural
season.
Princess
Cruises has a 40-year history of operating cruise ships from the Port
of San Francisco.
Source:
Princess
