Sun Princess accidents and incidents

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construction/delivery delay - 2024 (2x canceled cruises)
structural/technical issues - 2024

16 March 2024Structural and Technical Issues

The scheduled for March 16, 2024, visit to Santorini Island (Greece) was canceled and replaced with Chania (Crete Island, Greece). For the itinerary change Princess Cruises cited "technical delay".

As compensation, all passengers received US$50 in OBC (non-refundable onboard credit per person) to be used for shipboard purchases (bars, specialty dining venues, shops, photo galleries, spa treatments) as well as for land tours/shore excursions.

The accident occurred during the 10-day Mediterranean Cruise (itinerary Mar 10-19, from Barcelona to Civitavecchia-Rome) with call ports Palma de Mallorca (Mar 10), Messina Sicily (Mar12), Piraeus-Athens (Mar14), Kusadasi-Ephesus (Mar 15), Santorini Greece (Mar 15/canceled, replaced with Chania) and Naples (Mar 18).

24 January 2024Structural and Technical Issues

On January 24, 2024, Princess Cruises announced that due to Fincantieri Monfalcone shipyard issues (unspecified), the vessel's delivery would be delayed, resulting in the cancellation of the inaugural cruise.

The next table shows the first canceled Maiden Voyage itinerary.

Date / Time	Port
08 Feb 17:00	Departing from Barcelona, Spain
09 Feb 08:00 - 18:00	Palma de Mallorca, Majorca Island, Balearic Spain
11 Feb 08:00 - 18:00	Messina, Sicily Island Italy
13 Feb 07:00 - 18:00	Piraeus-Athens, Greece
14 Feb 08:00 - 18:00	Kusadasi-Ephesus, Turkey
15 Feb 07:00 - 18:00	Thira, Santorini Island Greece
17 Feb 07:00 - 19:00	Naples, Italy
18 Feb	Arriving in Civitavecchia-Rome

Soon after the first cancellation, the company also canceled the consequent voyage (departure Feb 14th) as the vessel required additional technical work while docked at the Monfalcone yard. The maiden voyage was rescheduled for February 28th.

The next table shows the second canceled Maiden Voyage itinerary.

Date / Time	Port
18 Feb 18:00	Departing from Civitavecchia-Rome
20 Feb 07:00 - 15:00	Messina, Sicily Italy
21 Feb 09:00 - 22:00	Kerkyra, Corfu Island, Greece
23 Feb 07:00 - 18:00	Thira, Santorini Island Greece
24 Feb 08:00 - 18:00	Kusadasi-Ephesus, Turkey
25 Feb 07:00 - 17:00	Piraeus-Athens, Greece
27 Feb 07:00 - 19:00	Naples, Italy
28 Feb	Arriving in Civitavecchia-Rome

All affected bookings received full refunds (of the cruise fares paid plus all/if any pre-purchased onboard amenities and services) plus a 50% bonus in FCC/future cruise credit (to be utilized by November 30th, 2024).

Customers with booked flights additionally were compensated with USD 200 per person for flight change/cancellation fees.

Princess Cruises also protected all travel agent commissions.

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