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Today Golden Princess sets sail from Los Angeles on the first of a new series of Princess Cruises Getaway voyages. Known for offering longer itineraries, the company has debuted these new cruises along the West Coast offering a brand new way for passengers to enjoy a quick break in a sea-going environment of comfort and style. Princess Begins New Short Getaway Cruises From Los AngelesPassengers can choose from three- and four-day sailings, perfect for sampling the line's onboard experience, as well as visiting a variety of Southern California destinations. Departing roundtrip from Los Angeles (San Pedro) aboard Golden Princess and Sapphire Princess, the Princess Getaway sailings take place throughout the fall and into the spring 2014 season.
"Our new Getaway cruises are a great new option for anyone looking for a quick way to escape from the daily grind," said Jan Swartz, Princess Cruises executive vice president. "Passengers can sample the Princess experience of fine international dining and world-class entertainment aboard our comfortably elegant ships. And, these cruises are perfect for celebrations such as a birthday, anniversary, reunion or girlfriends getaway."
Princess West Coast Getaway sailings for 2013-14 include:
• 3-Day West Coast Sampler – Both Golden Princess and Sapphire Princess sail roundtrip from Los Angeles on this three-day sailing with a call in Ensenada. Golden Princess cruises in 2013 depart on October 4, 7, 18, 21, November 1, 4, 15, 18, 21, 24 and December 1. Sapphire Princess sails on January 13, and March 11, 14, 21, 24 and 31, 2014.
• 4-Day West Coast Sampler – These getaways offer a choice of ports, with options to visit Catalina Island, Santa Barbara or San Diego in addition to Ensenada. In 2013, Golden Princess will sail to Catalina on September 26, October 14 and November 7; Santa Barbara on September 30, October 24 and November 11; and San Diego on October 10, 28 and November 27. In 2014 Sapphire Princess takes over, sailing to Catalina on Jan 5 and 20; Santa Barbara on January 16 and 28, March 17 and 27; and San Diego on January 9 and 24.
Getaway sailings are also scheduled throughout fall 2014 and spring 2015 as well.
[ 10-02-2013: Message edited by: joe at travelpage ]
Then the original ' Sun Princess ' was in service and we often operated a 3 or 4 day cruises to Ensenada
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Throw in ports which as Neil points out have been offered since the dark ages and it's really not appealing.
As I have said a few times, Carnival needs to develop a new port on the Baja as it has done on the Caribbean side.
They used to offer a 5 day sailing that went from LA down to Cabo, that was a great cruise.
In those days Princess was a start-up run by an entrepreneur named Stanley McDonald. He actually started the company with the Princess Patricia from CP and sold the firm twice, the second time being to P&O in 1973. But that was years after he built up the West Coast cruise market.
The idea of these "party cruises" might come from the coastal voyages the American ships had also offered. American President promoted their coastal trips on the President liners and Matson also offered trips up and down the coast.
Greek Line was the NCL of its epoch.
On the East Coast there's a much longer tradition of these shortie cruises. In the 1920s some of the famous liners ran short jaunts mostly to Nova Scotia and they were informally know as Booze Cruises because America was of course officially "dry" in the 1920s.
By the 1950s and 1960s there are a bunch of ships that do short cruises from New York and of course Miami starts to emerge. Costa was doing the Bahamas cruises as well as others and in New York Chandris was doing lots of Party Cruises too.
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