2021 Princess World Cruise Details - Island Princess in, Pacific Out?

Princess has announced that the 2021 World Cruise will be completed by the Island Princess.  This is interesting as it either would indicate that the demand is high enough to justify more than doubling the capacity of the current World Cruise vessel (Pacific Princess) or that the Pacific will be taking on different duties with a different line.

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Some early booking benefits include:

• On board spending money
• Free Gratuities
• Free Wifi
• Free airfare for balcony and above
• Free room location upgrades
• 4 free specialty dining nights
• 4 free bottles of wine per booking

The Island is an interesting choice for this voyage since it's not nearly as popular now as it was before her extensive refit which added capacity for 200 guests at the cost of public areas.  Her "Passenger Space Ratio"  dropped pretty substantially after her drydock and is now on par with the original Grand Class ships.  While that's not necessarily a bad thing, it's definitely a downgrade from where she was before, being a near twin of the Coral and a big downgrade from the Pacific.  Regardless, most people will book a world cruise for destinations rather than the ship.

The ultimate fate of the Pacific remains to be seen, but it certainly doesn't look good for her going forward as a Princess ship.