Princess Cruises: News About Upcoming Calls to Egypt

Princess Cruises has issued the following statement regarding cancelled port calls in Egypt and revised itineraries:

Due to the current political unrest in Egypt, the US State Department has issued a travel warning which recommends that US Citizens avoid travel to Egypt at this time. Based on this information, and the ongoing unrest, we have decided to alter our itineraries for 18 cruises departing May through November 2011.

We understand this may come as a disappointment to passengers booked on these voyages, and we hope they understand the decision was made because the safety and security of our passengers and crew is always our foremost priority. We will continue to evaluate the situation, and if it improves and/or the US State Department lifts the travel warning, we will return to our original published itineraries.

The affected cruises are:

Star Princess
Voyages 9112 & 9125
Departs Rome May 18 & Oct 21

It has been decided to alter the itineraries and cancel the call to Alexandria, Egypt. Instead, calls to Livorno (for Florence), Malta and an overnight in Istanbul will be added. The revised itinerary is now as follows.

Day 0 Civitavecchia Dep 1800
Day 1 Livorno 0700-1900
Day 2 At Sea
Day 3 Valletta 0800-1700
Day 4 At Sea
Day 5 Khios 0700-1600
Day 6 Istanbul Arr 0800
Day 7 Istanbul Dep 1700
Day 8 Kusadasi 1200-1900
Day 9 Piraeus 0600-1745
Day 10 At Sea
Day 11 Naples 0700-1800
Day 12 Civitavecchia Arr 0400

Dawn Princess
Voyage D111
Departs Sydney May 25

It has been decided to alter the itinerary and cancel the call to Port Said, Egypt. The call to Port Said has been replaced with an overnight call to Istanbul 1-2 July. To accommodate this change, the call to Ashdod will now be on June 28 instead of June 29 and the call to Mykonos will now be on Jun 30 instead of July 1. The revised portion of the itinerary is now as follows.

June 28 Ashdod 0700-2000
June 29 At Sea
June 30 Mykonos 0700-1400
July 1 Istanbul Arr 0900
July 2 Istanbul Dep 1900

Ocean Princess
It has been decided to alter the itineraries and cancel the calls to Sharm El Sheik and Safaga, Egypt. The revised portions of the itineraries are now as follows.

Voyage 7110
Departs Singapore on April 29

The call to Safaga, 20 May, has been cancelled and replaced with a call to Aqaba, Jordan (for Petra) 0700-1900, on the same day.

Voyage 7124
Departs Rome Oct 15

The calls to Sharm El Sheik, 22 Oct, and Safaga, 24 Oct, have been cancelled and replaced by an overnight call to Dubai, 30-31 Oct. The remainder of the voyage is unaffected.

Oct 22 At Sea
Oct 23 Aqaba 0700-1900
Oct 24 At Sea
Oct 25 At Sea
Oct 26 At Sea
Oct 27 At Sea
Oct 28 At Sea
Oct 29 At Sea
Oct 30 Dubai Arr 1200 Oct 31 Dubai Dep 1700

Pacific Princess
It has been decided to alter the itineraries and cancel the calls to Port Said and Alexandria, Egypt. The revised itineraries are now as follows.

Voyages K104, K110, K113, K117
Departs Rome May 7, July 18, Aug 23 & Oct 10

A call to Istanbul has been added on Day 9. To accommodate this change, the port order and timings have been revised and the itinerary is now as follows:

Day 0 Civitavecchia Dep 1800
Day 1 Sorrento 0700-1700
Day 2 At Sea
Day 3 Santorini 0900-1900
Day 4 At Sea
Day 5 Haifa 0700-2000
Day 6 Ashdod 0700-2000
Day 7 At Sea
Day 8 Kusadasi 0700-1300
Day 9 Istanbul 1000-2300
Day 10 At Sea
Day 11 Patmos 0700-1800
Day 12 Piraeus Arr 0600

Voyages K105, K116
Departs Athens May 19 & Sept 28

A call to Istanbul has been added on Day 7. To accommodate this change, the port order and timings have been revised and the itinerary is now as follows:

Day 0 Piraeus Dep 1900
Day 1 Patmos 0700-1800
Day 2 At Sea
Day 3 Haifa 0700-2000
Day 4 Ashdod 0700-2000
Day 5 At Sea
Day 6 Kusadasi 0700-1300
Day 7 Istanbul 1000-2300
Day 8 At Sea
Day 9 Santorini 0700-1700
Day 10 At Sea
Day 11 Sorrento 0700-1700
Day 12 Civitavecchia Arr 0500

Voyages K107, K115, K119
Departs Venice June 12, Sept 16 & Nov 3

A call to Istanbul has been added on Day 10. To accommodate this change, the port order and timings have been revised and the itinerary is now as follows:

Day 0 Venice Dep 2300
Day 1 Ravenna 0700-1700
Day 2 Dubrovnik 1200-1900
Day 3 At Sea
Day 4 Patmos 1200-1900
Day 5 At Sea
Day 6 Haifa 0700-2000
Day 7 Ashdod 0700-2000
Day 8 At Sea
Day 9 Kusadasi 0700-1300
Day 10 Istanbul 1000-2300
Day 11 At Sea
Day 12 Piraeus Arr 0600

Voyages K108, K111, K118
Departs Athens June 24, July 30, Oct 22

A call to Istanbul has been added on Day 7. To accommodate this change, the port order and timings have been revised and the itinerary is now as follows:

Day 0 Piraeus Dep 1900
Day 1 Patmos 0700-1800
Day 2 At Sea
Day 3 Haifa 0700-2000
Day 4 Ashdod 0700-2000
Day 5 At Sea
Day 6 Kusadasi 0700-1300
Day 7 Istanbul 1000-2300
Day 8 At Sea
Day 9 At Sea
Day 10 Dubrovnik 0700-1400
Day 11 Ravenna 0800-1800
Day 12 Venice Arr 0400

Voyages K120
Departs Athens Nov 15

A call to Istanbul has been added on Day 7. To accommodate this change, the port order and timings have been revised and the itinerary is now as follows:

Day 0 Piraeus Dep 1900
Day 1 Patmos 0700-1800
Day 2 At Sea Day 3 Ashdod 0700-2000
Day 4 Haifa 0700-2000
Day 5 At Sea
Day 6 Kusadasi 0700-1300
Day 7 Istanbul 1000-2300
Day 8 At Sea
Day 9 Santorini 0700-1700
Day 10 At Sea
Day 11 Sorrento 0700-1700
Day 12 Civitavecchia Arr 0500