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Princess Cruises

Panama Canal - Ocean to Ocean

Panama Canal

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Sapphire Princess

The Princess ship built in Japan, going back to Japan

Aboard

  • Built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at Nagasaki, not by Fincantieri like the rest of the class
  • Swapped names with Diamond Princess mid-build after a yard fire
  • Christened at Seattle in June 2004, the first ship ever christened in that port
  • A drydock at Portland in October 2025 added Makoto Ocean and moved the Crown Grill in
  • Based at Tokyo for the line's largest Japan season, reunited with Diamond Princess

Ashore

Where You Stop

Los Angeles

Panama Canal

The Panama Canal

A hundred-year-old feat of engineering that lifts a ship eighty-five feet over a continent, and one of the few cruise days where nobody leaves the deck.

Best Time to Go
December through April, the dry season
Typical Length
10 to 15 nights
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DepartsFrom
November 6, 2026
April 22, 2028This sailing