Princess Cruises
Panama Canal - Ocean to Ocean
Panama Canal
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Your Ship
Ruby Princess
San Francisco's ship, and the last Grand-class hull Princess built
Aboard
- The third and last of the Crown-class trio, the final Grand-class variant
- Skywalkers Nightclub survives here, moved down behind the funnel
- Three main dining rooms, Botticelli, Da Vinci and Michelangelo
- A month at Vigor's Portland yard in late 2023 for a full technical overhaul
- Homeported at San Francisco year-round, which almost no large ship is
Ashore
Where You Stop
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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