The
first cruise ship to be based year round in San Francisco, Grand
Princess, sailed through the Golden Gate for the first time on March
16.
The
city celebrated the Princess Cruises vessel’s arrival by declaring
the day “Grand Princess Day.”
The
ship departed from Pier 35 on a voyage to the Hawaiian Islands. The
2,600-passenger Grand Princess will be based at the Port of San
Francisco through spring 2014, offering 37 roundtrip sailings to
Alaska, Mexico, and the California coast in addition to Hawaii. Grand
Princess will accommodate approximately 96,200 passengers during the
inaugural season.
Princess
Cruises has a 40-year history of operating cruise ships from the Port
of San Francisco.