Regal Princess: Unscheduled Dry Dock in Spring 2025

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Princess Cruises has announced an unscheduled dry dock for the Regal Princess next spring. From April 24 to May 9, 2025, the ship will be taken out of service to perform essential repairs. As a result, the cruise originally scheduled to depart on April 18, 2025, has been shortened from ten to six days, while the voyage set to begin on April 28, 2025, has been completely canceled.

In recent months, the Regal Princess has repeatedly made headlines due to technical issues. These problems led to canceled sailings as early as last fall. During the dry dock in Rotterdam, the identified issues are expected to be permanently resolved. According to Princess Cruises, the technical problems do not currently impact the safety of the ship or the comfort of its guests.

Following the repairs, the Regal Princess is slated to operate Northern Europe cruises during the summer of 2025, with Southampton as its home port. Currently, the ship is positioned in the Caribbean, where no shipyard equipped to handle a vessel of this size is available.

Original Itinerary (April 18 to April 28, 2025):

  • Southampton
  • Sea Day
  • Dun Laoghaire/Dublin
  • Belfast
  • Greenock/Glasgow
  • Sea Day
  • Kirkwall (Orkney Islands)
  • Invergordon
  • Leith/Edinburgh
  • Sea Day
  • Southampton

Revised Itinerary (April 18 to April 24, 2025):

  • Southampton
  • Falmouth
  • Cork
  • Dun Laoghaire/Dublin
  • Belfast
  • Sea Day
  • Southampton