Areas of operation
Sapphire Princess commenced service on the West Coast of the United States in the summer of 2004. She sailed to the Australia and New Zealand during her inaugural 2004-05 winter season.[7]
She was deployed to Asia in 2014, offering Summer cruises from Shanghai, along with winter cruises out of Singapore. After her Singapore season concluded in 2016, the ship sailed from China year-round until 2017. The winter sailings from Singapore resumed during the 2017–18 season.[8]
On 28 March 2018 she re-positioned to Southampton, UK with a 38-day cruise where she was based until 21 October 2018 when she returned to Singapore with another 38 day cruise. Sapphire Princess will again in 2019 re-position to Southampton for the northern summer before returning to Singapore later in 2019.
After eight years in Asia and the Pacific, Sapphire Princess resumed operations on the West Coast of the United States in September 2022, following the COVID-19 pandemic. During the Northern Hemisphere winter season, she has sailed itineraries to South America.[9][10][11] She will offer cruises to Scandinavia and the Baltics during the Summer 2026 season, departing from Copenhagen.[11]
For the 2026-27 winter season, she will sail to Asia, where she and her sister ship, the Diamond Princess, "will offer a series of ten- to 42-night itineraries to destinations in the Far East and Southeast Asia including Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea."[12] Princess Cruises has announced a return to Western Australia, with Sapphire Princess scheduled to operate nine cruises from Fremantle during the Southern Hemisphere's 2027–28 summer season.
