Who came up with the idea of the Princess cruise line? I need names.?

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Who came up with the idea of the Princess cruise line? I need names.?

Answer 1

The History of Princess Cruises: A Timeline of Key Events

1965

Company founder Stanley B. McDonald charters Princess Patricia and forms Princess Cruises -- first winter season of Mexico cruises starts in November

1966

Princess Patricia returned to owners

1967

Princess Italia chartered (one of first modern ships built specifically for cruising)

First Panama Canal cruises (company pioneered regularly scheduled Canal cruises)

1968

Princess Carla chartered

Seawitch logo makes first appearance

Boise Cascade purchases Princess

First Alaska season (Princess Italia)

First transatlantic sailing (13-day Nassau-Genoa, Princess Italia)

1970

Stanley McDonald repurchases Princess from Boise Cascade

Princess Carla returned to owners

1972

Island Princess joins fleet (formerly Island Venture)

Princess Tours founded

1973

Princess Italia returned to owners

1974

Princess acquired by the Pennisular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O)

Pacific Princess joins fleet (formerly Sea Venture)

Sun Princess joins fleet (formerly P&O's Spirit of London)

1975

"The Love Boat" TV series developed by producer Aaron Spelling; Princess agrees to become backdrop for the show

1976

"The Love Boat" begins filming

1979

Princess Tours acquires Johansen Royal Tours

1980

Stanley McDonald departs company

1981

Princess begins calling at first private Caribbean island, Palm Island in Grenadines

1984

Royal Princess joins fleet (innovative ship features all outside cabins)

1985

Pacific Princess launches company's first Mediterranean season

First major cruise line to base a ship in San Diego (Pacific Princess to Mexico)

1986

Sea Princess joins fleet from P&O (formerly Kungsholm)

New "Voyage of the Glaciers" route debuts (Vancouver/Whittier on Sea Princess)

New private island, Mayreau (Grenadines), replaces Palm Island

1987

Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge opens

First Caribbean cruises from Miami

First Asia cruises (Royal Princess)

First Northern Europe (Baltic) cruises

1988

Princess acquires Sitmar Cruises

Dawn Princess joins fleet (formerly Fairwind)

Fair Princess joins fleet (formerly Fairsea)

Sky Princess joins fleet (formerly Fairsky)

Sun Princess sold

First Midnight Sun Express Railcars built

1989

Star Princess joins fleet

1990

Crown Princess joins fleet

Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge opens

Captain's Circle loyalty program begins

1991

Regal Princess joins fleet

Sea Princess transferred to P&O as Victoria

1992

New private island launched (Princess Cays in Eleuthera)

1993

Golden Princess chartered (formerly Royal Viking Sky)

Dawn Princess sold

Fairbanks Princess Hotel opens

1995

Sun Princess joins fleet (world's largest cruise ship)

Fair Princess transferred to P&O Australia

1996

Golden Princess returned to owner

C.R.U.I.S.E. customer service program debuts

1997

Dawn Princess joins fleet

Star Princess transferred to P&O becoming Arcadia

Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge opens

1998

Grand Princess joins fleet (world's largest cruise ship)

Sea Princess joins fleet

"Love Boat: the Next Wave" debuts

First world cruise (Island Princess -- 64 days Rome/San Francisco)

Santa Clarita, California customer service center opens

Princess Cays expanded

1999

Island Princess sold

Comprehensive company web site debuts

2000

P&O Princess demerged from P&O

Ocean Princess joins fleet

Sky Princess transferred to P&O Australia becoming Pacific Sky

First Bermuda cruises (program ran 2000-02)

Fleet transferred to British/Bermuda registry

2001

Golden Princess joins fleet

Princess headquarters moves to Santa Clarita, California

Use of shore power debuts in Juneau

2002

Star Princess joins fleet

Original Pacific Princess sold

Tahitian Princess joins fleet

Crown Princess transferred to A'ROSA becoming A'ROSA Blu

Ocean Princess transferred to P&O becoming Oceana

Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge opened

2003

Princess acquired by Carnival Corporation Coral Princess joins fleet

New Pacific Princess joins fleet (split deployment with P&O Australia

New Island Princess joins fleet

Sea Princess transferred to P&O becoming Adonia

First Antarctica cruise

2004

Cunard Line integrated into Princess operations

Diamond Princess joins fleet

Caribbean Princess joins fleet

Sapphire Princess joins fleet

First Caribbean sailings from Galveston, Texas

2005

Royal Princess transferred to P&O becoming Artemis

Sea Princess returns to Princess fleet

Princess Cruises celebrates 40th anniversary

2006

Crown Princess joins fleet

2007

Department of Romance launched

Emerald Princess joins fleet

New Royal Princess joins fleet

Regal Princess transferred to P&O Australia becoming Pacific Dawn