The Sapphire Princess is a cruise ship owned by Princess Cruises which entered service in 2004. It is one of the world's largest cruise ships, with a capacity of approximately 2670 passengers and is the sixth Gem Class ship built by Princess Cruises.
The ship was christened on June 10, 2004 in Seattle; it was the first cruise ship ever to be christened in that port.
The Sapphire Princess (2008) travels the Alaskan inside passage route one way from May to September, Mexican Riviera and Hawaii in the winter, with a Pacific Coast cruise during the transition weeks.
When people go into the “service” line of work, it’s usually expected that they will do a decent job – and they usually do. But then there are those folks who go the “extra mile”. And this list is recognition of a few of those particularly special folks who “made my days” on my recent cruise to the South Pacific on the Sapphire Princess…Sept. 19 – Oct. 23, 2010. Richard Joseph … more