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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Ellen Kirwin

Huge cruise ship Regal Princess arrives in Liverpool

A whopping cruise ship has docked in Liverpool today.

The Regal Princess is berthed at Liverpool's Cruise Terminal on the Pier Head, as part of a 12 day trip. The current Regal Princess cruise is a round-trip British Isles sailing from Southampton.

Currently it's four days into the trip, having already visited Guernsey, Cork and Dublin in Ireland. From Liverpool, she will head onto Belfast, Glasgow, Invergordon, Edinburgh and Paris before heading back to Southampton on July 7.

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The Regal Princess cost almost $760m to build (roughly equivalent to £600m) and those onboard have access to multiple different dining options including 24 hour room service and a pizzeria and a Vegas-style casino.

There are more than 1,400 balconies for customers to enjoy but there's also a SeaWalk on the deck with a glass-floor walkway extending 28 feet beyond the edge of the ship.

Regal Princess cruise ship on the Liverpool waterfront. Photo by Colin Lane (Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)

Construction started on the ship in 2012 and it was launched in March 2013. It can hold 3,560 passengers and 1,346 members of crew across 13 decks.

The Regal Princess is part of the Princess cruise line, with sister ships including Enchanted Princess, Royal Princess and P&O Britannia. Other cruise itineraries for the next two years include a Western Caribbean trip with Mexico, a British Isles with Portland and Stonehenge and Galveston to Fort Lauderdale.

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