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Princess Cruises to begin sailing from Port Canaveral next year

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new cruise ship operation announced Tuesday that it will start sailing from Port Canaveral starting next year.

Princess Cruises announced it’ll be sailing to the Caribbean from Port Canaveral starting in 2024.

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The company’s president, John Padgett, said he only wishes it had happened sooner.

Princess Cruises said its ship Caribbean Princess will start sailing to the eastern and western Caribbean on Nov. 27, 2024. It will mostly sale six and eight-night cruises.

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Officials said Princess Cruises plans for 38 departures between November of next year and April of 2025.

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