Ambience

ex Regal Princess, ex Pacific Dawn, ex Satoshi

Ambience was built as Regal Princess at Fincantieri in 1991 and is best known of the involvement of Renzo Piano in her design. Her (now scrapped) sister Crown Princess initiated contemporary passenger ship building at Fincantieri in 1990 following a long hiatus since the completion of Eugenio C. in 1966. Both ships were originally ordered by Sitmar which was bought by P&O in 1988. Subsequently, the order, as well as the later and somewhat similar Star Princess under construction in France, were transferred to Princess Cruises, back then a subsidiary of P&O.

To learn more about the ship visit the following webpages:
Dolphin Concept by Renzo Piano @ Onnozone
'Two Ships Inspired by the Dolphin' @ Los Angeles Times
article @ cruiseradio.net
article @ focchi.it
Regal Princess @ castlesoftheseas.nl - Crown Princess @ castlesoftheseas.nl
MS Ambience @ wikipedia
1:250 plan @ Navimodellisti Bolognesi