Princess Cruises Starts Scrapbooking Program

Princess Cruises has launched new scrapbooking classes aboard its fleet. The new Princess Scrapbooking@Sea program is designed to encourage passengers to preserve their cruise memories in a fun and creative way.

Presented as part of Princess' ScholarShip@Sea educational program, Scrapbooking@Sea incorporates a series of onboard classes and a scrapbooking kit with unique themed pages designed exclusively for Princess. The program begins rolling out to select ships this month, and is expected to be available across the Princess fleet by early 2007.

"Scrapbooking has become one of America's favorite hobbies," said Jan Swartz, Princess' senior vice president of customer service and sales. "This program was tested aboard several of our vessels with great success, so we're pleased to now offer this popular activity fleetwide." The program includes a series of classes, starting with a complimentary basics class.

Subsequent courses are available to passengers who purchase Princess' special scrapbooking kit. Classes offer tips and creative ideas, plus free time to work on pages with a full range of supplies available for use, including scissors, adhesive, deluxe paper, die-cut machines with assorted die-cuts, pens and other items that can be used during the class sessions. All materials are acid-free and archival safe. Princess' special scrapbooking kit features decorative papers, stickers and rub-on emblems along with instructions on how to build five unique vacation-themed pages.

Kits cost $24.95 at any Scrapbooking@Sea class or at the ship's onboard photo gallery. Additional themed kits are being developed for future sailings. In addition, a specially designed Princess scrapbook is available for purchase at the ship's photo gallery. For more information, call 800-PRINCESS or visit www.princess.com.