This week Princess Cruises celebrates its 50th Anniversary by retracing its first cruise route from Los Angeles to Mazatlan, then to Puerto Vallarta and Acapulco.
The company’s first ship, Princess Patricia, departed Los Angeles on December 3, 1965 with 400 passengers cruising the Mexican Riviera.
Princess Patricia was a converted ferry boat that first grabbed attention at the 1962 World Fair in Seattle, Washington when the city ran out of hotel rooms and Stanley McDonald shared his dream of his hotel on the sea.
The Pacific Princess will be the ship retracing Patricia’s voyage 50 years ago. Also . . .
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