That’s where the Regal Princess<\/a> \u2014 or a reasonable facsimile of it \u2014 will be on New Year’s Day. The ship (it doesn’t arrive in North America until November 10) has been turned into a float in a parade. Now there’s a double entendre of sorts\u2026the ship’s a-float, and the ship’s a float.<\/p>\n This “Regal Princess” has already been christened, two weeks ahead of the one that doesn’t cruise down Colorado Boulevard. That means she already has a Godmother, Princess Vice-President of PR Julie Benson, who as she smashed a bottle of bubbly (or confetti) on the float’s bow declared: “I <\/span>name this float Regal Princess. May God bless her and all who cruise down Colorado Boulevard on her.”<\/p>\n In addition to seizing a photo op that will be viewed by 80 million TV watchers on January 1, Princess is clearly having some fun with the concept.<\/p>\n Maybe the next step will be to have her on display on a Princess ship.<\/p>\n They can call it The Love Float.<\/i><\/p>\n Today at\u00a0portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: The latest in cruise news<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Royal Caribbean Enchantment of the Seas Ahoy, ye landlubbers! You’ve seen cruise ships sitting on the top of cliffs impersonating hotels. You’ve seen the innards of cruise ships outside a football stadium, attending tailgate parties. How about “sailing” down Colorado Boulevard in Los Angeles? That’s where the Regal Princess \u2014 or a reasonable facsimile of it \u2014 will be on New… Continue reading Princess Floats With Fun Idea<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,25,19,15],"tags":[137,912,72,819,35,828,26,27,957,1147,1763,33,1242,549],"class_list":["post-22196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-people","category-ships","category-stories","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruises","tag-enchantment-of-the-seas","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-princess-cruises","tag-regal-princess","tag-rose-bowl-parade","tag-royal-caribbean","tag-ship-christening-ceremonies","tag-the-love-boat","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Rose](\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Rose-Bowl-float.jpg\")
<\/a>This will be the first time Princess<\/a> has been in America’s best-known parade, which serves as a prelude to its best-known college football game. It will be just a little smaller than its matron \u2014 60 feet long, 24 feet high \u2014 and it will be made of flowers, because that’s what floats are in the Rose Bowl Parade<\/a>, when the six original cast members of The Love Boat<\/i> will be riding on the “deck.”<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" "\\"DailyDeal-2\\"")
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\n<\/a>4 nights
\nNovember 17, 2014
\nPort Canaveral<\/a> (return): CocoCay<\/a>, Nassau
\n<\/a>Inside: $149
\nCost per day: $37
\n<\/strong><\/span>www.royalcaribbean.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"