Azamara Onward

Cruise ship

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2002–2021: Pacific Princess
2021–2022: P Prince
2022–present: Azamara Onward
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| Ship owner = *1999–2001: Renaissance Cruises
2002–2021: Princess Cruises
| Ship operator = *1999–2001: Renaissance Cruises
2001–2002: laid up
2002–2021: Princess Cruises
2006–2022:
2022–present:
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| Ship awarded =
| Ship builder = Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France
| Ship original cost = ShipCost|GBR|150|m|ref= In 2002, following the failure of Renaissance Cruises, the ship was sold to Princess Cruises and renamed Pacific Princess. On 21 January 2021, Carnival announced the ship had been sold to an unnamed buyer, later revealed to be Azamara Cruises.

The vessel first entered operation in 1999, with Renaissance Cruises. The ship was the subject of a state aid decision by the European Commission: Decision 2006/219, in which the European Commission held a discussion on R Three and R Four, regarding the two ships' original purpose of intending to support local tourism in French Polynesia, and whether or not the re deployments of the two ships beyond the French Polynesia region were a misuse of Commission provided development aid. The conclusion presides that France unlawfully breached the treaty that governed the regulations surrounding development aid when the ships were redeployed outside of the local region, but with the devastating economic effects (force majeure) of the September 11 attacks and the fact that the expectations of local development impact have now otherwise been met, the ships' re deployments were allowed and the development aid given to France was still rendered lawfully used. Pacific Princess has often been deployed on itineraries servicing more exotic locales or ports within areas unreachable by larger vessels. These itineraries have included the World Cruise itineraries of more than 100 days. As of October 2019, Pacific Princess is operating voyages within the Mediterranean before embarking on the 2020 World Cruise. She was scheduled to return to Alaska in the summer of 2020, sailing between Vancouver and Whittier, before returning to the South Pacific for itineraries serving French Polynesia and Oceania. In January 2021, Carnival announced the sale of the ship.

On 14 October 2016, Pacific Princess collided with the breakwater at Nice, Alpes Maritimes, France and was holed below the waterline. There were no injuries amongst the 669 passengers and 382 crew. On 25 August 2018, Pacific Princess rescued three fisherman from a sunken trawler in the North Sea, about 25 mile (40 km) north east of Great Yarmouth.

During the COVID 19 pandemic in 2020, Pacific Princess was refused permission to dock at numerous destinations including Bali, Singapore, Phuket, Thailand, and Sri Lanka, even though there were no confirmed cases on board. The ship was allowed to dock in Perth, Australia on 21 March and most passengers disembarked. Those who were unable to fly home remained on the ship which was heading to Los Angeles. The company stated that 115 passengers were still on board and that they had no confirmed cases of COVID 19. On 13 April 2020, 4 passengers were allowed to disembark in Honolulu, Hawaii. The last passengers disembarked when the ship returned to Los Angeles on 20 April.