Discovery Princess is a Royal-class cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. The 145,000 GT-vessel was ordered in January 2017 with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and her steel-cutting was performed on 14 February 2019 in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy. Discovery Princess sailed her inaugural voyage on 27 March 2022 from her debut homeport of Los Angeles and will cruise to the Mexican Riviera before sailing along the Alaskan Inside Passage from Seattle during her maiden summer deployment.