Upgraded Princess Denali Park Lodges!

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5/12/2004

UPGRADED PRINCESS DENALI PARK LODGES OPEN MAY 12

$26 Million Enhancement Features 15,000-Square-Foot Lodge at the
Gateway to Alaska's Top Landside Attraction

The newly expanded Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge and Mt. McKinley
Princess Wilderness Lodge will open their doors to receive guests
today, showing off between them a welcoming new main lodge, new dining
venues, more guest rooms, extra shopping, and a new campus layout and
landscaping.
The $26-million enhancement project significantly increases the
opportunity for passengers to visit Denali National Park -- the top
interior attraction in Alaska. The expansion enables Princess to offer
a 75 percent expansion in Denali visits and allows more guests to
enjoy Princess' popular multiple night "Maximum McKinley" tours, in
which they spend extra time in the land of "The Great One," Mt.
McKinley -- North America's tallest peak.

"This Denali lodge project is a great example of how committed we are
to continuing to invest in Alaska to make the wilderness experience
the best possible for our passengers," said Charlie Ball, president of
Princess Tours. "Both lodges now offer even more facilities and space
so that we can offer our guests even more reasons to enjoy their visit
to this stunning area."

Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge

Passengers arriving at Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge, located near
the park entrance, will welcome the property's new 16,000-square-foot
built main lodge building and its "great room." Similar to other
Princess wilderness lodges, the new main lodge structure gives guests
a true wilderness feel, mirroring the size and grandeur of the nearby
park, featuring vaulted ceilings with exposed timbers and 30-foot-high
glass windows framing a view of Denali National Park and Mt. Healy.
This welcoming new lobby area offers significant open space with
intimate seating areas that double the seating capacity of current
main lodge area. A majestic double-sided stone fireplace towers two
stories, while local art, such as a Mt. McKinley art mural behind
front desk and wildlife sculptures, decorate the lobby. A new "River
Run" deli and espresso bar serves up coffee, ice cream and specially
baked pastries.

In addition, the lodge "campus" has been transformed with the addition
of walking paths and more than 500 trees and 50 large flower boxes to
add to the relaxing feel. Shoppers will love the addition of five new
shops to create a Main Street walking village, brimming with unique
Alaskan souvenirs.

The lodge expansion also added 80 new guest rooms and additional
seating in the lodge's premier fine dining venue -- Summit Restaurant.
Set on a bluff overlooking the Nenana River this restaurant serves
Princess' Signature Alaskan Cuisine in the Denali area's finest
establishment.

Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge

At Princess' other prime Denali property, the Mt. McKinley Princess
Wilderness Lodge, the expansion enables more guests to enjoy the
lodge's spectacular views of the mountain and also offers a new dining
option. The project added 96 guest rooms, the second room addition
since the popular lodge debuted in 1997. The expanded facility now
features a total of 334 rooms, giving more guests the opportunity to
experience the stunning views of Mt. McKinley -- the closest view of
the mountain of any other cruisetour lodge.

In addition, the lodge now offers a new dining option -- Expedition
Pizza. This additional mealtime choice will feature a casual
atmosphere with plenty of indoor and outdoor seating offering stunning
views of Mt. McKinley.

Both properties are featured as part of Princess' 42 cruisetour
options that combine the best of Alaska on land and sea. Not only does
Princess offer the greatest number of land tours to Mt. McKinley this
year, but it is the only company that offers Alaska's two most popular
attractions -- Denali National Park and Glacier Bay -- on every
cruisetour.

To learn more about visiting Alaska with Princess, log on to the
line's comprehensive resource, Destination Alaska, at:
www.princess.com/destination/Alaska.

One of the best-known names in North American cruising, Princess
Cruises is a global cruise and tour company. Part of Carnival
Corporation (NYSE: CCL), its current fleet of 11 ships sail on
approximately 150 different itineraries around the globe, calling at
more than 260 ports on all seven continents. By 2006 a further four
ships will be introduced. Additional information is available through
a professional travel agent.