[4] Emerald Princess began commercial service on 11 April 2007, offering 12-day Mediterranean and Greek Isles cruises, and continued sailing Europe for Summer 2007.

[6] In 2014 she was based in Southampton for cruises to the Baltic, Mediterranean, and the fjords of Norway, as well as to the Canary Islands.

Some days earlier, it had been denied permission to dock at Nassau, but by that time, contained only crew members.

On 9 May, the 123 Canadian and American crew members[10] were allowed to disembark at Port Everglades, although others remained on board.

[citation needed] On 25 July 2017 Kristy Manzanares, 43, was murdered by her husband Kenneth in their cabin during a cruise.