Princess Cruise lines has just announced that Golden Princess is ready for her close-up. Actually, the ship has been in drydock for the past three weeks for a renovation and update. This is a pretty normal thing for cruise ships every now and then, but Golden Princess did this “in public.” You could see shots of the facelift every day on Princess.com and get the full story at http://www.princess.com/goldendrydock.

Passengers might be interested at the updates: a new atrium, a new Sanctuary (an updated, adults-only lounge area), a poolside movie theater (called “Movies under the Stars”), and a new steak and seafood grill restaurant. But hardcore cruise fans might have liked to see the ship’s hull with propellers out of the water and silicone underwater painting. And neat-freaks might like to know that in those three weeks, hundreds of pieces of furniture were reupholstered.

The Golden Princess will be back in service on September 12 to Alaska.

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