In 1984, she was renamed Viking Princess (under Crown Cruise Lines) and made her way from Europe to the US where she spent most of her years cruising between West Palm Beach and the Caribbean It was an 8 deck, 421 foot, 6,659 GRT, 800 person capacity vessel with 15,000 sqft of Class III gaming casino, 400+ slot machines, 30+ table games, poker, sports book (satellite TV) and bingo.Īccording to their now defunct Twitter it was ' the only true 'Las Vegas style' gambling & entertainment destination in South Florida.'īuilt in 1964 in Finland, the MS Ilmatar started as a humble ferry before being upgraded fifteen years later into a cruise ship including a casino, pool, gym, cinema and lounge The Palm Beach Princess (where these chips were felted) spent 22 years in Palm Beach and served 470,000 passengers a year during its best years offering twice daily five-hour gambling cruises. The Palm Beach Casino Line was founded in 1997, and operated two casino cruises from Port of Palm Beach in Riviera Beach, Florida.
This thread is to dedicated to Palm Beach Cruise Line (PBCL) - some of the best wet chips and their fascinating history as a casino and how they found their way to PCF.
