New ship Adonia, formerly the Royal Princess has been totally revamped.

The Royal Princess left the Princess fleet, but it's not gone forever. The 10-year-old, 710-passenger vessel reemerged this week in Southampton, England as the Adonia, a new ship for UK-based P&O Cruises.

It isn't the first time the 30,000-ton ship has been reinvented. The vessel began life in 2001 as Renaissance Cruises' R Eight but sailed under the name for less than a year before Renaissance collapsed after the 9/11 attacks. The ship reemerged in 2003 as Swan Hellenic's Minerva II. It was transferred to Princess in 2007.

The newly christened Adonia has been revamped to give it several of the line's signature features, including a Crow's Nest observation lounge; Anderson's, a club-style lounge bar; and Raffles, a bar that also offers a coffee shop menu throughout the day with pastries, chocolates, hot drinks and -- yes -- afternoon tea.

The interior spaces changed to be more aligned with the P&O Cruises product.

Among the biggest alterations to the vessel to make it ready for P&O Cruises' mostly British clientele was the removal of its casino, which made room for the Anderson's bar. British cruisers tend not to gamble as much on ships as do Americans. A bulkhead also was altered to give the new Crow's Nest lounge more panoramic ocean views.

Decor also has been updated throughout the ship, and its restaurants have been revamped. The new Adonia features a classic main dining room called the Pacific Restaurant, an Italian eatery called Sorrento and a restaurant overseen by British celebrity chef Marco Pierre White.

With this addition, P&O Cruises now has seven ships. Princess Cruises is down to 16. Both companies are owned by Miami-based parent Carnival Corp.