Crown Princess Review

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Memorable First Transatlantic

Review for Transatlantic Cruise on Crown Princess
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zogrand
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Oct 2013

This was our 10th cruise with Princess and our second on the Crown. While it wasn't exactly the cruise we were expecting, we loved it! We arrived in Southampton two days before departure and stayed at the Premier Inn Southampton. This was a perfect choice. It was close to the docks, new, clean, near a shopping mall, restaurants, sights, and the Red Funnel Ferry to the Isle of Wight. Parking in a nearby garage was only £5 for 24 hours.

We arrived on embarkation day about 1 pm. We had returned our rental car to Europcar (National and Alamo) in the dock area and they provided a ride to the ship. It was very handy. After filling in our health forms we arrived at the desk to learn that severe weather was going to alter our trip. The Crown was going to stay in Southampton for 1 to 3 days waiting out a storm. Missed ports and possible compensation would be decided once the cruise was actually under way. This was not the first time we had missed ports on a cruise due to weather. We were quick to learn not to count on any given port. Several years ago we had wanted to go to Le Havre to see Normandy and had missed the port. So, this past June we had spent 2 weeks there on our own. Don't ever pick a cruise based on one port you absolutely want to see. The weather and political events are in control, not the cruise line.

Embarkation was fairly quick and easy and we were in our cabin before long.

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Midway between the front and mid elevators. No cabins or service doorways across the hall. A few doors down from the self-serve laundry. Never heard a sound at night.

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