Crown Princess Review

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Crown Princess - Southern Caribbean

Review for the Southern Caribbean Cruise on Crown Princess
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rfinch
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Jan 2007
Cabin: Balcony

There have been some great reviews posted on the Crown so far, so I am a bit reluctant to add another; however I know that I couldn't get enough of them before I left so here is my 2 cents worth.

We boarded in San Juan on Saturday around 2 pm at Pier #4. Embarkation went smooth but it did take about 1 hour total as the lines were fairly long. If I were doing it again I would board later in the day. Others in our group boarded around 3:30 pm and it only took a total of 15 minutes. We went right to our room where some of our luggage was already waiting for us. The rest of our luggage came in another 30 minutes, so we were able to completely unpack and go on a self guided ship tour. I would highly recommend taking some time to walk around at the beginning of the week with map in hand learning where everything is. This seemed to save us lots of time and headaches over the course of the week. We also served as unofficial "guides" to the rest of our party for the first several days until they became more familiar with the ship. The golf simulator is open for free trials on the first day so we hit a few balls and even played a little basketball. (There were very few people out and about so there were no crowds.) We were absolutely wowed at the size and beauty of the ship. It is truly amazing to look at. We were very pleased with our room, a balcony stateroom on the Riviera deck. No noise, private balcony, plenty of storage room under the bed and in the closets and cupboards. The shower is great with good temperature control and a good shower head. I did have one issue with our safe and had to call our steward for help. I think the secret to the safe is not to leave it open for more than 30 seconds or so. If you open and close it right away it seems to work fine. Some reviews have mentioned inadequate A/C in the room. I like cool rooms and the A/C was adequate for me. I did leave it on the lowest setting the entire time to keep it cool. My wife only changed it on me one time. Our cabin steward was Nimit and he did a fantastic job. He seemed to know our schedule better than we did as our room was always well taken care of. I absolutely loved having a balcony and spent a lot of time out there at all times of the day. I took some great sunrise and sunset pictures from our balcony. We were on the Port side which was fine; however our friends on the Starboard side seemed to have better views in most of the ports. (Not a big deal to me though) One of the most relaxing things for me on the entire cruise was sitting on my balcony at night as the ship rolled through the Caribbean. We even had a full moon for a couple of nights which was great.

Food: Overall we loved the food. There were plenty of choices each night at dinner. I didn't love everything that was served but that's normal to me. The New York steak was fantastic and is always available. Our 2nd formal night was lobster and beef wellington, they were both excellent! The pizza is very good up on deck, the buffet was good and the burger grill was just what was needed at times. Our service overall in the dining room was very good but because we chose anytime dining, I don't think the service is as good as traditional dining. If service is as important to you as the food, traditional dining is probably better for you. We were in a group of 8 people and never had to wait for tables for breakfast or dinner. I really enjoyed anytime dining and would do it again. We did have one server who was extremely overwhelmed one night and he was all business and not very accommodating. He was the exception though as everyone else was very good. I was very impressed with the service of everyone on the ship. I thought that they went out of there way to greet everyone with a smile and a hello.

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