Crown Princess Review

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Canadiankaratemom
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Mar 2008

Background: We started cruising 5 years ago from Vancouver, B.C. Did the Alaska run with Celebrity Mercury. Must say that Celebrity Mercury and their staff set the bar so high that no one has come close till this recent cruise aboard Crown Princess. We were a party of 7. 5 Adults, one 16 yr old girl and a 18 yr old boy.

Airfare: We drove from Vancouver, B.C. to Seattle to catch a redeye flight on Thursday night via US Airways. The plan was to fly from Seattle to Philadelphia, with a 1 hour stop over and onwards to San Juan. We had planned to arrive in San Juan on Friday at 11:30 am, enjoy Caribe Hilton and Old San Juan on Friday and Saturday. Plans were totally messed up due to a delay of our departing flight out of Seattle - supposed to leave at 10:30 pm, but delayed till 12 midnight, which meant we would get into Philadelphia at 7:45 am. Connecting San Juan flight was scheduled to leave at 7:30 am. We found out there were 16 of us on board hoping to catch this connecting flight, asked US Airways if they could radio ahead and have the connecting flight wait for 15 minutes. No guarantee was the reply. We arrive in Philadelphia only to find out that there are no seats available on any flights bound for San Juan and were offered accommodation in Philadelphia. We said no way as we had prepaid for our Caribe Hilton in San Juan. In the end, an experienced US Airways agent found us flights to Fort Lauderdale and on to San Juan. Arrived late in the evening, no baggage and later discovered baggage badly damaged. What a great start to our holiday! Will never fly US Airways again.

San Juan: Beautiful hotel - Caribe Hilton. Would recommend. Great amenities, pools, ocean view rooms, Starbucks right in the lobby and Subway within walking distance.

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