Crown Princess Review

Had a wonderful Christmastime cruise. The ship was beautifully decorated.

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Jphn38
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

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Sail Date: Dec 2016
Cabin: Oceanview

We have been on several Canal Cruises around the holidays before and once we had sailed on the Coral Princes which been beautifully and traditionally decorated for the Christmas Season, lots of Red and Green. Have made a couple of others in more recent years only to be disappointed either no decorations or more modern decorations in Silver and Gold that just looked more like a department store. The Coral was simply a beautiful site that we enjoyed totally.

The food in the dining room was simply beyond Good more on the Terrific scale. The beef was beyond anything I have had in recent years anywhere. Prime Rib prepared to perfection and tender beyond belief. A night or two later we had Roast Beef which was also prepared exactly to the Med. Rare request we had made and the meat was so tender I didn't need my knife, I cut it with my fork. I don't ever recall Roast Beef being that tender. A couple nights later we had Chateaubriand which I can only say was even better than the other two servings of Beef. Each night the food was really wonderful to our taste.

The staff that represented the Princess Cruise Line was friendly and responded very quickly to any request. This includes the staff on the Lido Deck as we entered there were hostess greeting us who always carried a big smile and offered kind words. The Dining Room Staff were also most friendly offering their recommendations each evening as we arrived for dinner. They immediately set about their task of providing our request from the menu. Couldn't have been more attentive.

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Oceanview

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The cabin itself was most comfortable and the upgrade in the beds were immediately noticeable. The most comfortable cruise ship bed we can recall. Now if you could just add a couple square feet to the shower, that would be most helpful. I dropped the soap in the shower and being 6'3" I had to turnoff the shower and get out of the shower stall in order to bend over and retrieve the soap then get back in close the curtain and begin all over again. Some of the folks I saw on the ship I could only imagine how they ever made their way into the shower. Everything else within the cabin was more than adequate. We managed to stay busy to the point the only time we were in the room was to get ready to go out or get ready to get into the most comfortable bed since home.

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