Crown Princess Review

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Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Crown Princess
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FLTravelGirl
First Time Cruiser • Age 2020s

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Sail Date: Nov 2009

First, I will say that I cruised with Princess one time before and it appears not much has changed. The ports that this ship visited were great. The rest of the cruise was very undesirable. To cruise with Princess and enjoy yourself...you have to be of the "older" mindset. This was not a younger people's cruise. Granted we sailed on a VIP casino invite. The casino was way too small for all the people they invited on this cruise. Machines were always full and there were lines of people waiting to get on them. The other thing is they were so tight...this is how they made so much money - even though they gave free drinks. It was not enjoyable. The food was better in the buffet than in the dining room. I looked for escargot every night on the menu. On the day of disembarking we had breakfast in the dining room and I asked the others at our table why they didn't have escargot for dinner. They said that the maiter'd came to every table and said "don't forget that escargot will be available tomorrow night but won't be on the menu". What the heck cruise line does this. Crazy. Of course - there are more things that happened like this throughout the cruise. The smoking area on this ship is in one corner of the ship toward the back and in the casino. Then my husband had issues with the old ladies in the casino - saying ah that cigarette is horrible most every night. This was THE ONLY place to smoke on the ship and the others were just ridiculous about it. Typically you can smoke on the pool deck on the starboard side. Royal Caribbean gets our vote and our business for future cruises. Princess will not. Overall, the ship appeared to be taken care of and our cabin was very large. The cabin steward was great and the bartender in the casino was fabulous. They do push the drinks as well.

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