Crown Princess Review

Christmas 2010 on the Crown Princess

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2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Dec 2010
Cabin: Balcony
Traveled with children

Our family of four decided to take a Christmas cruise. We went a down a day ahead of time and spent the night at the Embassy Suites. Transportation was available from there for seven dollars a person. Check out time was noon, and by the time we left and arrived at the ship, they were already allowing embarkations.

I was last on the Crown in March 2007 and I was pleasantly surprised that the ship was looking as good as new. Despite being one of the first ones on board, our bags were ones of the last ones delivered. If I had not seen them personally put on board I would have gotten a little worried. Our room steward, Ryan, was excellent. He went over the Muster drill information, then directed us to the luncheon buffet. There was time after lunch to reacquaint ourselves to the ship, then the mandatory Muster drill, and then we set sail.

Our week had to be rearranged a bit as I think they realized that most stores would be closed if we were in port on Christmas. So the first place we went to was Princess Cays. I actually like it better than I thought I would. We rented a couple of clam shells and they were located to the right of the tender dock. It was a nice sandy beach. They had a lunch serving line and a bathroom located right there and we were spoiled as the lunch lines were quite short. The sandy beach extended quite a ways and was not crowded. If you walked around the bend, you could not be seen by any of the other beach goers. As I found out as I rounded that corner, there were a few couples who were taking advantage of that seclusion. I figured it was time to turn around and check out the other end of the beach.

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Balcony

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Aloha 634. Close to the guest laundry and the elevators, but far enough away so you could not hear any of the associated noise. It was directly across the from the crew elevators and was noisy on luggage days. They even had to put special padding up around the door to reduce the banging on the walls.

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