Crown Princess Review
First time cruising on the Crown Princess
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This was my very first time on a cruise and I booked the Western Med knowing something about the countries but my main aim was to see if I liked the idea of cruising. I did, loved it but this was my first and now acts as a benchmark for what I look for in the future. First of all the very positives.
Princess Cruises for me are first class for cleanliness, food, staff attitude entertainment, drinks and for the whole experience. Yes they are trying to empty your wallet with sales etc but that is up to you. I took advantage of the jewellery and duty frees, but my partner helped me to keep within my limits ...ha ha..
There was plenty to do if you wished, plenty of relaxing if you didn t.I loved that, I like dressing up and "going out" it was the perfect holiday. Formal night, ... I think its really the men who have issues here with the Tuxedo etc, but hey they looked great!! and if you don t want then there were plenty who did n t bother. It seemed to confine itself to the restaurants,shows and bars and the Atrium ( a fab area for people watching and decent coffee).There were many who were just dressed "smartly" and went to the buffett . So I needn t of stressed over that.
Cabin Review
Interior
We had an inside cabin on Caribe deck. Small but plenty of room to change sleep shower. C249... Felt some rolling around the Bay of Biscay which bothered me a little... towards the back lower down I was told was calmer.. but It was not too bad. No noise apart from the gentle hum of something, Spotlessly clean, towels etc changed everyday and cabin cleaned. Leave a notice on the door if you want it freshening. Plenty of storage space, comfy bed. I shall have at least a window next time as we didn t know what time of day it was sometimes or what the weather was like outside. Excellent room service. One minus point.... there were 2 overhead bunks up against the cabin wall which didn t bother me being 5.2 but my partner clonked his head on it a couple of times until he got used to it.Would imagine 4 in there would be pretty cramped, but we found it ok.