My husband and I were on the 3/31/07 Crown sailing. For the most part we had a wonderful time, but unfortunately this was our first and last Princess cruise. We have been on 4 Carnival cruises in the past and found that the Crown Princess was missing certain amenities that we are used to.

Embarkation: We had an early afternoon flight out of Newark, which put us in San Juan around 4:00 pm. This was the first time that we didn't pay for transfers to the ship and found it quite easy and a lot cheaper to get a cab to the pier. Since we arrived later in the afternoon, we practically walked right onto the ship. Our luggage arrived at our cabin several hours later.

Ship: The ship was very clean and absolutely beautiful. We went the week before Easter, so it was sold out. The pool areas were nice, but crowded. There was a lot of "chair saving" and we could never find even just one for our belongings. MUTS (Movies Under the Stars) was ok. I think that it's a neat idea, but that part of the ship always smelled like sewage, so we didn't last long the night that we went to watch something. Read more