I have been on 14 cruises the majority with princess, they have decided to do what the airlines do now and have numerous add on charges that make it difficult to say its a good value. The Crown Princess holds over 3100 passengers and seems quite crowded in the public spaces especially the buffet, international café , princess theatre and most sitting area's. I know that Princess has announced they are putting in new beds which is long overdue, because the last 3 cruises the beds have been really bad. The towels also need to be improved, the one's they use know are small and thin. The last few cruises the ships seem to be needing to be dry docked for plumbing repairs and other mechanical and maintenance items maybe they are stretching out the maintenance schedules?

The food in the dinning rooms was up and down, good on the formal nights and mixed on the other evenings. The buffet is over crowded and the food is average or worse. Sabatini's as usual is very good. Salty dog was pathetic and offerings were strange and not very good. The bread and deserts were very good as usual.

The tours for the most part were good and well organized. Read more