This was my first time sailing on Princess Cruise lines, we boarded the Crown after a norovirius outbreak on the previous sailing. We received an email notifying us of the additional cleaning being conducted prior to embarkation, so our boarding was delayed about 2 hours. Once we arrived to the port, we were up on the sun deck within 20 minutes! So impressed! My first impressions were good, the atrium is very elegant, I thought the sun deck was well laid out. My last cruise was on the Norwegian Escape, and the sun/pool deck space was so limited, this is not the case on the Crown - we never fought for a lounger no matter what time of the day it was, the pools were never too crowded, we really enjoyed the movies under the stars too!

We were in an interior cabin on the aloha deck - very quiet, perfect space for 2, I don't think I would want to fit more than that, but I loved the closet/bathroom lay out and thought the beds were pretty comfortable. I was apprehensive since I have only stayed in balcony cabins in the past, but I would stay in an interior cabin in a heartbeat if the price was right!

We had anytime dining which worked perfect since it was only 2 of us and we have no issues sharing tables. We met some great fellow cruisers and had good servers. The food didn't blow me away by any means, I tried all the Curtis Stone meals and was fairly disappointed by all 3 of them. None of the dining room food was bad, but I expected it to be slightly higher quality than Norwegian and didn't find that to be the case. Read more