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The ship is going to be refurbished soon, and a lot of the wooden surfaces need refinishing, and this is an older ship than others, but we had a wonderful cruise on Crown Princess. The crew was wonderful.  The Cruise Director did just the right amount of talking/not talking. The Cruise Director's staff put on a wonderful game show called Hollywood Hiccups that was the funniest and best I've ever seen.  Ocean Medallion made it easy to locate all of our friends and join them at any time for lots of fun.  One of the two big generators had a problem, and we couldn't go fast enough to get to Princess Cays, so we skipped and got an onboard credit.  That's our favorite port, and we were disappointed, but the rest of the cruise was wonderful.  That generate should be fixed when the ship goes for refurbishment. They were sanitizing handrails, tables, etc. all the time.  They sprayed pool loungers every night with sanitizer.  We felt safe amidst the virus pandemic. The food was excellent, the entertainment was excellent, and we had a great time with our friends.

Wonderful cruise

I chose this cruise last Fall because of the ports, length of time in port, and the sailing date.  I had sailed on the Crown Princess in 2019 and was happy with that experience.

By the time we sailed much had changed.  The Coronavirus was escalating slowly when we left Port Everglades so our major change was skipping Princess Cays and a revision to our itinerary.  

As far as the crew and fellow passengers knew all guests remained healthy throughout the trip.  We entered every port and enjoyed all that a cruise has to offer.  Enhanced cleaning and precautions caused me to feel safe.  As we got toward the end of the cruise many of us were worried about the world we faced upon disembarkation.

We were able to relax and enjoy our 10 day cruise while vacationing.  The ports were varied and lovely.  We met some incredibly nice people from the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada.  We enjoyed the comedy shows.  Both comedians were great and provided conversation starters at dinner.  The weather was perfect  for 8 of the 10 days.

An oasis of calm in trying times

With this being our 11th cruise, I think it's safe to say we have become addicts. Unpack once, a lot pampering (the wife loves that part), meeting new people and just relaxing! 

So we are some of those people who prefer to book an interior. In part because we prefer to spend on more cruises than on the room itself. We have read the arguments but for us, interior is fine. I did notice that the bed was too soft for my personal likes. But not enough to cause any problems. Others have noted that every time we were out of the room, it was made up by a ninja. He had to be, we did not catch our steward in it. :)

Food wise, I found seafood available for every meal so I was happy. Plenty of other good things as well. I certainly did not go hungry, ever! I hate reviews that say "this or that sucks". Better to say that it was not to your taste or there was not enough variety. But when you consider that food is being prepared for close to 5000 total passengers and crew for 3 meals per day, and everyone has their own taste preferences, I believe some grace must be given. And Princess DOES have the best Pizza at sea! 

As to embarcation, I am loving the medallion for that. I dont think we spent more than 20 minutes from the time we arrived at the port until we were on board. Platinum is good!

Ahh, vacation at sea!

WE wanted to take this Cruise as it went into Deep southern Caribbean to Bonaire & Aruba.  Beautiful places to visit. The cruise was perfect in every way - ship, food, entertainments, games & rooms..  Very relaxing with lots of Canadians to get away from the Snow..We are 78 & 82 and enjoyed it!!  The ship decor &  shopping & guest & excursions desks were perfect.    Princess gave us all a shopping bonus for a minor problem.  The weather was beautiful (75 to 89) each day - great for swim & sun..  The friends on board were very cordial to talk with.. Crown Princess is a smaller cruise ship with 2500 passengers or so Not 7000 as some Mega ships are now.  We are planning to cruise again with Princess again as they have a well kept ship with health for all most important!   If you have never been on a cruise ship, you are really missing a great relaxing trip!

Wonderful cruise on Crown Princess to Aruba..

We joined six other family members on this cruise.   This was our second time sailing on a princess ship.  Boarding took a bit of time and we had to wait quite  awhile, but disembarkment was extremely smooth.  We had an aft cabin, unfortunately it was located next to a noisy vent.  Making it hard to sleep.  We enjoyed the trivia games, but did not care for the musical productions.  Our whole group enjoyed shopping in St Thomas.  Bonaire was a waste of time, not worth going ashore for.  We had a blast in Aruba snorkeling.  The movies under the stars were very relaxing and enjoyable.  Food was mostly mediocre to good.  We received wonderful service from Lucy at the service desk, she was so sweet, pleasant and totally willing to help.  This ship skipped a port due to engine problems that they were aware of for months.  I am not sure we will travel with princess again.

Past its prime.

I chose this cruise for the itinerary. I was pleasantly surprised that only one of five ports had other ships in port, so the ports were not overcrowded.

The ship's crew was warm, welcoming, and performed like a well-oiled machine. They were entertaining, caring, and made us feel special.

We sailed in Club Class, which was stellar. The service was superb, the food was excellent, and we never had to wait in line to be seated.

The Land Sailing excursion in Bonaire was my favorite. Donna and her staff thoroughly explained how to sail in the Blocart. Everything Donna described was spot-on through the experience. It was easy to learn, and my face hurt from smiling through the whole experience. This experience is something special: small group, off the beaten path, and when you're sailing, you cannot think about anything else while you're sailing, so it's like meditation - good for you!

I also loved the St. John Champagne Catamaran Sail excursion - the crew was superb, extremely attentive, and fun.

This was our 21st Princess Cruise, and I loved every part of it!

Princess always makes me feel like, well, a princess. I feel like a VIP. Well cared for, special, and comfortable. 

On this particular cruise, I was able to forget about everything at home, work, and the news. 

I highly recommend Crown Princess, this itinerary, and make sure you take some stellar excursions!

Fantastic voyage, stellar crew

This was a qualifying casino VIP cruise for a future super VIP casino cruise.  The casino staff did a great job with various enjoyable activities for the casino VIP passengers. Casino waiters need to pay more attention to drink orders, get the details right.

The main stage entertainment shows are stale, same shows different dancers.  The comedians were excellent. My biggest complaint is that the steam room in the mens changing room was "under maintenance" for the entire cruise.  When questioning how long the steam room would be down, the spa manager took our cabin numbers to notify us when it was working again............I got off the ship this morning, still waiting............The spa treatments and staff were excellent. The fitness center equipment was in good condition and the view from the treadmills terrific. 

The food was average to above average, always plentiful and available.

Dominica and Grenada were ports I haven't visited before which added appeal to the itinerary.  

I would definitely cruise on the Crown and with Princess again.

VIP Casino 

We wanted to celebrate our 48th anniversary and we've always enjoyed Princess.  Our experience on the Island Princess and now the Crown means we'll only use Princess if it is a newer ship.

We had fun on the cruise.  We did any time dining and shared tables and every meal we met great folks, had good conversations and decent, sometimes great food.  Our room was a mini suite and while old, it was nice, that is our perfect size on Princess.  Princess comped us a dinner at Crown Grille for our anniversary and the dinner and the fact they gave it to us were both appreciated.

We enjoyed the ports but were sorry to miss Princess Cay.  Snorkeling in Bonaire was excellent.  My husband had to ask three times to have an old, deflated soccer ball pumped up so he could use it.  The gym was nice.

Princess should not have this ship in service with the generator issue.  Like another reviewer, I have never been seasick in my life and I got horribly seasick one day on this trip.  If stabilizers can't be powered or the ship can't power through the waves, why is it being used for cruises?  Princess told my travel agent this would be fixed before our trip and should have known it would not be.  I heard this issue has been ongoing for months.

The spa is amazingly high priced for mediocre services and the staff can barely talk to you because they have to push products the entire time.  If you change the subject, they are primed to circle back to selling products.

Effy is truly an issue on Princess.  A lot of listed activities on board have to do with tacky little Effy give aways.  Jewelry is pumped and pushed and hyped.  Inside the store it is like a circus event with jewelry pushed to the mostly single female customers who by the end of the trip were fawning over the salespeople, hanging out at the counters, cooing to the salespeople.  My husband and I walked out of the store and didn't go back because we were embarrassed for the customers.  It isn't like Effy is special to ships, it is all over the internet.  They actually ring a bell and cheer when a sale if made.  What on earth is that all about????  Truly over done.

The Horizon court was o.k., food was decent, never good, but you were always fed.  The International Cafe was exceptional, everything was always good, service was great, it probably had the best food on the ship.

We found all but a few of the crew to be pleasant and helpful, sometimes very helpful.

We signed up for another cruise to the Caribbean but it will be on the Sky Princess next year.  No more old Princess ships for us.

Decent cruise, but ships should be fixed when they need to be fixed

I have cruised 4 times on this ship and it is clearly past its prime. We had a wonderful cruise to the So Caribbean, great weather and good itinerary. We had to skip Princess Cays but were given OBC of $120pp to make up for it. I was able to get some credit for unused punches on an old coffee card and a barrel chair in the room. We had a balcony mid ship cabin B430, the mattress was terrible. They managed to bring us one replacement but could not find a second one. When I say terrible it actually had a huge depression clearly visible through the sheets. OUr cabin steward was okay but not great, the room was never vacuumed in 10 days. The balcony chairs had residue and the banister was badly worn.

I love the layout of the ship with 5 pools, as usual the chairs were reserved by 8am. The movies were pretty good. Entertainment was okay but the passenger "games" were juvenile. Lots of cut backs such as no napkins given with cocktails, piles of used dishes on the open decks, limited bar service around the pools. Never saw anyone cleaning in the common areas except in the bathroom. The Crown does have a good library. Disembarkation was fast. We easily made a 10:15 flight back home. Everyone seemed healthy. We had great service in Anytime Dining with Yulia. Buffet set up is terrible and seating was sometimes very difficult.

Past its Prime

This was a first cruise for me and the first time in the Caribbean.  I wish there would have been something or someone to explain how some of the options on the ship worked. The fine dinning was phenomenal! Excellent food and for the most part great wait staff! We always choose to share a table with others and got to meet many people from various walks of life! Our steward was wonderful! We felt very pampered and taken care of. I would have liked to have had more of the gameshow type entertainment during the day rather than so late at night. There was not enough seating for everyone at most of these events. They were very entertaining though!! The shore excursions need to have more descriptive write ups there were some we were disappointed with and some that were more that what we expected! The one piece of advice I would give to a first time cruiser is try everything!! Don't be afraid of it! You can always leave or not eat it but you'll never know till you try!! 

One last comment If you continue to do the Voice of the Ocean you need to make it better. I had intended to be in this when I signed up to cruise on the Princess but when I realized that it was karaoke that turned me off. On the first night we were there in plenty of time but did not get a vote and were told it was because we came after it started and that was not the case. On the second night of the tryouts the blond in the entertainment crew told us we had to vote as a group because we choose to share a table with some people we met on the ship. She was not nice about it when I tried to explain that we were not a group. Made me very mad. We also made sure we were there for the finally and at the correct door to get the clickers but could not get them because they were not out yet. The people that came close to the time of the performance got the clickers. There should be a way to go on the medallion app and vote. That would be easier for all.

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