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You will get mixed responses on Crown Princess.

Some, mostly less experienced, cruisers think its fine. Some experienced cruisers think its OK.

Others such as myself who have been on almost every Princess ship afloat for the last 24 years have decided not to ever sail on her again.

One incontrovertible fact is that Crown has a horrible and official history of passengers with gastro-intestinal problems.

Now we have never suffered from that on a ship but on our one and only cruise on Crown this year something went wrong or was not good most days and no one in the crew would take ownership of the problem and fix it.

Nobody cared.

 

This is unusual on Princess and for that reason we will not sail on Crown again.

 

I think if nothing goes wrong then you would be OK. particularly if the Executive Chef has changed and most of the crew have been rotated off.

 

Since our less than totally enjoyable cruise on Crown in April 2017 we have had a wonderful 14 days on Majestic and 16 great days on Pacific.

if anything went wrong on those ships it got fixed immediately and cheerfully.

 

In fact on Pacific Captain Bryant specifically asked all passengers to let officers know as they were walking around the ship if there was anything that they could do to improve the cruise experience or fix any problems.

Sorry, I agree with everything above, and I feel management on the Crown is clearly not supportive of the staff. I have been on the ship 4 times, never again in the foreseeable future. Love love love Princess, love every other ship, but sad they will not address the many issues on this ship. I am glad others have enjoyed her [emoji4]

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Well said. I am going to start the dialog with the Maitre d on all of my future cruises regarding expectations for dress on formal nights. I am going to write to customer service expressing my views and asking that the website clarify the Princess policy. I chose Princess and Cunard largely because of their dress codes. You are correct that their are many lines in all price ranges that cater to those who do not care for formal nights. Those who prefer no formal nights should gravitate to them and those who prefer formal nights should cruise Princess and Cunard.

 

The others have far more choice than we do so I really cannot fathom why they continue to complain so loudly.

Why should passengers who prefer casual dress go to other cruise lines? We are on the one that is perfect for us! Princess advertises and goes out of their way to appeal to a demographic that is accustomed to being casual and comfortable. As for "complaining loudly" - you must be talking about the people who dress formally? I am never seen a casual dresser complain - what would they complain about? The MDR and staff have no problem with casual dress, nothing to worry about from our view [emoji4]

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LOL funny how "everyone" is in a balcony or better huh?

My guess is that what really happens is only people who are in a balcony or above would ever start a conversation about what type of cabin they're in. I am assuming most people in interior cabins avoid the topic? Maybe just discuss what deck they are on?

Now before anyone takes offense, I have absolutely no issue with booking interior, and we have, although Oceanview is typically our choice, we are bargain cruisers so if you got a good deal, go for it! I'm just saying that the reason they might have conversations and everyone says they are in balcony and above is because those people want to brag about it [emoji4]

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I will stick to the "if you don't have something nice to say" mantra and say that I love the Comedy Club on Carnival with numerous comedians every day. So wish Princess would do this!!

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Aft [emoji6]

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